RE: Firewalls and download limits

No not really. I use Volker's telstraclear script to email me the current values, but that is for a cablemodem connection... I guess you have DSL. All I can suggest is to keep an eye on the usagemeter web page from your ISP and see what it says. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

re:kppp dialup

At this stage I am not worried about time for getting the internet working (having access thru windows still), but being on the pensioncash and convincing the BOSS that I should spend money on the computer(which as far as she sees is working perfectly) is a different ball game altogether LO

OT: a fix for Out of Office

Just a note to anyone else reading and contributing from within an Outlook/Exchange system... - Out of Office Assistant is handy, even required for many of us - and it's quite clever - However, it's never been clever enough to cope properly with mailing lists - such as CLUG This has been a lo

Lenovo Pre-Loading Linux on Notebooks

http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/15517 David -- Every cloud has a silver lining (except for the mushroom shaped ones, which have a lining of Iridium & Strontium 90)

Re: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:54:10 +1200 Rik Tindall wrote: > Plus the *main context* that the Kde Klobber Klub don't want people > learning about: > > Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary > > > How di

Re: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks

On 8/17/06, Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Cheetham wrote:Linux patch problems: Your distro may varyHow did I get to hear of this news-link? - From having taken the troubleto meet GNU/Linux users

Re: PC-BSD

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:50:06 +1200 Reg wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 23:07, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > It would be worth adding yourself to the 'wheel' group > > what may I ask is a wheel group and how does one add themselves to it? > > I have now figured out how to login as root

Re: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks

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Re: PC-BSD

On Thursday 17 August 2006 09:50, Reg wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 23:07, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > It would be worth adding yourself to the 'wheel' group > > what may I ask is a wheel group and how does one add themselves to it? The 'wheel' group is for the 'Big Wheel' people in the o

Re: kppp dialup

> o Get a new pci modem. Go to www.dse.co.nz and enter the product code XH1154 > in the search box. This is the modem I use so it is guaranteed to work with > Linux. This modem uses an Intel 536EP chip. Be warned that Intel in the past has had a 6 months delay in getting this driver up to scratc

Firewalls and download limits

I am currently using IPCop with an extension called Traffic Control and Reporting to set monthly download limits on my family network. I am about to upgrade the firewall ardware and was considering switching to pfsense at the same time. I downloaded this and set up a virtual firewall on a server

Re: PC-BSD

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 23:07, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > It would be worth adding yourself to the 'wheel' group what may I ask is a wheel group and how does one add themselves to it? I have now figured out how to login as root so am learning fast, well one command a day is better than

Re: PC-BSD

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:39, Nick Rout wrote: I have managed to save konsole settings to bigger fonts, God knows why I could not find the save to default setting b4. I have also succeeded in logging in as root with the su command and get PCBSD# as my prompt. when I type .. kldload i

RE: kppp dialup

 >>Anybody on the list got a 56k external dial up modem they could sell to Alan? I have an external Pragmatic modem with the box it came in and manual. I ran it without any hitches under windows 98 for a number of years until I went to broadband. If the guy needs one I am happy to sell for a

Fwd: New Book: Ubuntu Linux for Non-Geeks

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Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 22:02 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wednesday 16 August 2006 21:08, Reg wrote: > >Ross Drummond said: If exasperation with your modem entices you to change > >modems rather than operating systems, here are three suggestions . > > > > > No I think you got the

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 10:02 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > everything seems to be ok, except that the /etc/ppp/kppp-options file is > not present. Did anybody actually get kppp set up? > Yes, as Andrew reported, kppp is setup OK because plugging in an external modem and not changing any s

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 20:05, Reg wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:29, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Do I get the feeling people like to quip about SUSE...? ;) > > They can quip all they like, but so far it is the only thing other than > windows that I have ever managed to get to the poin

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 22:24, Andrew Errington wrote: > > He has a 2.6.15 kernel & the ltmodem-8.31 matches it. > > > > everything seems to be ok, except that the /etc/ppp/kppp-options file is > > not present. Did anybody actually get kppp set up? > > Yes. It was working with my external mode

Re: Desktops through the ages

Maurice Butler wrote: Hi, Orginal ibm pc had floppy disk 64meg ram optional cassette drive 82 keyboard, XT bios change, harddisk 10 ro 20mb? AT bios change to 286 processor, second interrupt controller, RTC, hard disk, new keyboard, colour option From memory (I have lost my IBM hardware manua

Re: kppp dialup

> > He has a 2.6.15 kernel & the ltmodem-8.31 matches it. > > everything seems to be ok, except that the /etc/ppp/kppp-options file is > not present. Did anybody actually get kppp set up? Yes. It was working with my external modem. Wouldn't /etc/ppp/kpp-options be a template file? The specific

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:02, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > everything seems to be ok, except that the /etc/ppp/kppp-options file is > not present. Did anybody actually get kppp set up? here are the contents of my /etc/ppp/options file; --- lock noauth

