El lun, 17-09-2007 a las 02:44 -0400, Aaron Kulkis escribió: > Alfredo Cole-Tuchler wrote: > > Hi: > > > > I have a Windows machine which connects to the internet using a Sony > > Ericsson GPRS card. The internet connection is configured as shared. > > Using Outlook Express I can send and receive email using my accounts > > as follows: > > > > 1. Gmail > > 2. pop.secureserver.net port 110 and smtpout.secureserver.net port 80 > > > > I have another box running openSUSE 10.2 that is configures to use the > > Windows machine as its internet gateway. I can surf the web ok, and I > > can send and receive mail using Evolution from the Gmail account, but > > not the other account. This box has no firewall in place and DNS is > > confiured the same as the Windows machine (an external DNS server). > > > > I would appreciate it if someone could point to some docs I could read > > to fix this problem. > > > > Thank you and best regards. > > > > -- > > Alfredo Cole-Tuchler > > Tegucigalpa, Honduras > > > I would put the Linux machine on the direct internet connection, > and the Windows machine should use the Linux machine as a gateway. > > Personally, I don't trust Windows to behave as it is supposed to > when dealing with any other O/S. M$ has a long LONG reputation > for deliberately fucking up non-MS platforms whenever they can > get away with it (see M$'s attemp to hijack Java -- court had to > ORDER them to rename it (now C#... yet another deliberate act > to create confusion -- this time with C++ -- among decision-makers > who might not be technically proficient enough to recognize the > difference (hand written "c++" and "c#" look like they could be > referring to the same thing). > > > Also, a Windows machine directly connected to the internet > without a firewall is just BEGGING for trouble. I wouldn't > be surprised if it's spewing spam 24 hours/day. > >
I live in a rural area, and the only way to connect to the internet is through this wireless GPRS card. The software that drives it is windows-only, and I could not get it to work with Linux. Some help, or a step-by-step instruction to use under Linux would be appreciated. Windows has a firewall in place, and I have managed to solve the problem now by changing the value for MTU on the Linux side. Don't know why for sure, but that did the trick. I can now surf, check and send mail, do updates, etc. Thank you and regards. -- Alfredo Cole-Tuchler Tel. 251-8572 Tegucigalpa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
