Meeting tonight, Sun cables, Charter
OK, three quick things (now that I'm back on the list), first being my regrets at not making tonight's meeting. Second, I'm looking for a keyboard cable and the optical mousepad (or a new mouse) for a Sun Sparc 10 workstation. I'm trying to get it working with Linux, and found out it's missing some parts. Once set up, I'm confident I can run it headless (I used to with other Sun equipment), but, alas, need some basic stuff to get the new OS loaded, etc. Third, Charter Communications (our cable provider here) has just started offering cable modem / high speed internet. Anyone have any experience with them, especially in terms of Linux friendliness? I've very tempted to change over (better than my 25K line ;), but want to see what new problems I'll run into. thanks in advance, jeff * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Meeting tonight, Sun cables, Charter
I have had cable with ATT for quite a while and have not had any major problems. I have a wireless router coming off of my cable modem, so all my machines get on the internet just fine by doing DHCP from the router. Jeff Kirkland OK, three quick things (now that I'm back on the list), first being my regrets at not making tonight's meeting. Second, I'm looking for a keyboard cable and the optical mousepad (or a new mouse) for a Sun Sparc 10 workstation. I'm trying to get it working with Linux, and found out it's missing some parts. Once set up, I'm confident I can run it headless (I used to with other Sun equipment), but, alas, need some basic stuff to get the new OS loaded, etc. Third, Charter Communications (our cable provider here) has just started offering cable modem / high speed internet. Anyone have any experience with them, especially in terms of Linux friendliness? I've very tempted to change over (better than my 25K line ;), but want to see what new problems I'll run into. thanks in advance, jeff * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Meeting tonight, Sun cables, Charter
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Jeffry Smith wrote: Third, Charter Communications (our cable provider here) has just started offering cable modem / high speed internet. Anyone have any experience with them, especially in terms of Linux friendliness? I've very tempted to change over (better than my 25K line ;), but want to see what new problems I'll run into. The guy who set up their network is very very good. I know for sure a few people are running Solaris on their network, so I imagine linux should be okay - but it's always the same... if you want support, you know what to do:) They've also (so far) had a very good reputation with the guys I work with that have their cablemodem service for uptime and speed. Ben -- Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Sun cables
Jeffry Smith said: Second, I'm looking for a keyboard cable and the optical mousepad (or a new mouse) for a Sun Sparc 10 workstation. I'm trying to get it working with Linux, and found out it's missing some parts. Once set up, I'm confident I can run it headless (I used to with other Sun equipment), but, alas, need some basic stuff to get the new OS loaded, etc. I have 3 sun workstations and no keyboard, mouse, or monitor for them. I hook up a null modem cable to the serial port a PC running kermit or hyperterm at the other end. Works great. You only need it hooked up to install. One problem w/ hyperterm; it sends a break when you quit, so unplug the cable before quitting hyperterm. I have installed Solaris, Suse Linux and NetBSD this way. They don't need a GUI to install. I don't remember if I played with Debian on 'em. btw - if you have a sun4c arch. machine, linux runs horribly on it. NetBSD runs *much* better on it. -- --- Tom Buskey * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Sun cables
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Tom Buskey wrote: Jeffry Smith said: Second, I'm looking for a keyboard cable and the optical mousepad (or a new mouse) for a Sun Sparc 10 workstation. I'm trying to get it working with Linux, and found out it's missing some parts. Once set up, I'm confident I I have 3 sun workstations and no keyboard, mouse, or monitor for them. I hook up a null modem cable to the serial port a PC running kermit I'll second this. Most Suns will default to sending the console to serial 'A' if they don't detect a keyboard. I have a Sparc 5 at work that's been through two upgrades without having a head attached. If you really want the keyboard and mouse working, I might have the spare parts you need. Or, if you can make one of the MIT swaps there are usually two or three vendors with type 5 or 6 keyboards and mice for $5-10 each. btw - if you have a sun4c arch. machine, linux runs horribly on it. NetBSD runs *much* better on it. Well, the SparcStation 10 is sun4m, and Linux isn't too bad on those. I have seen RH5.2 on an IPC, and you're right, it stinks. - -- -Matt A day without sunshine is like night. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9LDuYc8/WFSz+GKMRAow+AJ0QXGs9FJTvZCAlGCCQZ8PEcEF1zgCffT8A 1YnsTSa1dUA7jBdKwfsbYbo= =GW2L -END PGP SIGNATURE- * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
