[GNHLUG] [DLSLUG-Announce] TONIGHT: JUnit - A Unit Testing Framework for Java

2008-07-03 Thread Bill McGonigle
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Re: Backups and Amazon S3 storage?

2008-07-03 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 1, 2008, at 16:23, Marc Nozell wrote: Ideally it should be incremental, encrypted, simple to use, simple file recovery, etc. Bonus for allowing for multiple backups with little additional storage (like rsnapshot) FWIW, I went through a similar exercise and wound up using rsnapshot

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 1, 2008, at 19:54, Alex Hewitt wrote: I just read the End User License Agreement that came with one of my customer's Juniper Networks Netscreen appliances and it basically has the same nontransferable rights clause that Cisco uses. Same deal, you can't sell your used Netscreen

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Michael ODonnell
And, FWIW, I've got a couple dozen WRT-54G[S,L,v4,v3,v2]* units in the field and the only one that's failed had taken a lightning strike. My oldest one is now 5 years old, so at $50-ish, I owe them nothing. Closer to $41 today if you can stomach a mail-in rebate:

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Minor warning: OpenVPN is configured NOT to check for revoked certificates by default. (Default install on Debian, anyway, and I suspect it's similar elsewhere.) Not likely a big deal for home use, but for business use fortunately I was careful enough to check a known-revoked certificate the

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Oh, but it gets better. If that Cisco box hasn't been on a maintenance contract, you have to have it tested and recertified by an authorized VAR before you can buy a new maintenance contract on it so you can then buy the IOS image. Thanks for bringing back really horrible memories (sigh).

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Contrast with HP: download firmware updates from the website. Hardware can be slightly more expensive up front, and they've only gotten really solid for things like VLAN's in the past couple years. I've found the

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Arc Riley
Closer to $41 today if you can stomach a mail-in rebate: Or even less than that if you're purchasing even a handful at once and act as a reseller. It's really not worth it for most computer components, pricewatch is often lower than *your* wholesale cost, but networking gear it's very much

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread John Abreau
On Thu, July 3, 2008 1:18 pm, Drew Van Zandt said: Minor warning: OpenVPN is configured NOT to check for revoked certificates by default. (Default install on Debian, anyway, and I suspect it's similar elsewhere.) Not likely a big deal for home use, but for business use fortunately I

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Thomas Charron
On 7/3/08, John Abreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, July 3, 2008 1:18 pm, Drew Van Zandt said: Minor warning: OpenVPN is configured NOT to check for revoked certificates by default. (Default install on Debian, anyway, and I suspect it's similar That's odd; whenever I installed it, I

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Thursday 03 July 2008 15:15, John Abreau wrote: On Thu, July 3, 2008 1:18 pm, Drew Van Zandt said: Minor warning: OpenVPN is configured NOT to check for revoked certificates by default. (Default install on Debian, anyway, and I suspect it's similar elsewhere.) Not likely a big deal

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 3, 2008, at 13:04, Bill McGonigle wrote: Say, if anybody's seen a small (vs. a standard PC stuffed full of PCI cards) a/b/g/n unit that can handle the openwrt-ish open firmwares, please let me know. Apparently, since the Aussies shut down Buffalo in patent court they don't exist. To

Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

2008-07-03 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 3, 2008, at 13:30, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: Otherwise what would keep a person from not having a maintenance contract, allowing the system to break, and then getting a contract when it does break? At least CISCO gave you a path for putting it back on maintenance or buying used