Re: [expert] VOIP calls monitoring with linux

2002-04-22 Thread Matt . Carpenter
I believe you can do this with RADIUS Accounting. ngn

Re: [expert] Why Linux?

2002-03-23 Thread Matt . Carpenter
If your not running a server, or doing a task that requires linux specifically, why are you using it? What else can I use which crosses almost all hardware borders, bringing the stability, power, and culture of Unix? It's one thing to be able to use another Unix, or OSX (which is, of course, a

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 very unstable

2002-03-21 Thread Matt . Carpenter
I personally like Caldera and SuSE. carl

Re: [expert] Best firewall

2002-03-06 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Sorry, but in Linux it's called RYO - Roll Your Own. Firewalling in nearly any capacity needs to be a customized thing. If you're looking for a firewall which has some nice tools to make the creation process pretty, and are willing to pay for it, check out Astaro Linux. It's based on the 2.4

Re: [expert] (Way OT) Quake 3

2002-01-16 Thread Matt . Carpenter
I've only ever heard of Quake III: Arena, which is deathmatch only, IIRC. Sorry... You can send them MY way! I loved deathmatch, probably more than the game itself.

Re: [expert] RPM or source install

2002-01-14 Thread Matt . Carpenter
I would stick with the RPM's for enterprise class servers needing anything near 24/7. While I am not overly confident in Mandrake's update RPM's (almost toasted my machine when they forgetting to link stuff in the /boot dir on a kernel update), this still is the best way to go. The main

[expert] Help! IPX/Netware!

2002-01-09 Thread Matt . Carpenter
I am running Mandrake 8.1 and attempting to attach to a Netware server using IPX. When I use slist, I continually get the message: slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open I got this to work once after much headache... then it just stopped again. My interface is getting an IPX address and

Re: [expert] recording audio from sound card at specified time

2002-01-09 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Have you been able to get krecord to work through KDE2? I used it with KDE1 and had great results... but when I made the switch I didn't get it to work (I only spent a coupld hours one night). I've been looking for something else which would do the trick but haven't had the time and it hasn't

[expert] SystemMonitor KDE Applet

2002-01-09 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Where is the KDE2 Applet known as System Monitor? This is a monitor which sits in the Kicker panel (or some child bar) and tells you CPU, Memory, and Swap usage realtime. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Which graphics card to get?

2002-01-09 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Matrox has always been one of the best video card vendors IMHO. I've always been very pleased with their cards. That said, I think my next card will be an ATI All-In-Wonder, because I know of people who have used it to do video capture with Linux and have been pleased. I haven't checked around,

Re: [expert] iptables and ipip tunnels

2002-01-06 Thread Matt . Carpenter
richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi will this work /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p 93 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT It looks good to me, although I wouldn't include the interface part. You may have to add this to your OUTPUT chain as well. If the firewall were to live on a different box, you would want this rule in

Re: [expert] IPTABLES AND TUNNELS

2002-01-06 Thread Matt . Carpenter
All you really need for this in reality is /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p 93 -j ACCEPT If the firewall exists on a different box from the VPN box, change that to the FORWARD chain. Once it's working you may tighten down access to a particular box or boxen, but put that in for starters. ps. You

Re: [expert] A strange thing happens to my network

2002-01-02 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Could you be a little more specific? What on your LAN seems to be going south? Are you suggesting that the Linux Server on the LAN is going south? Linux is not impervious to such things as hardware failure and misconfigurations, but other than that, I've not seen Linux need the kind of help

Re: [expert] daemon scripts

2001-12-27 Thread Matt . Carpenter
While I tend to agree with Mr Woods, here are some pointers to get you started: (I don't like Mandrake's init scripts. They are too specialized. I prefer Caldera's. Here are the basics for init scripts: case $1 in start) ;; stop) ;;

Re: [expert] Mandrake in the enterprise

2001-12-20 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Nice attempt... but the idea seems good to me. It's not that anyone cares what you are running, but you care what is supported, correct? Netraverse's server idea a great one, IMHO. So many people run Windows on all their desktops simply for fear of them wanting a product which will only work

[expert] Screwed update

2001-12-20 Thread Matt . Carpenter
Well, I chose to do an update of my Mandrake 8.1 install which has decidedly been a bad decision Apparently (I haven't fixed it yet) there were many softlinks which weren't updated when the kernel was updated. This wasn't a BIG problem until I rebooted. Now, /usr won't mount because it's

[expert] Netscape Config/Java

2001-12-12 Thread Matt . Carpenter
In Mandrake 8.1 I am finding that the environment is very different than the Caldera one I'm used to. The latest issue I've found is that while using a Java Applet Web GUI for MetaIP's DNS/DHCP server, tab doesn't switch me between fields, and sometimes clicking on an item in a list doesn't

RE: [expert] viruses, worms, trojans, html, pgp sigs

2001-12-06 Thread Matt . Carpenter
In what manner do you mean Forced? I am somewhat forced to use Lotus Notes, but I've found that most of what I do has a couple ways to do it and there is generally at least one way around forced. Unfortunately sometimes that way is not necessarily pretty.