[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
Hi, I would like to tether my laptop and phone.(so that i can use the wifi on my phone..to connect the laptop to connect to the internet)I have no wirless router. Its connected via a wire. Is this possible? -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Stephen Garton
2009/11/25 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: Hi, I would like to tether my laptop and phone.(so that i can use the wifi on my phone..to connect the laptop to connect to the internet)I have no wirless router. Its connected via a wire. Is this possible? -- Regards Javad --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
thats correct...i want to use my internet connection from my ubuntu pc (which has wifi). I want to connect my android phone to it and then use the wifi for browsing on my phone!. I know the other way round is possible...just wondering if this is doable! 2009/11/25 Stephen Garton

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Pope
It is possible. Install firestarter and use the wizard to share out the connection. On Nov 25, 2009 8:38 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: thats correct...i want to use my internet connection from my ubuntu pc (which has wifi). I want to connect my android phone to it and then use the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
Brilliant.I will try this. As always many thanks to all. 2009/11/25 Alan Pope a...@popey.com It is possible. Install firestarter and use the wizard to share out the connection. On Nov 25, 2009 8:38 AM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: thats correct...i want to use my internet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
Doesn't your android phone have built-in wifi access anyway? I thought it came as standard on them - it certainly does on mine. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem... so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do my internet browsing on my phone. 2009/11/25 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net Doesn't your android phone have built-in wifi access anyway? I thought it came

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
Ah, this is different then to what I originally understood you required... what you're saying is that you want your laptop to become a wireless router? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Pope
2009/11/25 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem... so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do my internet browsing on my phone. I did this the other way around over a year ago at an Ubuntu Developer Summit.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
See if this is any help... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=398771 Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
yes thats right! ...i want my laptop to be my router...:) 2009/11/25 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net Ah, this is different then to what I originally understood you required... what you're saying is that you want your laptop to become a wireless router? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu tethering

2009-11-25 Thread javadayaz
brilliant. sounds promising...at least i know now that it can be done! :) 2009/11/25 Alan Pope a...@popey.com 2009/11/25 javadayaz javada...@gmail.com: yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem... so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do

[ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Kevin Safford
Hello I'm thinking of buying a USB phone, to make things easier for my wife, who struggles with the headset and softphone (Twinkle). I haven't found much information about what works with Ubuntu; can anyone help? My provider is sipgate.co.uk. I asked them about their model SG-HS100b, but they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Kevin Safford wrote: Hello I'm thinking of buying a USB phone, to make things easier for my wife, who struggles with the headset and softphone (Twinkle). I haven't found much information about what works with Ubuntu; can anyone help? My provider is sipgate.co.uk. I asked them about their

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
Personally I'd get a phone that is independent from the computer, rather than USB. Or, failing that, what about an adaptor like this and just use a normal phone?? http://www.vonage.co.uk/voip/?loc=googlesource=ppcgclid=CPfig4iOpp4CFQ6Z2AodBWLYlQ Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/11/09 11:42, Kevin Safford wrote: Hello I'm thinking of buying a USB phone, to make things easier for my wife, who struggles with the headset and softphone (Twinkle). I haven't found much information about what works with Ubuntu; can anyone help? My provider is sipgate.co.uk. I asked

[ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread mac
Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web space aspect, really,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread David Jones
mac wrote: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web space

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Gordon
mac wrote: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account. Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host? Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK. I'm not fussed about the web space

Re: [ubuntu-uk] accessing Windows 7 shares

2009-11-25 Thread Gordon
Gordon wrote: This may be anecdotal or not! I cannot access any Windows Home Premium shares from my 9.10 Netbook. However, I am in correspondence with someone who CAN access shares (including Admin shares) on Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL from 9.10 Can anyone else who might have access to either

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Matt Jones
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:38 PM, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account.  Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?  Their free or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Colin McCarthy
2009/11/25 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account.  Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?  Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK.  I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Simon Osborne
2009/11/25 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account.  Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?  Their free or cheap-as-chips packages look OK.  I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Philip Stubbs
2009/11/25 Colin McCarthy binarysig...@gmail.com: 2009/11/25 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: Following the massive e-mail outage (again) at Fasthosts yesterday, I'm looking to move my e-mail-only account.  Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?  

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Subject: web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Jack Cheesman
You might like to look at uk2.net - you may have to buy a domain name for £2.70/year - I've been with them since dialup times - and have had free email until recently when I had to renew for a one off payment of £1 !! They've just sorted out their mailserverand its working well. You have

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu debmirror issue.

2009-11-25 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi, I use deb mirror to populate the local mirror. It keeps on aborting and then gets disconnected with the below error [ 2%] Getting: pool/main/u/ubuntu-docs/ubuntu-docs_9.04.10_all.deb... Transfer truncated: only 2245237 out of 3974416 bytes received WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock... Any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Kevin Safford
Thanks for the replies. He he, I'm really looking for a 'quick and dirty' solution, but I should have expected the responses I got. SIP isn't our main phone option - we just use it on those occasions when Virgin Media charge us for calls. I'm happy to use the soft phone, but my wife would prefer

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 25/11/09 15:49, Kevin Safford wrote: Thanks for the replies. He he, I'm really looking for a 'quick and dirty' solution, but I should have expected the responses I got. SIP isn't our main phone option - we just use it on those occasions when Virgin Media charge us for calls. I'm happy to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommendation for SIP phone wanted

2009-11-25 Thread Tim Dobson
Kevin Safford wrote: Thanks for the replies. He he, I'm really looking for a 'quick and dirty' solution, but I should have expected the responses I got. SIP isn't our main phone option - we just use it on those occasions when Virgin Media charge us for calls. I'm happy to use the soft

[ubuntu-uk] Xubuntu Cosmetic Issue

2009-11-25 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi I upgraded my desktop from Xubuntu 9.04 to 9.10, and did a clean install of Xubuntu 9.10 on my laptop. I find that the notifications on my laptop have the new appearance; white on black with blurring text as the notication fades. My desktop, however, still has the older style

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread mac
mac wrote: ...Does anyone have any experience / comments about Heart Internet or 5 Quid Host?.. Thanks to everyone for taking the trouble to reply and for the very useful comments. mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: I would recommend getting your email hosted for free by Google. http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new I use for it a few domains and you get all the wonderful Google Mail features but with your own domain name.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Subject: web / e-mail hosting

2009-11-25 Thread Sean Miller
Erm, what does they've just sorted out their mailserver mean??? Forgive me for being cautious on behalf of somebody else, but if it takes a company years of being in business to sort out their mailserver it sends out some rather shivering thoughts... plus my experience in the past of uk2net was