Re: [Eug-lug] WI-FI Downtown Eug

2006-01-25 Thread Jeff Newton
Maybe we'll have to try it one of these day's, when I got the laptop to work. T. Joseph CARTER wrote: That's the place, and I doubt you could use it from the Atrium. ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/eu

Re: [Eug-lug] WI-FI Downtown Eug

2006-01-25 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 05:52:09AM +, Jeff Newton wrote: > Can it still be reachable from 10th and Olive at the Atrim? New Odyssey? > Where is this at? That that little cafe place next door to the McDonald > Theater on the corner? That's the place, and I doubt you could use it from the Atriu

Re: [Eug-lug] MetroNet revisited (was wi-fi hell--let's talk WiMax)

2006-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is true in a sense. Nero is the primary ISP for much of the local gov infrastructure. It's primarily the service provider for OWEN which includes the U of O, The State of Oregon and the local K12. RIS ( Regional Information System ) which hubs a lot of the local governments uses NERO and

Re: [Eug-lug] MS SFU

2006-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RIS / AIRS used it a couple of years back before they got rid of thier nix/bisync/mess to provide a slew of functionality as the locals migrated to Windows. most of it was a holder for batch files during some conversion to keep things patched together or to keep things running - some of the ba

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread Bob Miller
Quentin Hartman wrote: > I take it there is no VPN client for their system available for linux? > Perhaps a more direct solution? Do you really want to hear the whole rant? I've been using their Linux solution for several months. (Worse, my department WROTE the VPN software in question.) But i

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread Patrick R. Wade
Bob Miller wrote: I'd be surprised if SFU has any advantages over CygWin at this point. if they renamed it Services and Technologies For UNIX they'd have a little bit cooler acronym... -- On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into th

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread Quentin Hartman
On 1/24/06, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a Windows laptop (eeeuuww!) that runs VPN software to connectto the intranet to work.  I already forward ssh traffic from realcomputers through the Windows laptop to hosts at work. I take it there is no VPN client for their system available f

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread Bob Miller
horst wrote: > If you google for 'squid cygwin' you'll find quid versions compiled for > various Windows versions as well as for cygwin. > Bob, have you tried cygwin recently? (X included). If you are stuck with > a Win box it's quiet nice to have a bash, and many GNU commandline > utilities a

Re: [Eug-lug] MetroNet revisited (was wi-fi hell--let's talk WiMax)

2006-01-25 Thread LinuxRocks!
Many years ago, when volunteering at OPN/EFN, the libarary and OPN/EFN shared a booth at the Lane County Fair... While volunteering, I talked with the lady (cant remember her name) from the library, they had setup the internet access, and she said that they (the library) had fiber provided by t

Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread horst
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:21:41 -0800 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows the Unix tool kit for windows is free.. and will allow you to run a lot of Linux stuff in wondows ? You may be able to just run squid. If you google for 'squid cy

Re: [Eug-lug] SAO Events: Tech Brew Pub & Other Announcements

2006-01-25 Thread T. Joseph CARTER
Have the euglug people figured out where we're going to dinner afterward yet? =) On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:52:33AM -0800, Matthew Jarvis wrote: > Folks- I'm fwd'ing the SAO announcement to the list, but not sure if the > formatting is right. Apologies if it comes out fubar on your end mj >

RE: [Eug-lug] MetroNet revisited (was wi-fi hell--let's talk WiMax)

2006-01-25 Thread John Schmidt
Hi all, Here is as close to the truth as we are likely to come... David Trepp is my business partner. He was the former chair of the MetroNet Committee. Many of you may know David from his InfoGroup NW days. EWEB does in fact have (mostly dark) fiber laid throughout Eugene in conjunction with Met

[Eug-lug] MS SFU (was: web proxy for Windows)

2006-01-25 Thread Jason LaPier
Has anyone here actually used SFU? I didn't get a whole lot of info from MS's propoganda (ok, it seems clear that you can use telnet and NIS, neither of which I use much of). How does it stack up against cygwin? I'd try it out myself, but I have a bad feeling about installing cygwin and SFU on the

[Eug-lug] SAO Events: Tech Brew Pub & Other Announcements

2006-01-25 Thread Matthew Jarvis
Folks- I'm fwd'ing the SAO announcement to the list, but not sure if the formatting is right. Apologies if it comes out fubar on your end mj --- The SAO Brew Pub will be held this Thursday. The speaker for this week's event is announced

RE: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows

2006-01-25 Thread Jason LaPier
I'd think you'd be able to do that with good ol' ICS - Jason > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Miller > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:11 PM > To: euglug@euglug.org > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] web proxy for Windows > > Bob

Re: [Eug-lug] MetroNet revisited (was wi-fi hell--let's talk WiMax)

2006-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It appears I too may not be making myself clear .. and I got into some tangents about government in this area that is really unrelated to the Fiber topic at hand. Sorry about that. I am interested in what the real deal is though... and will do what I can to get infomration updated and posted s