[SLUG] PPP Multilink
Hello All I have an installation where I have 2 Fedora 3 boxes in a rural environment about 2Km apart. At present I have a PPP link between them running very nicely at 115K. What I would like to do increase the bandwidth of the link between the 2 boxes, possibly by using multilink PPP. I have plenty of copper available and extra serial ports is no big problem and I have plenty of serial line drivers available. Wireless or fibre are not an option for this job. Has anyone got multilink working on a link between 2 Linux boxes? If so do they have any tips or gotcha's? Regards Richard ___ Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice / BSP Internet Services P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone 02 6792 6060 Fax 02 6792 6161 http://www.soundadvice.aunz.nethttp://www.bsp.aunz.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Webserver behind ADSL router
Thanks James That looks just like what I want to do for this guy. I had not come across the Bind view directive before. I had a look at the Bind documentation and am now even more confused. Does anyone have a nice explanation of how to use the view directive? I guess this is what is known as split DNS isn't it? Regards Richard -Original Message- From: James Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 29 August 2005 2:26 PM To: Richard Luckhurst; Slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] Webserver behind ADSL router On Monday 29 August 2005 14:03, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Richard Luckhurst Has anyone ever set a web server up on an ADSL line anything like this? If so I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. Has anyone had experience in setting up the DNS for a situation like this? If so I would appreciate any help. There's no trickery involved. Just set the A records for the root domain and the www subdomain to his ADSL's static IP... and you're done. - Jeff Just to add to Jeff's comments, if you need separate addresses returned by the DNS server depending on whether the request came from an internal or external client, you might want to look at ISC Bind's (ver 9+) view directive. Let's say your customer's webserver (www.foo.com) has the address 192.168.0.80 but it's external (internet static IP via NAT) is 1.2.3.4. You probably want internal users to have www.foo.com resolve to 192.168.0.80 but external users resolve to 1.2.3.4. ISC Bind's view will allow you to do this with a single config file and single named daemon - and it's actually quite simple to do. Have a look at the bind 9 admin reference: http://www.nominum.com/content/documents/bind9arm.pdf specifically sections 6.2.19 and 6.2.20 (page 80). HTH, James -- Weekend, where are you? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Webserver behind ADSL router
Hello All I have been asked to set a Fedora box up as a web and mail server for a customer of mine in his business grade ADSL service. He is using a Netcomm NB1300 as hisADSL router and he has a static IP assigned by his ISP. I have Apache and Postfix running fine on the box. I have Ports 25, 53, 80 and 110 forwarded on the NB1300 router and I have them forwarded to the IP address of the Fedora box. I am a bit confused on how to set the DNS up to get the whole thing to work. At present if I browse to the static IP address assigned by the ISP I can see the standard Apache test page. I need to be able to use the domain name. I have a domain name registered for this guy and at present it is delegated pointing to the static IP assigned by the ISP as advised by the domain supplier. Has anyone ever set a web server up on an ADSL line anything like this? If so I would appreciate the benefit of your experience. Has anyone had experience in setting up the DNS for a situation like this? If so I would appreciate any help. Regards Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Slow Mailserver after ADSL connection
Hello All I have a customer with a network of 20 WinXP PC's and a WinNT Server. I set them up a Redhat box about a year ago as a mail server. The box had a modem hanging off it that dialled each morning and was connected all day to give them internet connectivity. I run getmail to pick up their mail from the ISP and to sort it into the various mailboxes and I use postfix to take care of outgoing mail. I had a simple script set up to take care of NAT and firewall rules to allow the PC's to see the internet if they wanted WEB access. All this ran fine for about a year until they got ADSL installed and did away with the dial up access. What has been done is that the script has been removed, along with everything to do with the dial up modem. The ADSL router is now taking care of the NAT and the PC's all see the internet no worries. I changed the static IP address of this box from192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.5 and have the ADSL router as 192.168.0.1. I changed the nameservers in resolv.conf to reflect the new servers at the new ISP. I also made changes to postfix and getmail so that they deal with the new mail servers at the new ISP. What I now find is that this box is very slow responding to telnet logins from any PC on the network and mail pickup is now very slow. It used to be very fast logging into this box via telnet and also very fast picking up email, now it takes about 8-10 seconds to get a login prompt or for mail to be picked up. I have similar setups with a number of customers and they work fine. Has anyone got any ideas on what I have stuffed up with this box? Regards Richard ___ Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice / BSP Internet Services P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone 02 6792 6060 Fax 02 6792 6161 http://www.bsp.aunz.com attachment: winmail.dat-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] POS Software for a Record Chain
