Re: [SLUG] SMC7004ABR
Hi! I'm actually using this to connect 4 computers to a Telstra Bigpond cable. Although all are using Win2k, XP and only 1 laptop is using Mandrake 8.2 And this is actually very funny. 2 Win2k machines have to use the bpalogin program. While a WinXP and another Win2k don't need to, so does the Linux laptop. I'd say it's pretty good, since grc.com (wonder if it's a good indication) couldn't probe any open ports tho' Apache is running. I could send you some screenshots what you can do about it with respect to firewalls, since I'm amateurish in it. Setup is pretty simple too. BTW how much are you getting it for? I got mine while I'm in singapore, $250. :) It's a printer server too, you do know that? Just make sure that you've got model nos of 750.5432, 5648, 5702, 5756 That way you'll be able to upgrade its firmware. Mine sux, it's of model 750.5433. HTH H T Wijaya Bob Hubbard wrote: > I'm trying to decide between an old 486 for a firewall between my > SuSE-7.3/Win98 box and the Internet or using the SMC7004ABR BARRICADE > Router/firewall. > > The SMC has a port for my dial up modem as well as all the other ports for > ADSL or Cable. I'm presently on a dial up system with TPG but I'm thinking I > might have some use for the ADSL/Cable capabilities in the (very far > distant) future. Not much happening in Bonnells Bay these days. The SMC > seems to be the only router/firewall with the dial up modem capability. > > Does anyone have any experience with the SMC router/firewall. At the moment > only interested in protecting a home stand alone computer. I've read a few > reviews but would like to get some info from experience, especially the > linux comunity. Is this a good programmable firewall or is it a mediocre > firewall like maybe Zone Alarm. > > Thanks, > > Bob Hubbard > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] random thoughts
Hi (again, unashamedly), 'few' quick questions. 1) Under WinXX, you can share a particular partition or directory. How do I do that under Linux, esp when the rest of the pc's are running w2k? Do I have to set it up via samba? 2) Under WinXX, there's such a thing call "WORKGROUP", and that allows anyone to view the shared partitions/directories. How do I do that under Linux? Samba again? 3) Using command-line under bash, one can basically "trace", TAB, and a list of matching executables are shown, provided of course in the executables are in your path. I had added /usr/sbin in my .bash_profile, yet "trace" TAB doesn't shows up any matching executables. What's going on? 4) What's the name of the program that spits out random quotes whenever one logins? 5) How do I know if the nic is operating @ 10 or 100mbps? I've used 'ifconfig', seems like the nic is operating @ 10mbps, since RX bytes:10546363 (10.0 Mb). If that's the case, how do I change it to 100mbps? My nic does support 100mbps. :) 6) In my home directory, I've an executable 'dnetc', and would like to make a directory named 'dnetc' too, but mkdir complains /home/henry [henry@nsw henry]$ mkdir dnetc mkdir: `dnetc' exists but is not a directory [henry@nsw henry]$ So how do I accomplish creating a directory when there's a file with an exact name of the intended directory? 7) man ls states that the -A option will list everything except those . & .. yet... [henry@nsw BitchX]$ ls -A ~ .bash_history .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc bookmarks.html ... 8) How do I copy from a terminal and paste it onto any window program? Copying & Pasting is fine if I were to do it from a window to a window, using the normal CTRL + C, CTRL + V, respectively. Hope that doesn't take up too much of your time... Rgds, Henry Powered by telstra.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Telstra Cable, DHCP and iptables concern
Hi, I've been on Tel$tra cable since they started introducing unlimited download. I've found out that, as long as your pc stays on during their expiry lease date, your IP won't change at all. I was using a direct PC --> modem 2 years ago, and had just bought a broadband router, had it cloned the previous nic mac address, and now I'm still using the same IP that's leased to me close to 6 mths ago. You're using the Motorola modem aren't you? HTH Rgds, Henry - Original Message - From: Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:48 pm Subject: [SLUG] Telstra Cable, DHCP and iptables concern > Sluggers, > > I've got my Linux gateway doing it's thang (connected to Telstra > cable, > bpa login and > masquerading for the local lan) and it all works fine except that > if the > iptables rules are > in place *before* eth0 (the connection to the modem) is raised then > eth0 > cannot accept > a dhcp response from the cable modem to get it's ip address. (Input > policy on eth0 is > drop). Ok so no problem, when booting I just start the network > before > starting iptables, > *but* what happens when the dhcp lease expires?Am I gonna find > that > in a day or > so's time the eth0 drops of the net and it all comes crashing down? > Do I > need a rule > set to accept dhcp replies from the cable modem and if so what? > > TIA's > > Pete > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > Powered by telstra.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] newbie Q's -- The mini Sequel
