Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:36:20 -0800 (PST) Keith Morse [EMAIL PROTECTED] professed: Because the F'ing vendors of those devices only make their config/management tools able to run under windows and the bulk of your staff are thoroughly perplexed as to the nature and reason for a command line. I know what you mean. Our new comm system need you to run a DOS based serial app to configure parts of the system while using a custom Telnet/FTP/something IP Winblows app for other configs at the same time. Win2K is fairly inept at DOS stuff Makes it interesting.. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Thursday 20 November 2003 08:39 am, Shawn Tayler wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:36:20 -0800 (PST) Keith Morse [EMAIL PROTECTED] professed: Because the F'ing vendors of those devices only make their config/management tools able to run under windows and the bulk of your staff are thoroughly perplexed as to the nature and reason for a command line. I know what you mean. Our new comm system need you to run a DOS based serial app to configure parts of the system while using a custom Telnet/FTP/something IP Winblows app for other configs at the same time. Win2K is fairly inept at DOS stuff Makes it interesting.. This may be of help in **some** cases: Particularly in cases where a CLI communications program or terminal emulation is involved, I would be tempted to give kermit a try. I have to dial into various vendor's servers for telnetting and/or transferring files. Many of them only offer tech support for their own apps or hyperterminal. I was motivated to try new methods because the transfers were exceeding the error limit fairly frequently. I wasn't sure whether the problem was the software, the phone lines (rural area) or a combination of both. The vendors and phone company, however, were sure it was someone else's problem. I've found that kermit is at the base of many communication applications. After learning how to dial a modem in kermit, I was able to connect and conduct my business successfully in more than half the cases. In all the cases where I am able to use kermit by itself, my transmissions have had few or no (none, zip, zero) errors. On a side note, the online documentation states that you can run kermit over ssh using command line options. Kermit appears to be quite extensive in abilities. Once again, I find myself with much to learn. Andrew Gould ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:22:24 -0600 Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] professed: On a side note, the online documentation states that you can run kermit over ssh using command line options. Kermit appears to be quite extensive in abilities. Once again, I find myself with much to learn. Andrew Gould I have run into kermit on a call information collecction system I administer. While I've been successful at getting the polling machines kermit configs working, I really have very little knowledge of Kermit itself. Andrew is right it does appear to have extensive abilities though. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
Folks, For those of you in an admin role you may sympathize with this. I just had to change the IP addresses on a series of radios linking the sites of the company I work at. Because we only have windows I had to take a laptop up to the radio repeater site and use it to change each ip address. The problem was that windows (w2k) will allow you to change your ip address once but if you try it again it prompts for a reboot So in short each time I had to change my IP so I could connect to each radios subnet... I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop the job would have taken considerably less time because I wouldn't have had to reboot once... viv la revolution Linux is a better tool for admin than window imo. -- James McDonald Singleton Australia 61+ (0)2 65712401 61+ 0428 320 219 Zeus gave Leda the bird. Linux 2.6.0-james3 #4 Thu Oct 30 23:46:04 EST 2003 athlon i386 GNU/Linux 11:00:01 up 2 days, 9:50, 3 users, load average: 0.43, 0.38, 0.27 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:08:00 +1100 James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, For those of you in an admin role you may sympathize with this. I just had to change the IP addresses on a series of radios linking the sites of the company I work at. Because we only have windows I had to take a laptop up to the radio repeater site and use it to change each ip address. The problem was that windows (w2k) will allow you to change your ip address once but if you try it again it prompts for a reboot So in short each time I had to change my IP so I could connect to each radios subnet... I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop the job would have taken considerably less time because I wouldn't have had to reboot once... viv la revolution Linux is a better tool for admin than window imo. Please clarify: you were maybe expecting something different from windows??? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
James McDonald wrote: I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop Why do you not have linux on that laptop? -- Ken ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
Consuming 1.2K bytes, James McDonald blathered: [...] Because we only have windows I had to take a laptop up to the radio repeater site and use it to change each ip address. The problem was that windows (w2k) will allow you to change your ip address once but if you try it again it prompts for a reboot So in short each time I had to change my IP so I could connect to each radios subnet... I had to reboot g. What a pain. Kurt -- Spirtle, n.: The fine stream from a grapefruit that always lands right in your eye. -- Sniglets, Rich Hall Friends ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 19:43 pm, Ken Moffat wrote: James McDonald wrote: I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop Why do you not have linux on that laptop? Or why not use a Knoppix CD or even boot a floppy with Tom's RTBT? -- + + + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 11/19/03 20:13 + + + The important thing is not to stop questioning. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 7:08 pm, someone claiming to be James McDonald wrote: Folks, For those of you in an admin role you may sympathize with this. I just had to change the IP addresses on a series of radios linking the sites of the company I work at. Because we only have windows I had to take a laptop up to the radio repeater site and use it to change each ip address. The problem was that windows (w2k) will allow you to change your ip address once but if you try it again it prompts for a reboot So in short each time I had to Can't you just tell it that no, you don't want to reboot? Haven't done it in a while, but I seem to remember that you don't really have to reboot, it's just that Winders wants you to. -- Fedora Core 1, Kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl, KDE 3.1.4, Xfree86 4.3.0 20:35:00 up 10 days, 3:00, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn after you know it all that counts ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: One reason why I should have a Linux laptop
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Ken Moffat wrote: James McDonald wrote: I had to reboot g. Now if I had linux on the laptop Why do you not have linux on that laptop? Because the F'ing vendors of those devices only make their config/management tools able to run under windows and the bulk of your staff are thoroughly perplexed as to the nature and reason for a command line. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
