Re: Python for Kids

[Justin]

found this!

הורים וילדים יקרים שלום,

אנו שמחים להזמין אתכם לקחת חלק באליפות תכנות יחודית למתחילים, שבה תלמידים
במעל 1500 בתי ספר בכל רחבי הארץ כבר משתתפים.
האליפות מתקיימת בבתי ספר יסודיים ובחטיבות ביניים.
לא נדרש כל ידע מוקדם, המשחק מתחיל בשלבי הבסיס, ומלמד ידע בסיסי בתכנות
וכתיבת חומרה תוך משחק והנאה.
כל שעליכם לעשות הוא ללחוץ על הקישור- אליפות הסייבר CodeMonkey- הכניסו שם
משתמש וסיסמא באופק ולחצו על אולימפיאדת התכנות. <http://ebag.cet.ac.il/>

שלב הגמר יתקיים ב11.4.16, בתחרות נושאת פרסים.
לשלב זה יעלו 100 בתי ספר!

שחקו ונהיה שם!
בהצלחה והנאה מהמשחק והלמידה,
מלכה כהנא,
רכזת תקשוב.


On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Amos Shapira 
wrote:

> I'd be interested to hear about resources for these ages in English too.
>
> On 11 January 2016 at 01:11, Justin  wrote:
>
>> Has anyone discovered good resources for teaching kids python? Hebrew?
>>  (Ages 8-11)
>>
>> Code.org has great resources for abstract programing. They even translate
>> into Hebrew. But very little to teach kids skills they can use on their
>> own.
>>
>> Now I want to teach my oldest Python but I can't find any good resources.
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Python for Kids

[Justin]

Has anyone discovered good resources for teaching kids python? Hebrew?
 (Ages 8-11)

Code.org has great resources for abstract programing. They even translate
into Hebrew. But very little to teach kids skills they can use on their
own.

Now I want to teach my oldest Python but I can't find any good resources.
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4G phones in Israel

[Justin]

I own a Droid Bionic in the US.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droid_Bionic

It is not GSM, only CDMA & LTE.

Does anyone know if it is possible to bring it over and use it with a
carrier here?



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product review? Fujicom external HDD

[Justin]

looking to by an external eSATA drive.  This is the only one that seems
reasonably priced in Israel.

http://www.getit.co.il/Prod/62962

Problem is I can't find any reviews on it (hebrew or english), or if it
works with Linux.

Has anyone else had experience with it?
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JOBSEEK- Adopt a Programmer

[Justin]

Do you have room in your software company to adopt a good programmer?

We found this hacker wandering around without tags in large enterprise
company. He had been abused for some time but is still able to produce code,
and quite lovable.

He was apparently raised in startups, Where he had 15 years experience and
programed in 20+ languages, with current expertise in Unix, C, MySQL,
MongoDB, PHP, Perl and Javascript.
He also has recent expertise in .Net, but is quite shy about it. He's a
coder who can bring lots of joy to a good startup.

He is about medium size, a dark brown coat, and has glowing references from
his current (enterprise) employer as well as the Weissman Institute.

So if you have a startup, and have room for a really adorable hacker please
consider adopting him.

Reply to this email address.

PS.  The programmer is not normally in the habit of referring to himself in
the third person.  He just thinks this is funny.  His sense of humor is
probably his biggest problem.
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Re: What to tell 13 year old kids about Linux and Open Source?

[Justin]

13yr old?  I'd emphasize that Linux doesn't host spyware either by
infection, trojan or the manufacturers.  So it's less likely to record your
porn browsing habits. (hey it worked for IE8)

I might also point out that Windows is what grumpy adults are forced to use
in their offices. And the people changing the world over in The Valley, are
using Linux.

Teens also spend an inordinate amount of time fantasizing that they are
special, and that anything they don't have limits.  Point out that in Linux
they can learn every detail, nuance and control it, and the world will
reward them for this.  But in Windows, their is a limit they are ALLOWED to
learn before working for MS.

Sizzle, not the Steak?