Title: Message Hi all Watch out for Winstore. Depending how their shop is set up it also produces sales statistics that are sent to their music supplier. This data is used for stuff like the ARIA music sale statistics and is how the figures about who is selling what song and when are generated. Not all shops useWinstore in this way but I have a few clients who used to do this. Make sure they are not using it for stats generation. Regards Richard - Original Message - From: Kevin Fitzgerald To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: [SLUG] POS Software for a Record Chain Hi All One of my clients is a Major Record Chain that is looking at moving from their Windoze Environment to a Redhat onethe problem is their POS Software (A product called Winstore for anyone who knows of it). Migrating all of the users to Linux machines is a No Brainer and will work fine but Migrating their Sales software to a Linux alternative is a little trikier. Does anyone know of a Retail operation like a record company using any such software? Can anyone reccomend some good free POS software for running on Redhat? I look forward to hearing from people. Kev __ NOD32 1.496 (20030828) Information __This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System.http://www.nod32.com ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/2003 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] A few Problems
Hi list I set up 2 Redhat 7.2 boxes over the weekend and I have them connected with a dial up PPP link. When the link is not up each machine works fine. When the link is up the machine that started the link has problems. If I try to ping it from itself I get a connect error however I can ping the other machine OK and I can ping the first machine from the second even though I can't ping it locally. I can't even ping localhost. Also while the link is up I am finding a lot of processes run very slowly. I have tried to get the ppp link to come up automatically during the boot process and it works fine. But when i do things this way the login process, to the kde desktop, takes ages. Does anyone have any clues? Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Ping and other Problems
Hi list I set up 2 Redhat 7.2 boxes over the weekend and I have them connected with a dial up PPP link. When the link is not up each machine works fine. When the link is up the machine that started the link has problems. If I try to ping it from itself I get a connect error however I can ping the other machine OK and I can ping the first machine from the second even though I can't ping it locally. I can't even ping localhost. Also while the link is up I am finding a lot of processes run very slowly. I have tried to get the ppp link to come up automatically during the boot process and it works fine. But when i do things this way the login process, to the kde desktop, takes ages. Does anyone have any clues? Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] mgetty
Hi Glen To protect the punters your modem won't answer calls by default. You'll need to send it an AT S0=2 command, which will instuct the modem to answer on the second ring (some modems will refuse a command to answer on the first ring, as one way of meeting ACA requirements). That makes sense to me but it is against what the mgetty manual says. According to the manual you must not have S0 set to anything because mgetty takes care of the answering. Regards Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] mgetty
Hi list I am setting up a redhat 7.2 box with a netcomm Mega I modem on ttyS0 and I am trying to get mgetty working. I have used all the defaults and mgetty is starting from inittab OK. When I try to dial into the machine the modem is always off hook. I have tried a couple of modems to make sure they are OK and they work fine. Any ideas would be appreciated Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option
Hi List Thanks to everyone who has offered ideas. I disconnected the Redhat server from the Lan for the whole weekend and logged all the activity happening using the iptables entry that was suggested to me by Peter Rundle. I found a definite pattern and the link is coming up every 83 minutes and some traffic is happening, about 900K received and 270K sent every time. At the same time, logged in messages, there is an attempt to send a packet from 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.1 from Source Port (various between 33125 and higher) to Destination Port 53. Looking at /etc/services port 53 is the nameserver. I have never turned any DNS stuff on for this machine and I don't understand why it might be trying every 83 minutes but that would make some sense if it is trying to update it's DNS maps. The next question is how to stop these lookups every 83 minutes or how to filter them so pppd does not bring up the link. I would appreciate any help. Thanks a lot Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option
Hi List Thanks for all who have suggested the problem might be the Windows PC's trying to update or do something. Last night I unplugged the server from the LAN so the Windows PC's could have no effect. I still got 7 ppp dial ups for no particular reason. I am now logging all activity to see what might be causing the link to come up. One time last night the link did not go down after the idle time and stayed up for 20 minutes for no reason at all. Regards Richard Some things to check for is subscribed pages in IE and also Windows Update on the PCs - which I assume are running some form of Windows. Windows Update can check automatically for updates unless you tell it otherwise. Also anti-virus programs can also check automatically for updates. I suspect there is a program somewhere in the background that is doing an auto check for something. One other way to see what it is, setup squid (or similar proxy/cache app) and set the PCs to point to that. Then look at the logs and see what is being requested. (Or, if using IPMASQ on the linux box, enable logging for that, but that could be rather volumous.) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PCCOM Multi Port Serial Card
Hello List I am setting up 2 Redhat 7.2 boxes with PCCOM 8 port PCI serial cards in them. The manual for these cards carries on about having to set up entries in rc.serial for these 8 serial ports. In 7.2 rc.serial does not exist. I have just done some poking around with setserial for ttyS4-11 and the 8 ports seem to be working without having to do anything. Is this correct? Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option