Hi sluggers, 2 questions that just cropped up my mind. 1) what's the difference between module & 'compiling into kernel'? My intuition is that module is 'called' the kernel is trying to access a particular hardware, while 'compiling into kernel' is including the module into the kernel. Right? 2) Since Mandrake's 8.2 installation takes care detection of all hardware automatically, now that I need to change a new pcmcia card, how do I do it? This questions leads to, since pcmcia is hot-swappable even when the system is on, do I need to 'switch off' the device before removing it or do I simply physically the card? 3) Which particular office program that m$ office 2k is most compatible with? Previous message, someone mentioned that Sun's StarOffice isn't that good after all (I'm being generic here since I don't know the details about it). TIA once again. Rgds, Henry Powered by telstra.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] lilo conf
- Original Message - From: Chris Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:48 am Subject: [SLUG] lilo conf > Hey people, > I know this might frustrate some people because this sort of thing > has been > discussed before but I just don't feel it is was covered well enough. > > Does know how I can edit my lilo.conf to make lilo boot the os > (windows 2k) > on /dev/hdd? > > I have been searching the net for hours now and all I can find is > peoplewith instructions on how to make the w2k boot loader boot linux. > > They also say you must install windows on the first partition/hard > disk,then install linux. That restriction is only applicable to Win9x, ie. Win95/8, WinME Well, I'd say this suggestion is to simplify the procedures only. w2k --> linux 1) this way, you'd only need to add the entries I've added below to lilo.conf 2) you'll end up using lilo as the boot manager. linux --> w2k 1) this way, you'd need to issue a dd command, extracting the first 512 bytes (if my memory serves me correctly) of the linux partition and copy that to the system partition of w2k. 2) you'll end up using w2k boot manager > > I already have Linux installed on /dev/had, I have my swap on > /dev/hdb, my > cd-rom is on /dev/hdc and my "messing around" disk is on /dev/hdd. > > I boot into linux 99.8% of the time so I don't want to boot the w2k > bootload to get to linux. Another way of doing it, is to use w2k boot manager and modify the boot.ini file to load linux by default. > > I remember seeing something in a lilo.conf a while ago that said > somethinglike > other=/dev/hdx > label=win > map-drive=0x80 >to=0x81 > map-drive=0x81 >to=0x80 Actually, it's as simple as Other=/dev/hdd label=win table=/dev/hdd That should work, I presume, since w2k doesn't mind residing in any other disk or partition. > > I did try this but got an error from lilo (sorry I cant remember > what it > said and I'm in the middle of reinstalling w2k) > > All feedback appreciated. Hope that helps. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] newbie Q's
Hi listers, just installed mandrake 8.2 on my laptop, the furthest progress on linux I've made so far after departing from slackware. was tinkering around and few newbie questions that cropped up & I hope wouldn't take up much of your time, mind you that some questions would seem trivial. 1) when gnome is loading, a beep is emitted. yet, when trying to play an audio cd & a wav file, no sound is heard. peeked into rpmdrake, and found gnome-audio package is installed. so where should I go poking next? 2) There're 3 other pc's using Win2k, and had some partitions shared. How do I access those shared partitions? What program do I use specifically? Do I simply mount them just like cdrom? 3) There's a black square-ish black box at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. What's that for? 4) Was tinkering around and add a clock panel. had it removed, instead of the rest of the icons filling up the empty space, it seems as if there's a ghost copy, thus gaps. how do I remove those gaps? 5) how do I mount a NTFS volume created by W2k, that's residing on the same hdd? 6) does licq able to use the data files used by windows version of icq2001b? 7) does Galeon able to use the mail data file created by windows versionn of Netscape 6.2? 8) I'm using a broadband router. The manual deals with Windows only and had instructions to fill in the address of DNS servers and the "DNS suffix for this connection" field under windows. Is there such equivalent field under linux? How do I add such entries? 9) Upon starting Gnome, it complains of my host isn't a valid entry. Does it refers the host as the name of this pc? I'd put in "nsw.bigpond.net.au" thinking that it's referring to "DNS suffix". Obviously I'm wrong. 10) Lastly, installing StarOffice should be done under root, right? Thank in advance. Rgds, H T Wijaya -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Laptop + Debian + no way to install it (help?).