On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Gabor Szabo  wrote:

> hi,
>
> in the school of my son they are interested in getting some 1 hour long
> presentations from parents about various interesting subject.
>
> I could talk hours and days about Linux and Open Source in general
> but I wonder what do you think. What would be interesting to 13 year
> old kids?
>
> I am not sure "free speech" is interesting to them and unfortunately
> they are probably used to that every software is "free beer".
> Given the cheats and cracks.
>
> So what do you think?
>
> regards
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Re: Bezeq's Dropbox imitation

[Justin]

Ubuntu has their own dropbox clone.  If I'm going to support a company...
I'd rather it's Canonical than Bezeq.



On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Dotan Cohen  wrote:

> 2010/12/19 Daniel Feiglin :
> > Hello folks!
> >
> > Bezeq is offering a "Dropbox" imitation for very reasonable fees: NIS 1
> > /Gb for oa 10 or 20 Gb package. The first two Gb are free (like
> > Dropbox). Of course their technicians only support Windows and have
> > (officially) never heard of Linux. Apart from the cost, there is the
> > very important security attraction - the Bezeq servers for this are
> > located in Israel.
> >
> > Has anyone on the list succeeded in using Linux opposite this service,
> > perhaps by hacking kdropbox or something similar?
> >
> > What parameters should I request to "concoct" something myself (Oy vay!
> > I haven't done socket programming since 2000)?
> >
>
> Just plainly request Linux support as if it were the most natural
> thing in the world. I'll do the same this evening.
>
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dual network connection

[Justin]

I have a ZTEC modem from Orange and a Home LAN connection on my Ubuntu 10.10
box.

Both work independently.

I want to know how to have both connected at the same time, and be able to
specify which application uses which device to connect to the internet.

Does anyone know how to do this?
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Domain Registrars .co.il

[Justin]

Which one of these would you trust more to register your domain in Israel?
https://secure.communigal.net/
or
http://www.internic.co.il/isoc.html

Specifically which one is less likely to suspend a domain entry for trivial
disputes?
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Re: which router

[Justin]

I bought a TL-WR541G, which worked great from the moment I plugged it in.
 Good strong wifi signal and easy to work with L2TP in Israel.  But it died
on me after 2 months, not really sure why.

I settled on an Edimax, which connects to the ISP well, but has the weakest
wifi I think I've ever seen (it barely covers one room).  In the end I use
my Edimax to connect to the ISP and my trusty WRT54G (classic by now)
Linksys for pumping out the WiFi.

To date, I have had no real luck connecting my Linksys to an Israeli ISP
with any firmware.



>
> The classic, Linksys WRT54G-L, has several GPIO ports to run the LEDs on
> the front, and a few extra. Since they are getting pretty old these days,
> you may be able to find them cheaply. Note that some models run Linux, some
> run a VXWorks built package, so check carefully. Linksys found that they
> could cut the memory requirments in half (and have other savings) by using a
> task specific firmware written in VX-Works, so they dropped the Linux
> version,
>
> There was so much demand for the Linux version anyway, that they started to
> produce them again. Hence the WRT54G can either  run Linux or be
> incompatible with Linux and you have to check the exact model you have. The
> WRT54G-L is one of the post VXworks, Linux versions, and will definately run
> it.
>
>
> My favorite cheap router is the TP-Link TL-WR541G which sells for 120 NIS
> at Ivory and others. AFAIK It does not run Linux, but if anyone knows
> differently, I'd love to be pleasantly surprised.
>
> If you don't care about Wifi, 802.11b routers are rescue from the trash
> items, and many of them ran linux, but not most. At that price, it's worth
> taking them home and checking.
>
> Geoff.
>
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Re: Ubuntu + Orange - Usb modem problems

[Justin]

It connects, but is insanely slow. About 5KB/s.