Hello List I have a Redhat 7.2 box set up as a file server and as an internet/email gateway. I am using the demand option for pppd to make the link dial on demand. I have 3 PC's connected to this box and I am using samba to allow them to have network drives on the Linux box. The dial on demand works fine, when ever one of the PC's fires up it's browser the link comes up. As they only have one POP mail account the PC with Outlook Express also brings the link up no problem when Outlook Express is started. I have a problem with the link coming up quite a few times for no particular reason and this is costing the client a fair bit of money as they must call STD for net access as they are very remote. The only guess I have is that they also use Outlook and a Microsoft Postoffice on one of the PC's for internal email and are not keen to change. Is it possible that when the Outlook clients check the MS Mail that the PPP is starting up, even though it is not being called? I can find no way to determine what is actually bringing the link up. I would appreciate any thoughts on how to determine what is bringing the link up and how to stop it coming up when not required. Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Serial Multiplexing
Hi Jill Thanks for both of your emails. I had considered the Cyclades terminal servers but the client has insisted on using the stand alone Linux PC's as he already has them. I was thinking along the lines of using Stallion cards as these are well supported under Linux. These also are not that expensive, around $800 each. What I am really interested in is a way of creating a virtual multiplexer for the 8 ports on the Stallion card. The whole idea is that the 2 Linux PC's and the dial up serial link has to look transparent to the devices. At present I have not been able to find much info on how to achieve this. Regards Richard - Original Message - From: Rowling, Jill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 4:33 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] Serial Multiplexing And on a similar note you might want to have a look at Cyclades terminal servers. They have Linux in a box with lots of serial ports and an ethernet interface. They're not cheap but you might want to see if that will neaten up your customer's solution. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Serial Multiplexing
Hi List I have been asked to look into an interesting project for a client of mine. I have to use a Linux box at both sites the client operates. I have to have 6 serial ports available at the remote site. At the main site I have to recover the 6 serial ports so they can be plugged into a proprietary terminal server along with another 30 serial devices. I am intending to get the 2 Linux boxes connected with a simple dial up PPP link. I have found a number of suitable 8 port serial cards that will take care of the extra ports. Has anyone ever had any experience in multiplexing and then demultiplexing serial ports in this way? The main requirement is the devices at the remote end should see the terminal server at the main end as if there were no link. The serial devices only operate at 9600 and there is not a great deal of data involved. This system is replacing a very expensive and ancient multiplexer system that used a Telstra microlink for comms. With the end of microlinks and the crazy cost of Onramp, along with the ancient hardware being used, the client wants to update. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option
Hello List Has anyone managed to get pppd with the demand option working for dial on demand in Redhat 7.2? If so how? It seems that this is a better and more flexible way of doing dial on demand than diald which I have never been able to get to work. Thanks in advance Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option
Hi Howard The error I am getting is that it never dials on demand. - Original Message - From: Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Luckhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] PPPD with Demand Option On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Richard Luckhurst wrote: Hello List Has anyone managed to get pppd with the demand option working for dial on demand in Redhat 7.2? If so how? Yes, it works fine. What sort of errors are you getting? Does it connect then drop out? Does it not connect again if it drops out? Have you tried debugging the session? More info needed. It seems that this is a better and more flexible way of doing dial on demand than diald which I have never been able to get to work. diald was good but I haven't used it now for about 3 years. -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com Flatter government, not fatter government. - me Get rid of the Australian states. -- If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Redhat Login problem
Hi List I am still trying to sort out a Redhat login logo problem I have been having. Hopefully there is someone else who hates the redhat logo on the list. I am using KDE as my default desktop manager and I am using the graphical login. I want to get rid of the Redhat logo and boring blue screen that sits behind the login window. I have set a background image using the KDE tools. When I log out I get my image for about 2 seconds and the login window comes up but the Redhat thing then comes up over the background image I have chosen. I have looked at gdmconfig and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the problem. Does anyone have a clue how to get rid of the redhat screen once and for all? Regards Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Redhat Logo
Hi List I am setting up a Redhat 7.2 box for a client and they have just asked me how I can kill the Redhat Logo page that sits behind the graphical login and replace it with an image of their own. I've never even considered this before. Does anyone know how to do it? Regards Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] SU Problems
