I second all those comments - we have a 512/128 cable link here at work, and if I give the students open slather access to the web we can suck down 800 Mb a day.
Julian - you forgot to mention that ftp://debian.oparadise.net.nz/ has debian, redhat, FreeBSD and some other stuff... and its in the local domain which means no charges for traffic to there! > ---------- > From: Julian Carver[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CLUG Meeting 28th February-Topic and speaker-update > > > > > > >Not entirely OT, but how do you find the Telstra cable service Julian? > > > Outstanding. With Jetstream I had 4MB (as we're a wee way from the > exchange). With Telstra I've got 2MB. The 2MB with Telstra is about > 4-5 times faster than the 4MB with Jetstream. There's much less latency > on loading pages, and downloads are consitently fast whereas with > Jetstream they were very variable. > > Jetstream also used to stop working quite often, whereas Telstra has > only had a couple of hours downtime over several months. The setup was > easy, the service has been brilliant. > > The SaturnTV is really good too. They've just added Sky 1, so I get to > watch the series of Buffy I missed :-) > > Can't ask for more really. Just a pity that they've slowed down their > rollout. Hopefully they'll pick it back up once they've gotten through > the merger with Clear... > > Julian > > > > > > >J. > > > > > >>From: Julian Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: 2002/02/08 Fri AM 08:46:42 GMT+12:00 > >>To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: CLUG Meeting 28th February-Topic and speaker-update > >> > >>> > >>>I'd be happy to stand up the front and say spare low end pentium w/ > 64Mb (realistic here!) & http://www.smoothwall.org ;-) > >>> > >>I've used: > >> > >> * WinGate on an NT network over dialup > >> * A small hardware Internet access device over dialup on a > >> Windows/Linux/Mac network > >> * Jetstream with no security on a Windows/Linux/Mac network > >> * Iptables on a workstation over Telstra Cable Internet (W/L/M) > >> * Smoothwall on an old Pentium 120/64MB over Telstra Cable Internet > >> (W/L/M) > >> > >>The last one is what I'm using now and it is by far the simplest, least > >>admin, most secure option. It just stays on and keeps working. The > >>other options required quite a lot of admin and kept breaking all the > >>time (apart from Jetstream which was easy but not secure). Iptables was > > >>OK but meant that if I wanted to do any rebuilds etc on my workstation > >>it disrupted access for the other machines. So, I'd agree with Jeremy - > > >>low spec pentium, 2 network cards, and use smoothwall or one of the > >>other purpose built firewall products. > >> > >>Perhaps two or three people who've done this stuff in a more > >>professional setting (ie unlike me who's only muddled through it once) > >>could lead a demo/discussion on the topic of > networking/security/firewalls? > >> > >>Julian > >> > >>> > >>>J. > >>> > >>>>From: Stuart Johnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>Date: 2002/02/08 Fri AM 07:49:17 GMT+12:00 > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Re: CLUG Meeting 28th February-Topic and speaker-update > >>>> > >>>>Hi Nick (& co), > >>>> OK I'll admit it .....with regards to Linux I'm pretty much a > >>>>newbie :) > >>>> > >>>>The only experience I have with Linux was when I was given a "Linux > for > >>>>Idiot books" for Christmas (with Red Hat 5.2) & actually had a go at > >>>>loading onto my machine as a dual boot config (Linux/....& dare I say > it > >>>>......Win98). I actually did get the dual boot config to work without > >>>>either system swearing at each other however I came unstuck at the > linux > >>>>end when I couldn't get either the sound or the modem to work. That is > > >>>>basically as far as I have got.....however I would like to get a bit > >>>>further down the track in ability with regards to Linux. :) > >>>> > >>>>At some stage I'm looking to have Jetstart hooked up to my flat & I'm > going > >>>>to be putting together a PC that will be acting as a firewall for the > rest > >>>>of the flat. I want to use Linux to do the job....can't be bothered > paying > >>>>a small fortune for a copy of Windoze to do that. What sort of > hardware > >>>>requirements & software setup is required for that job ? > >>>> > >>>>How about that for a topic ? :) > >>>> > >>>>TIA > >>>> > >>>>Stuart > >>>>At 04:24 8/02/02, you wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>CLUG, > >>>>> > >>>>>========================================================= > >>>>>1/ > >>>>>How about high-spec linux boxes and the inherent problems? > >>>>> > >>>>>I have recently purchased a dual PIII with a Gb of ram that runs > fine, and a > >>>>>C900 with a Gb of ram that goes like a dog when running the bigmem > option. > >>>>> > >>>>>Doubtless some users there have had similar experiences, or perhaps > they're > >>>>>trying to use multi-terabyte disk arrays on a 2.0 machine or > something like > >>>>>that. > >>>>> > >>>>>Just a thought, and now that ram is piss-cheap more of us will start > to > >>>>>strike these problems. > >>>>> > >>>>>============================================================ > >>>>>2/ > >>>>> > >>>>>I would like some clarification of the differences in window managers > eg > >>>>>what does KDE load/set up which others do not (apart from the menus). > >>>>> > >>>>>Also a firewall which reports unauthorised attempts to access my box > >>>>>(say similar to Zonealarm for Windows) > >>>>> > >>>>>============================================================= > >>>>>3/ > >>>>>Someone suggested at networking in general evening a while back? > >>>>> > >>>>>============================================================= > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>---------------------------------------------------- > >>Seradigm - Knowledge Management > >>Julian Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>ph (03) 332 2147 cell 021 684 147 www.seradigm.com > >>---------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------- > Seradigm - Knowledge Management > Julian Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ph (03) 332 2147 cell 021 684 147 www.seradigm.com > ---------------------------------------------------- > > >
