Re: [PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > As I understand your use cases: > - at home running on wired (eth0) > - at a WiFi hotspot running on air (wlan0) Correct. > And you never use both at the same time. > Yes? No? Yes. With the wireless issues being a PITA I (with Wes' exper

Re: [PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 05:22:27PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > > > That's not what I meant. I should have written "have you deleted the > > static ip config stanza from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and then tested > > net connectivity over wifi.?" > >

Re: [PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > That's not what I meant. I should have written "have you deleted the > static ip config stanza from /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file and then tested > net connectivity over wifi.?" No. The eth0 interface needs to come down when wlan0 is up, even if eth0 i

Re: [PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Mike Connors
> > > D) It's not connectivity to the WAP that's the problem, it's accessing > the > 'Net (directly or via a T&C Web page first) that fails because the packets > apparently insist on forcing themselves on the non-running eth0 and there's > no cable to move them along. So they die. > > > I use the

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > 3T would probably last us longer than USB will be a hardware standard! Copy spam to it and watch how fast it fills. :-) Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/m

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 14:59, Russell Johnson wrote: I also don't have to remember to back up my files. this, above all else is key IMNSHO. it's my #1 backup requirement. all else is just a matter of taste/expense/convenience. +1 Regular

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 14:59, Russell Johnson wrote: > I also don't have to remember to back up my files. this, above all else is key IMNSHO. it's my #1 backup requirement. all else is just a matter of taste/expense/convenience. ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Russell Johnson
On Apr 10, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > On the other hand, she can always copy files to my machine, send me an > e-mail, and I'll plug in the USB box and move them over there. Maybe > that's the better option since it will be disconnected from both power > and the network unl

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 04/10/2012 02:15 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > As recently as a couple of weeks ago OfficeMax was clearing out 3T > external hard drives for about $150. These run on USB connectors (version 2 > or 3) and you can copy data to them using rsync, cp, or whatever works on > windoze. You can keep th

Re: [PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > My wife and I are interested in adding a device that will function as a > place to put backups that is not on either of our regularly used > machines. It has to be able to be used by whatever version of Linux I'm > using, plus XP and Win7. > Am I

[PLUG] Network Attached Storage

2012-04-10 Thread Richard C. Steffens
My wife and I are interested in adding a device that will function as a place to put backups that is not on either of our regularly used machines. It has to be able to be used by whatever version of Linux I'm using, plus XP and Win7. I started Googling network attached storage and find a number

Re: [PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Mike Connors wrote: > ... I suspect there is a problem in the interaction between the NIC driver > and your chosen net mgmt. software. Is WICD a native app to slackware? If > not, is there a native net mgmt. app? If there's not a native net mgmt app > is there another net mgmt

[PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Mike Connors
> > Still don't have the Sony Vaio working with wireless hot spots, but know > why and would like your ideas on how to remedy the problem. > > When I invoke wicd on my Dell Latitude and it connects to the WAP eth0 is > brought down ('ifconfig eth0 down' in Slackware) so the only network > inter

Re: [PLUG] Computer Security event, UO Eugene, April 20, Free

2012-04-10 Thread Tim
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[PLUG] Controling Network Interfaces

2012-04-10 Thread Rich Shepard
Still don't have the Sony Vaio working with wireless hot spots, but know why and would like your ideas on how to remedy the problem. When I invoke wicd on my Dell Latitude and it connects to the WAP eth0 is brought down ('ifconfig eth0 down' in Slackware) so the only network interface in the