Hello list Thanks to all who replied. I also suspected some foul play but now I am not so sure. I now suspect a know it all operator working for my client. The actual fault was found to be the mode changed on /bin/su. For some reason the mode was rwxr-xr-x instead of what it should be rwsr-xr-x. Again I am yet to find a reason for the change but a simple chmod fixed the problem. Regards Richard - Original Message - From: Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Richard Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] SU Problems My thought too. Things tend not to behave differently for no reason. Especially things like su. Perhaps your pam modules or config has been trojaned. Richard Neal wrote: You might want to check that su hasn't been replaced with a rootkit su. On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 17:47, Richard Luckhurst wrote: Hi list I am using Redhat 7.2 for a client and today noticed a problem I've not seen before. I went to become root as I always have, with su, and instead of being asked for the root password and becoming root [ .. ] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Su Problems
Hi list I am using Redhat 7.2 for a client and today noticed a problem I've not seen before. I went to become root as I always have, with su, and instead of being asked for the root password and becoming root I got asked for the password and then got an error about not being able to change groups. I have checked that no one has been playing around with the group and passwd files and they are untouched as are the permissions on /bin/su. Has anyone got any idea why I might now be getting this error? Thanks a lot Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Su Problems
Hi list I am using Redhat 7.2 for a client and today noticed a problem I've not seen before. I went to become root as I always have, with su, and instead of being asked for the root password and becoming root I got asked for the password and then got an error about not being able to change groups. I have checked that no one has been playing around with the group and passwd files and they are untouched as are the permissions on /bin/su. Has anyone got any idea why I might now be getting this error? Thanks a lot Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] SU Problems
Hi list I am using Redhat 7.2 for a client and today noticed a problem I've not seen before. I went to become root as I always have, with su, and instead of being asked for the root password and becoming root I got asked for the password and then got an error about not being able to change groups. I have checked that no one has been playing around with the group and passwd files and they are untouched as are the permissions on /bin/su. Has anyone got any idea why I might now be getting this error? Thanks a lot Richard Richard Luckhurst Manager / Engineer Sound Advice P.O. Box 104 Narrabri NSW 2390 Australia Ph / Fax +61 2 6792 6060 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Internet --- 486 firewall NAT --- Workstation
Hi Take a look at Nobbys Net. http://www.nobbys.net.au They have just started offering DOV in rural NSW. The guy who owns the business Ken Kirkby is pretty good at getting rural solutions working. They also have a reasonable price on satellite. Regards Richard Luckhurst - Original Message - From: Doug Foskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: [SLUG] [OT] Internet --- 486 firewall NAT --- Workstation I am a country user. I approached Telstra re ISDN, but unfortunately the service was not available on our (small) exchange. My question for others, however is: Who in the major providers, will do DOV, as when I spoke to them, no-one knew anything about it. (The small providers are too expensive usually). I am in the unfortunate position of not having ADSL or IDSN available, (We need 25 users to get ADSL equipment installed, and the village only has about 100 houses, but even then I am on the extreme distance limit @ 8 Km. (ADSL will run on country cable to 8Km apparently, but at reduced bandwith). IDSN is not an option as the hardware is not in the exchange. I have looked at Satellite, but the cost of running it is prohibitive (Satellite connection $40+ ISP $25 + Line rental $25 + calls $5 = expensive) Unfortunately they have priced 2 way satellite at above this cost. The only way I can see to get reasonable access would be to set up a Bluetooth radio uplink, line of site, to someone who has ADSL access, will let me piggyback. (ie I pay for their service) This would be about 10Km direct, but I would have to find a suitable (freindly) site. You others are so lucky in the cities! ( unfortunately I can see the services not improving much in the country in the long term) Doug -- 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] Fetchmail v/s GetMail
Hi All Here is my 2 cents worth on both. I have been using both for a while with Linux and FreeBSD with very little difference with either operating system. Fetchmail is OK but the config file can be a bit tricky to set up. The documentation is next to useless for a first time user. The FAQ is OK. It works well enough but can just die or hang for no particular reason. It is a real pain to get working when you want to have a bunch of users sharing one cheapy dial up mail account. It does work really well for sending mail on to other mail servers within your LAN. Getmail is much simpler to get going as long as you are very careful which version of Python you have installed. It will not work with the latest versions due to API changes in Python. Getmail is a Python application where Fetchmail is actually a standalone executable. The config file is easy to set up. No other MTA is required as Getmail actually writes the mail directly to the users mailbox. There is no daemon mode so it must be run in a script or under cron to keep polling mail. It is great for sorting mail for multiple users sharing a dial up account. The documentation is worse than useless as it is all but non existent. Anyway I reckon they are both OK but getmail is a bit easier to get going. Regards Richard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