- Original Message - From: Andy Eager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 8, 2002 3:25 pm Subject: Re: [SLUG] Laptop + Debian + no way to install it (help?). > Grant Parnell wrote: > > >On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Ryan Verner wrote: > > > >>Gidday... > >> > >>I'm wanting to configure my Toshiba Portege 3110CT to dual boot > >>debian/win2k. At the moment its running XP (very, very bloddy > slowly), and > >>I have two partitions - a 4.5gig fat32 (c:), and a 1.2gig fat32 > (d:).>>Basically, I want to install win2k to the 4.5gig, and erase > the existing > >>1.2gig fat32 and turn this into linux native/swap partitions. > >> > >>Under normal circumstances, this would be damn easy. However, > the portege's > >>do not have internal cdrom or floppy drives. I have no floppy > drive, and no > >>way to access one, and the cdrom drive is external (pcmcia), and > even though > >>I know linux does support it, the toshiba bios does not allow me > to boot > >>from this. This is the latest flashed firmware. > >> > >>The main issue is actually getting linux onto the machine. > Somehow I need > >>to invoke the debian install program. I can't drop to DOS, as I > can't think > >>of any way to do this, so loadlin isn't an option either. > >> > You should be able to get a dos prompt by running command.com. > (Run --> c:\command.com) (I just hate that backslash!!!) > > > > >I haven't had to use Windows for years but I'd be > surprise>finally got rid of the dos command prompt. > > > Yep, I think they have. > > Andy Let's put it this way, they upgraded it to a 32-bit environment. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Toshiba laptop & X
What's the chipset of your video card in your laptop? Andy Eager wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been tearing my hair out trying to get X working correctly on my > Toshiba 2520 laptop. > > I have tried a multitude of different video timings and have come to the > conclusion that the problem does not lie within video timings. The > generic laptop (800 x 600) setting behaves in exactly the same way as > the standard VGA (640 x 480) setting. > > The problem is as follows; > > X starts up and seems to work OK. Whenever a window is moved around the > screen (or text scrolls) a whole bunch of horizontal lines appear on the > screen. There seems to be some kind of pattern when this happens: I > can see the standard icons appear at regular spaces accross the screen > (not clearly but they are there). For example the RedHat icon appears > only once when the screen is still, but when a window is moved, it > appears 'ghost like' another 2 times at equal intervals across the screen. > > I had a look at google and found only one reference to a similar > problem: Here the author states that the frame buffer device seemed to > fix the problem. > Anybody got any ideas why this would work (haven't tried it yet) and > whats going on in the first place? > > Thanks > > Andy. > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Toshiba laptop
Ken Foskey wrote: > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 12:36, Colin Humphreys wrote: > >>On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 10:49:52AM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote: >> > I still have not figured out the little thumb mouse pointer on the > toshiba. Does anyone have this set up? I checked laptop site and it > confused me (not hard). As I understand it I can have three pointers > set up on this, ttyS0, psaux, and the third and use anyone I have > plugged in at the time. > You mean if it's set up correctly, there'll be 3 mouse pointers? I'm trying to install linux on a Toshiba laptop too, Satelite 2800. I managed to do it by doing a 'gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux' tho' how do I go about enabling it at boot up automatically, instead of doing it manually. using Suse 6.1 now. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat
Isn't it the other way round, where it's illegal or rather ill advised to provide tap water, ever since the water incident that happened few years back? Rgds, H T Wijaya - Original Message - From: Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, February 24, 2002 5:38 pm Subject: Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:00:58AM +1030, David Fitch wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:28:56AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > Do they charge exorbident prices for their drinks, and a > $1 for a jug > > > of tap water? > > > > either: > > - take a small plastic bottle with you (like the 500ml orange > juice ones) > > and fill it from the sink in the dunny, or > > - order the water, specify normal tap water, and if they charged > for it > > on the bill at the end refuse to pay (just the bit for the water), > > you might have to argue a bit but they always give in eventually > > (in my experience anyway). > > > > (not that I've had to do that for a while, charging for water > seems to > > mainly be a Sydney thing, in Adelaide it's increasingly popular for > > restaurants to automatically supply (free) a jug of water and > glasses) > IIRC, in a place which serves either alcohol or food, it's > actually illegal > to 1. refuse to provide tap water to customers or 2. charge for it. > > Pete > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Another place to eat
Although I've never been to dinner with you guys, but if you need suggestions to chinese restaurants, then those that come up to mind are Kam Fook @ Haymarket Golden Century @ cnr of Sussex St & Goulburn St Silver Spring @ 1 level above the Australian Post Haymarket branch HTH Rgds, H T Wijaya - Original Message - From: "Nicholas Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:05 pm Subject: [SLUG] Another place to eat > Hi all, > > I don't know how packed the Marigold (just around the corner from Gang > Spew) gets on a Friday night, but I have had Yum Cha there many times > and their service is good and the food fantastic. They also have two > massive floors of space so getting a table should be easy. > > Regards, > > Nick Reese > > Linux earns mindshare, Microsoft buys it... > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Simple Questions
Hi, Say I'd like to know which particular directory does a file "RELEASE" resides in, how do I go about doing that? Would a "ls -AR RE*" work? How do I go about changing the default X Server from say VGA16 to SVGA, manually under SuSe? Thanks in Advance -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