On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Tom Goren  wrote:

> The "Option Icon" Modem (you can see it in Orange's 
> catalog<http://www.orange.co.il/23657.html?gotoCat=2>)
> works out of the box with 9.04 and 9.10, only needs the adjustments as
> mentioned 
> here<http://www.linuxguide.org.il/ubuntu/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%9D_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95>.
> I have used it extensively on my laptop (9.04, arch and 9.10).
>
> After that you get a nice "Mobile Broadband" connection in network manager.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Tom.
>
> 2010/1/29 Justin 
>
> i'm tying to connect to Orange, the ZTE MF637 identifies and works (after a
>> little wait)
>>
>> but it won't connect.
>>
>> the /var/log/messages is
>>
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Plugin
>> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Using interface ppp0
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB2
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: CHAP authentication succeeded
>> Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: CHAP authentication succeeded
>> Jan 29 15:09:20 Spud pppd[4732]: Modem hangup
>> Jan 29 15:09:20 Spud pppd[4732]: Connection terminated.
>> Jan 29 15:09:21 Spud pppd[4732]: Exit.
>>
>> does anyone have any recommendations?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/9/22 Nitzan Brumer 
>>
>>> Thx - worked just fine
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Have you read my post about it? I think it would help you:
>>>> http://benhamo.org/wp/?p=1484
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Hetz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/9/21 Nitzan Brumer 
>>>> >
>>>> > Hay all
>>>> > Just moved from cellcom to Orange, and as part of the transfer I got a
>>>> usb modem.
>>>> > The Usb modem  is: ZTE MF637
>>>> > and is recognized by ubuntu (9.04) like that: (from lsusb) 19d2:2000
>>>> >
>>>> > Did anyone tried (and succeeded) to work with that modem? or is there
>>>> a better USB modem for linux?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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Re: Ubuntu + Orange - Usb modem problems

[Justin]

i'm tying to connect to Orange, the ZTE MF637 identifies and works (after a
little wait)

but it won't connect.

the /var/log/messages is

Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Plugin
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: pppd 2.4.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyUSB2
Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Jan 29 15:09:13 Spud pppd[4732]: CHAP authentication succeeded
Jan 29 15:09:20 Spud pppd[4732]: Modem hangup
Jan 29 15:09:20 Spud pppd[4732]: Connection terminated.
Jan 29 15:09:21 Spud pppd[4732]: Exit.

does anyone have any recommendations?



2009/9/22 Nitzan Brumer 

> Thx - worked just fine
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have you read my post about it? I think it would help you:
>> http://benhamo.org/wp/?p=1484
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hetz
>>
>>
>> 2009/9/21 Nitzan Brumer 
>> >
>> > Hay all
>> > Just moved from cellcom to Orange, and as part of the transfer I got a
>> usb modem.
>> > The Usb modem  is: ZTE MF637
>> > and is recognized by ubuntu (9.04) like that: (from lsusb) 19d2:2000
>> >
>> > Did anyone tried (and succeeded) to work with that modem? or is there a
>> better USB modem for linux?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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3G USB known to work with Linux?

[Justin]

Does anyone have any experience with a 3G USB dongel that is known to work
with Linux?

I know you can tether your phone by bluetooth, but not my phone, and i'm not
ready to upgrade my phone yet.


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ISP recomendation found

[Justin]

I switched yesterday to Comm.net.il from Interal/Eliat Internet after they
switched their hardware to Bezeq.

Comm.net.il is slightly more expensive, about as much as a Bezeq line plus
the gamer package.  But considerably out performs the Bezeq equivalent even
at lower listed speeds.

They do not appear to do any traffic shaping and do not block any ports.

They responded to my installation problems (not their fault; old american
router) immediate, and email responses were answered in less than 5 min.  At
one point they spent over 40min on the phone helping me. Excellent service.

Mickey Israeli, the man who provided me with tech support, was also familiar
(very) with Linux.

VOIP, Torrents and streaming media all perform better on Comm.net.il than on
Interal.
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Re: ISP Suggestion

[Justin]

fine.

