[Scottish] Old PC's for charity etc
Hello all, I have a number of old PC's, probably low end PII's, and some monitors (15) that a client has just got rid of. She's happy for them to go to a charitable project. The hard disks will be completely blank. Please email me off list if you know of a suitable recipient. Cheers, Mark mcr at reason dash technology dot com ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] AOL via Linux server
Hello S.L.U.G, Does anyone know if it's possible to use AOL 8 on a PC connecting via a linux server running broadband with NAT instead of a direct dialup? Cheers, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] SAR110
Hello nigel, Friday, 08 August 2003, you wrote: nbtc Hello nbtc Sorry to bother you, but I seem to be retracing your steps... nbtc I have a Solwise router that I need in a no-nat setup. The no-nat tutorial from the isp (plusnet) appears to be one-to-one nat. nbtc You mentioned requiring additional addresses? You need a block of 8 IP addresses to run no-nat. Use the contact us facility on their web portal to ask for an 8 IP block and they'll send you the form you need to fill in. They'll normally allocate the addresses really quickly... Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] PHP/mySQL
Hello S.L.U.G, I may have some PHP/mySQL work coming up next month. I am therefore looking for someone who has experience in this and Linux admin to set up a development server and design/code the site. If you are interested please mail me off list. Thanks in advance, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Couple of things
Hello S.L.U.G, Firstly does anyone know what RAID 00, RAID 1E, RAID 1E0, RAID 5E are, as defined by IBM on the ServeRAID-4LX? I think I can guess that 00 is a stripe over two stripe sets, but the others? And don't even mention the amount of disks needed for RAID 50! Secondly I might have some old kit up for grabs (first come first served to mcr at reason-technology.com). I need to see if there's demand for it before my client is willing to donate it to a good cause... 1) 2 x 24 port rackmount D-Link 10mbps only hub (possibly another one of these hanging around here too) 2) 1 x 12 port version of above 3) 1 x 8 port rackmount D-Link switching hub. Not sure what speed... 4) 1 (very old) Instant Internet ISDN (I think) router. May add 10% to your electric bill! May even be able to find admin software for it. Does IPX-TCP/IP too I think. No, I don't know if you can run Linux on it :-) Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Hub/switch...
Hello S.L.U.G, Does anyone know of a small (4 port ish) 10:100 hub or switch that can be powered from a USB port? In fact, can a USB port even supply enough power to make this feasible? TIA, Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Hub/switch...
Hello Mike, Thursday, 26 June 2003, you wrote: MQ On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:02:29PM +0100 or thereabouts, Miah Gregory wrote: If I remember correctly, some USB hubs (including those built in) won't provide power until a device has properly connected, ie. talked it's way through the handshakes etc. I could be completely wrong though, it's been a while. MQ I can't claim to know much about this, but if that were the case MQ wouldn't it render devices with no external power supply useless - MQ they wouldn't be able to gnerate a handshake without USB power. Sounds likely! It's the ethernet hub I was after. Thanks Mike. They look just like the thing. Just need to find a UK supplier now. Cheers, Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] PCI ADSL card?
Hello S.L.U.G, Has anyone had any experience with internal ADSL cards? If so, what works and what doesn't? TIA Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Spec for server
Hello Ben, Tuesday, 10 June 2003, you wrote: BT Depend what else you want to run too.. Nothing. This will be it's sole purpose... BT Shouldn't be a problem though - I've run SuSE 7.2 on a 2Gb drive, with BT Apache, on a PII 300, 128Mb RAM, although I didn't use it as a full time BT webserver, it was my main desktop. It's the tomcat bit I'm not sure about. Is it processor/memory hungry? Mark. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] Certification Centres
Hello Ben, Thursday, 06 February 2003, you wrote: BT OK, without getting into a big discussion on the merits of getting Linux BT certification, I was wondering if anyone knew of a (preferably BT central-belt) training centre where I could take the Linux Professional BT Institute exams, without have to take (and pay through the nose for) a big BT training course. I just want to pay for and sit the exams. I check into that late last year, and there is a testing centre in Dunfermline, VUE I think it was... I just called the enquiries number on their website. Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] ISDN adaptors
Hello ray, Thursday, 06 February 2003, you wrote: r You should not need an adaptor. The Highway box has an integral USB TA. I r have SuSE 8.1 and can connect via a USB cable; although my default route is r via ethernet and a switch/router box. r The USB TA uses: r /lib/modules/2.4.19-4GB/kernel/drivers/isdn/hisax/hisax_st5481.o r I also look after other machines that is use AVM FRitz pci cards supplied by r BT. They were autodetected by (I think it was) SuSE 7.0 and work fine. They changed to AVM Felix cards (no longer hisax), which don't work in kernels 2.4.19 (IIRC, end last time I looked that driver was marked experimental... I use any winbond 6992 based card just fine, eg Sitecom - although the card now listed on their site looks different to the ones I've bought in the past! Don't use an external TA, the ISDN subsytem is great, and I think the throughput will be slightly better with a PCI card. Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Mandrake book
Hello S.L.U.G, Can anyone recommend a good book on Mandrake 8.2. I've got to deliver a training course on it next month, and I've never even seen it running! Are ISO's of 8.2 available for download anywhere? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Network speed testing
Hello S.L.U.G, Thanks for the pointers for the Mandrake docs. I have another interesting problem that's kind of Linux related. One of my clients has a wireless link between two of their buildings. They have no idea what speed it runs at, and they're no longer in touch with the company that put it in. What (linux based) software is there for testing throughput over ethernet? I can isolate both ends of the link for a short while, with a linux box directly connected to each end. TIA Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Game server
Hello S.L.U.G, Earlier this year some kind soul gave a talk on game servers on Linux. Can someone remind me who it was, or can he email me please. I might have a small job for him... Thanks in advance Mark mailto:mcr;reason-technology.com ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] Debian install question
Hello S.L.U.G, I've been using SuSE for a number of years now, but I've been thinking about using more Debian lately... The only thing I'm not too sure about is: is it possible to set up software raid/lvm during installation like you can with SuSE? Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re[2]: [Scottish] Debian
Hello Colin, Friday, 04 October 2002, you wrote: CM Mark Robinson wrote: Talking of debian, there are a number of things that I'm not sure about/haven't had time to investigate... CM Don't know about Debian, but 1) What firewall packages are people using CM Firestarter - simple enough for me to understand and seeems reasonably CM secure. Thanks, I'll look it up 2) Does isdn work ok? CM with Linux? Yes. With a demand dial setup, the dial-up is immediate and CM you're instantly on-line. I don't know how well channel bonding works CM though - I've got a box with a Fritz (BT Hgihway) card providing access CM at a remote site on a single channel. You might want to put something CM like diald in front of the interface as a lot of programs generate CM unnecessary DNS lookups (e.g. even if you setup sendmail to defer all CM internet Email, it still tries to resolve hostnames on receipt of CM messages). I'm using ISDN on Linux, in fact good ISDN support was the reason I chose SuSE. 3) Is a stable amavis/sendmail available? I can only see it in testing not stable CM When I had such a beast (Amavis 0.2) it was very stable, although a CM little sluggish. Again I'm using it on lots of SuSE servers, but I was having trouble finding info about it on Debian :-( Mark ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
