Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Thursday 22 January 2009 23:43, Ben Scott wrote: Anyone got any recommendations for Ethernet interfaces which connect to the host PC via USB, and work well with Linux? Looking for 100 megabit capability and currently-for-sale. I'm eying this guy: Sabrent USB-G1000

Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jim Kuzdrall gnh...@intrel.com wrote: I would bet that all of these use the same chip and firmware, so they should all look the same to the operating system. There are definitely multiple chips out there. Not all USB/Ethernet adapters as the same. -- Ben

Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread Alex Hewitt
Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jim Kuzdrall gnh...@intrel.com wrote: I would bet that all of these use the same chip and firmware, so they should all look the same to the operating system. There are definitely multiple chips out there. Not all USB/Ethernet

Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 00:12 -0500, Jarod Wilson wrote: On Jan 22, 2009, at 11:43 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone got any recommendations for Ethernet interfaces which connect to the host PC via USB, and work well with Linux? Looking for 100 megabit capability and

Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

2009-01-23 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 17:34 -0500, Bill McGonigle wrote: On 2009-01-22 2:24 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: Subsequently once you have Ubuntu (or other Linux) installed, you could install the proprietary Nvidia or FGLRX drivers so that you can get a good resolution. Excellent point. Somebody

Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Alex Hewitt hewitt_t...@comcast.netwrote: Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jim Kuzdrall gnh...@intrel.com wrote: I would bet that all of these use the same chip and firmware, so they should all look the same to the operating system.

Re: iptables out of memory?

2009-01-23 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Alan Johnson writes: I'm using a simple `iptables -A INPUT -s $ipa -j DROP` in a script to block known spammers that show up in my mail log. I created a seperate script to purge out some older offenders but I broke it (now fixed) and at about 123K blocked IPAs, I get iptables: Memory

Re: iptables out of memory?

2009-01-23 Thread Tom Buskey
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Kevin D. Clark kevin_d_cl...@comcast.netwrote: Alan Johnson writes: I'm using a simple `iptables -A INPUT -s $ipa -j DROP` in a script to block known spammers that show up in my mail log. I created a seperate script to purge out some older offenders

Re: iptables out of memory?

2009-01-23 Thread H. Kurth Bemis
This is something I haven't seen mention of; While it might seem logical to block SPAM sources at the network level, I would feel that you could be blocking legitimate mail/users at the same time. Many SPAM sources are mis-configured mail servers and botnets. While using iptables seems like a

Re: iptables out of memory?

2009-01-23 Thread mark
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com wrote: I'm using a simple `iptables -A INPUT -s $ipa -j DROP` in a script to block known spammers that show up in my mail log. I created a seperate script to purge out some older offenders but I broke it (now fixed) and at about

Re: Ethernet NICs w/ USB host attach?

2009-01-23 Thread michael miller
I put a linksys usb nic on my wife's computer (ubuntu) 2 years ago and it worked right out of the box Mike Miller On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 08:19 -0500, Alex Hewitt wrote: Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Jim Kuzdrall gnh...@intrel.com wrote: I would bet that all of these