   - low latency in general
   - reasonably good VOIP performance
   - at least 2.5MB asymmetric
   - no QoS traffic shaping
   - absolutely no port blocking




On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo  wrote:

> Not enough info..
>
> Low latency connection to where? BBL maybe sucks in service, but they have
> the biggest pipe in IIX for example (10 Gb)  (I'm not trying to recommend
> them, I'm not their customer)..
>
> Some do not block ports, but do use QoS to shove the priority of P2P
> (torrent, emule) way down...
>
> Hetz
>
> 2009/10/26 Justin 
>
>>  I've been with Interal until now.  But they are merging with Bezeq Ben
>> Liumi.  I hate BBL, and more than that their quality sucks.
>>
>> Does anyone have a recommendation for a Linux friendly ISP, that doesn't
>> block ports and can provide reasonable, low latency connections?
>>
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ISP Suggestion

[Justin]

 I've been with Interal until now.  But they are merging with Bezeq Ben
Liumi.  I hate BBL, and more than that their quality sucks.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a Linux friendly ISP, that doesn't
block ports and can provide reasonable, low latency connections?


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Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

[Justin]

When I left high-school in the capitalist USA in 1994 this was also the
process.  I can only assume it still is.
It's just sensible not to throw out all the books every year.  It's not
really tied to any political ideology.

2009/9/8 Arie Skliarouk 

> Hi,
>
> In socialistic USSR, school books were not bought each year. Instead pupils
> had to take them from their's school library for the coming year and return
> them at end of the year. Each book had "worn out" level marked on cover of
> the book and one had to be careful not to wore out the book too much during
> the year. As a penalty for lost or unusable book, the student had to buy a
> new book for the library. To draw or mark text in the book was a big no-no.
> All books had hard-cover and had strong binding for durability. Every
> student was required to put the book he got into special plastic boundary.
> If a course required pupils to draw on printed material (like letters in the
> first form), the pupil had to buy addendum personal notebook he had to draw
> in. I remember I used books with 15-20 name-year pairs in it.
>
> Needless to say, all books were written by a department in the Ministry of
> Education, and not private author benefited from the authorship.
>
> After all there were some good economy tactics in the socialism that IMHO
> should be applied to capitalism (albeit forcefully)...
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Re: eTextBooks (for kids)

[Justin]

The problem isn't the writers making money, it's the publishers.
A text book, even in a "small" market like Israel will go out to tens of
thousands of children a year.  An author could make a lucrative living just
by selling the eText for a few shekels, certainly much less than is payed
now for the print editions.

The publishers put pressure to keep the industry to keep it locked up in a
medium that requires their services. In this way it is analogous to the
news, music and movie industries.  These industries have long worked hard to
cut the cost of production, for their own benefit. The change comes with the
rise of a  new distribution model that doesn't necessitate their core
service: publishing & promotions.

I have no love or hate for book publishers.  But if they are superseded by
something that improves quality, increases choice, and allows lesser knowns
to enter the market then good riddance to them.



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Meir Kriheli wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Much like the services industry around FLOSS a musician can perform live
>> concerts, merchandising etc.
>>
>> There are people looking for different business model in music as well
>> utilizing various CC licenses, see for example:
>>
>> http://www.jamendo.com/en/
>>
>
> These are guerilla movements, not mainstream like free software. The
> reality is that there is no free content market anywhere approaching the
> free software market, and the reasons are clear.
>
>  - yba
>
>
>
>
>> Cheers
>> --
>> Meir Kriheli
>>
>>
>>>  of the consumer is to have the information available for free, and if
 someone wants to volunteer their time to provide this information for
 free,
 then all the more respect to them. Of course this will make the
 publishers
 unhappy, and they'll have to compete harder to have someone pay for
 their
 work.

 But this is all hypothetical as I have yet to hear about any such
 project.