Re: Desktops through the ages

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:01, Peter Glassenbury (CSSE) wrote: > So that means two PC's I am after -- an XT and an original... > > From the Vax discussion our one never had SYS$ anything as it > ran Unix from Day one. (Ultrix for a while until we got the BSD > source tapes then 4.1 .2 and .3)

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:56, Andrew Errington wrote: > > > > > It looks like AT+GCI=xx where xx is the country code, but I can't find > > > a list that includes New Zealand. I can find find a list that > > > explicitly indicates no setting is required for New Zealand. > > > > almost certainly 64, n

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 21:56, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 8:54 pm, Ross Drummond wrote: > > o Get a new pci modem. Go to www.dse.co.nz and enter the product code > > XH1154 in the search box. This is the modem I use so it is guaranteed to > > work with Linux. > > For $30

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 21:08, Reg wrote: > >Ross Drummond said: If exasperation with your modem entices you to change > >modems rather than operating systems, here are three suggestions . > > > > > No I think you got the wrong guy, my modem is fine. It's some other guy > exasperated with

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, August 16, 2006 9:37 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:33, you wrote: >> On Wed, August 16, 2006 5:37 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: >> > Okay, here is an update/summary. > >> Is the country set to NZ? > > I don't know, Nick. > > Do you know how to check it? Do you know ho

Re: kppp dialup

> > It looks like AT+GCI=xx where xx is the country code, but I can't find > > a list that includes New Zealand. I can find find a list that > > explicitly indicates no setting is required for New Zealand. > > almost certainly 64, not that I've used a modem since I've been here. > However, all th

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 8:54 pm, Ross Drummond wrote: > o Get a new pci modem. Go to www.dse.co.nz and enter the product code > XH1154 in the search box. This is the modem I use so it is guaranteed to > work with Linux. For $30 this looks like a good option Alan. Sneak in to DSE at the Plams

Re: kppp dialup

Dear Alan, Rob, myself, et al., Here is a link to what looks like a fairly comprehensive troubleshooting guide. http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/post-install.html There are at least two problems that I noticed on Alan's machine: 2.14 LCP / connection timed out This is the error message in /var/

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:37:51 +1200 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:33, you wrote: > > On Wed, August 16, 2006 5:37 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: > > > Okay, here is an update/summary. > > > Is the country set to NZ? > > I don't know, Nick. > > Do you know how

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:33, you wrote: > On Wed, August 16, 2006 5:37 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: > > Okay, here is an update/summary. > Is the country set to NZ? I don't know, Nick. Do you know how to check it? Do you know how to change it? Do you know what it should be? It looks like AT+GCI

RE: kppp dialup

>Ross Drummond said: If exasperation with your modem entices you to change >modems rather than operating systems, here are three suggestions . No I think you got the wrong guy, my modem is fine. It's some other guy exasperated with getting his modem working.

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:05, Reg wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:29, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Do I get the feeling people like to quip about SUSE...? ;) > > They can quip all they like, but so far it is the only thing other than > windows that I have ever managed to get to the point I coul

Re: kppp dialup

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 19:29, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Do I get the feeling people like to quip about SUSE...? ;) They can quip all they like, but so far it is the only thing other than windows that I have ever managed to get to the point I could connect to the net with :-) Hopefully in

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, August 16, 2006 7:29 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Ltmodems used to be a good choice under Linux, but I gathered that there > are now more version of that chip than the Linux driver is able/supposed > to handle. Good luck ;( > > Volker and as with many third party drivers it is having dif

Re: PC-BSD

On Wed, August 16, 2006 7:11 pm, Reg wrote: > On Wednesday 16 August 2006 17:43, Nick Rout wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:05:04 +1200 > >> OK having re-read your first email and seen the obvious, namely that it >> is >> a ne2000: The ne2000 driver is if_ed by the looks of it. >> >> Try (as root)

Re: kppp dialup

On Wed, August 16, 2006 5:37 pm, Andrew Errington wrote: > Okay, here is an update/summary. > > 1) Entering Alan's login details on my laptop (running the same version of > Mepis) allows my laptop to connect with no trouble. This indicates > there's nothing tricky to connect to iHug. Also, the ch

Re: kppp dialup

> Yes, but googling for that error message and ltmodem brings up a lot of > examples of the same issue (including *gasp* SuSE, because it is such a > low-level thing.) Do I get the feeling people like to quip about SUSE...? ;) Anyway, in that case you have issues with the modem driver (as I hi

Re: PC-BSD

On Wednesday 16 August 2006 17:43, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:05:04 +1200 > OK having re-read your first email and seen the obvious, namely that it is > a ne2000: The ne2000 driver is if_ed by the looks of it. > > Try (as root) > > kldload if_ed tried that command and got kload: ca

Re: Desktops through the ages

First PC I worked on was a genuine IBM PC. Yes 64K Ram was standard it could be expanded - we had ours "bored out" to 384K. It had a BIOS with BASIC included that could be stored on tape so you could do stuff with no drives. Twin floppies was the highest spec. 5 1/4 inch 360K (double sided doubl