Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
William Anderson wrote: Gordon JC Pearce wrote: babaguy wrote: If anyone else can PLEASE (I really MEAN these capitals, I *would* like to be able to use my Linux to actually *do* something) help me with configuring a modem (either BT VOYAGER ADSL or THOMSON Speed Touch 330) They're shit. Th

Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
babaguy wrote: When I DO get a modem Router, I just hope getting the linux box to recognise it won't be too much of a hassle! If it's a router, it just presents a plain ordinary network connection. Getting it working is then just a case of plugging it in and allowing your PC to pick up a ne

Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread c . speirs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > babaguy wrote: > > > When I DO get a modem Router, I just hope getting the linux box to > > recognise it won't be too much of a hassle! > > If it's a router, it just presents a plain ordinary network connection. > Getting it working is then just a case of plugging

Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread William Anderson
Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > William Anderson wrote: >> Gordon JC Pearce wrote: >>> babaguy wrote: >>> If anyone else can PLEASE (I really MEAN these capitals, I *would* like to be able to use my Linux to actually *do* something) help me with configuring a modem (either BT VOYAGER ADSL

Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Claudio Calvelli
I'll add my £0.02 troll tax... William Anderson: > Praps you found a bad batch? I've yet to see a Speedtouch that *didn't* > work once you get your head round the firmware bit, and this is going > back years too when we had loads of USB modems at SmoothWall for > testing. Speedtouchen work, so

even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread babaguy
Boy oh Boy, Thanks you guys!I now have been forced to LOOK at (oops! too many capial letters! "I'm typing with capital letters! I'm typing with capital letters!" (think: 'running with scissors.') - - as I say, FORCED (by my sweetheart) to peruse the windows machine and the CD *is* a re-writer

Re: even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Kenny Duffus
On Monday 15 January 2007 12:19, babaguy wrote: > p.s. last question: Have any of you ever been suspicious about who actually > owns Canonical? The packaging is so well designed and attractive, but where > do they get the money to pay people to put out a new version every six > months, when they ar

Re: even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
Network cards are ten a penny now. If you ask nicely I (and others) may be able to bring some along to the meet for nowt ;-) Ubuntu is nice and shiny because the very nice man called Mark Shuttleworth is behind it. He's a millionaire or something like that, and likes to spend his money on bein

Re: even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
And yes, as Kenny points out. Canonical provides commercial support for Ubuntu. So big business can run it and have assurances that if something goes wrong, they can point the Finger of Blame at someone and get it fixed. Kyle Kyle Gordon wrote: Network cards are ten a penny now. If you ask nic

Re: even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Alex Walker
He was also the first African in space. Isn't he a *billionaire*? On 15 Jan 2007, at 12:54, Kyle Gordon wrote: Network cards are ten a penny now. If you ask nicely I (and others) may be able to bring some along to the meet for nowt ;-) Ubuntu is nice and shiny because the very nice man calle

Re: even moRe:[Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Kyle Gordon
Rand, Dollah or Pound? Kyle Alex Walker wrote: He was also the first African in space. Isn't he a *billionaire*? On 15 Jan 2007, at 12:54, Kyle Gordon wrote: Network cards are ten a penny now. If you ask nicely I (and others) may be able to bring some along to the meet for nowt ;-) Ubuntu

Re: [Scottish] mod_proxy with a dash of mod_rewrite

2007-01-15 Thread Colin McKinnon
On Sunday 14 January 2007 11:11, Gary Hendricks wrote: > I have been struggling a wee while with something. > > Here is the scenario: > > ---|FW|---|web1|---|web2| > > > I have a normal webserver on web1 that serves general pages. > The web2 is an internal webserver that serves all kinds of media

Re: moRe: [Scottish] Broadband Question...

2007-01-15 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
Claudio Calvelli wrote: I'll add my £0.02 troll tax... Also, being USB powered and therefore limited to 500mA, it cannot always provide sufficient output power to cope with a bad line. Again, a router with a decent power supply would have no problem with that. Exactly - cheap shit, designe