 Regards,
 Dov

 2009/9/8 Jonathan Ben Avraham 

  Hi All,
> Don't forget that there is a large industry of authors and publishers
> who
> make their living on the current paper book model. Like music, this is
> a
> content market whose reason for existence is payment for content.
>
> I think that a better idea for a free education project in this
> direction
> would be an online publishing house the would sell kindle style
> versions of
> the current content offering.
> Regards,
>
>  - yba
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Dov Grobgeld wrote:
>
>  Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:22:37 +0300
>
>> From: Dov Grobgeld 
>> To: Dotan Cohen 
>> Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
>> Subject: Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
>>
>>
>> This reminds me of a "public service" project that I have thought
>> about
>> for
>> some time. It would be nice if someone created some free (as in
>> license)
>> books that would pass the requirements of the education ministry.
>> These
>> could then be downloaded as e-books or printed, copied partially,
>> photocopied, translated, modified, read in audioform, etc, which
>> would be
>> a
>> great service to the all kids and parents.
>>
>> Just my 2 ag,
>> Dov
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 14:06, Dotan Cohen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for
>> (israeli)
>>
>>> school children?
 The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on
 premises,

  so
>>>
>>>  they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy.
 I'd
 rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader.
 Any ideas?


  You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should
>>> know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for
>>> instance they may have to write in the book.
>>>
>>> You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on
>>> one's
>>> back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a
>>> reasonable
>>> pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us
>>> informed.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>>> http://gibberish.co.il
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eTextBooks (for kids)

[Justin]

Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli)
school children?
The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on premises, so
they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy.  I'd
rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader.

Any ideas?


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Re: preg_match and Hebrew?

[Justin]

Zend operates out of some pretty swank offices in Ramat Gan. So I doubt the
PHP core team would be able to get very far without keeping some kind of
Hebrew support.

2009/8/4 Yuval Hager 

> Let's try some regex matching in PHP.
> ,
> | php > echo preg_match('/\w/', 'a');
> | 1
> `
>
> ok, so the basic stuff works in English. Let's go on.
>
> ,
> | php > echo preg_match("/\w/", 'א');
> | 0
> | php > echo preg_match('/\w/u', 'א');
> | 0
> `
>
> Oops.. maybe some kind of encoding issue? My whole system is UTF8, so this
> should not be a problem I guess..
> ,
> | php > var_dump('א');
> | string(2) "א"
> `
>
> So I revert to the soon-to-be-deprecated mb_ereg:
>
> ,
> | php > mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
> | php > echo mb_ereg('\w', 'א');
> | 1
> `
>
> and now it works..
>
> maybe I was wrong expecting preg_match would know hebrew alphanumeric
> characters in the first place? I understand it will for PHP6, but until
> then, beware of sophisticated Hebrew string parsing.
>
> --yuval
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mail sevices /// ~/.fetchmailrc & pine

[Laporte, Justin]

I am relitivley new to linux and have this question. After I establish my
ppp connection logged in as root. I edited my ~/.fetchmailrc to look like
this

poll mail.cyberzone.net proto POP3 fetchall 

then I try to fetch

fetchmail -u "myuser"
 I get error messages and cannot complete my download. "some error"=10

Then i sent a test mail from pine to my self and the header looks like this:

Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Received: from cz-cblk-150-16-241.cyberzone.net ([209.150.16.241])
  by mail.cyberzone.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 222
  ID# 553-59042U4600L450S0V35) with ESMTP id net
  for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 18 May 1999 22:36:52 -0400
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:34:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Justin Laporte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X-Sender: root@justunix
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: 
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

[EMAIL PROTECTED] is not me he is my ISP admin!!  ?? Should i create an
account = to my username? Any suggestions.

Thanks in advanced
Justin Laporte 
Network Engineer 
Internet Business Systems, Inc.
1296 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone (860)-769-6697
Fax (860)-769-6699
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Mach 64 server

[Laporte, Justin]

I have an ATI IIc 3d rage pro video card mach64 with internal Ramdac. I have
tried all the mach 64 and ATI servers. Does anyone know of an X sever that
will run on this card properly other than SVGA? Also I have always tried to
probe clock during setup and it hangs, would selecting dont probe clock
help? Or possibly does any one have RH 6 and know of this support with the
new distribution i am running 5.2. 

Justin Laporte 
Network Engineer 
Internet Business Systems, Inc.
1296 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone (860)-769-6697
Fax (860)-769-6699
http://www.ibsnetworking.com
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