Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-13 Thread Jerry Feldman
Windows has a much different authentication than does Linux/Unix. WRT: Clocks on VMWare. VMWare has a number of settings for clock synchronization. I have not looked into this for a while, but AFAIK, you can synchronize with the host, but by default there is no synch. I think this setting is per-VM

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-12 Thread John Abreau
When I was at Zuken, I set up Kerberos on several of the CentOS servers to authenticate against Active Directory. It took a few tries to work out the details, but once I figured it out, it worked well except when the clocks drifted too far apart. Of course I set it to also allow locally-defined log

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-12 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 11/11/2011 04:06 PM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > > I bought a new Netgear router earlier this year, couldn't get the time > zone out of -08:00 (Pacific), even after going through five "levels" > of "technical support" at Netgear. It was returned for a Cisco. > > > Jim Gasek wrote: >> I love

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-11 Thread edwardp
I bought a new Netgear router earlier this year, couldn't get the time zone out of -08:00 (Pacific), even after going through five "levels" of "technical support" at Netgear. It was returned for a Cisco. Jim Gasek wrote: I love the $15 refurb netgear wireless routers. Automatically downloa

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-11 Thread Jim Gasek
I love the $15 refurb netgear wireless routers. Automatically download latest firmware. Automatically enforce security/encryption. There were at least 3 choices under $20. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-11 Thread Tom Metro
Bill Bogstad wrote: >> About 2 years ago I applied the same reasoning to buying a TRENDnet >> TEW-652BRP at Micro Center. > > I have had that same model on my home network for about > the same time with no problems. ... > One possible reason for different experiences > is that TRENDnet used that m

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-09 Thread Bill Bogstad
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Rich Braun wrote: >> On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, >> thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from "g" >> to "n". >> >> * The vendor supplies full GPL source code on its website >> * It's

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-09 Thread Tom Metro
Rich Braun wrote: > On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, > thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from "g" > to "n". > > * The vendor supplies full GPL source code on its website > * It's on the OpenWRT hardware compatibility list About 2 years

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-09 Thread Rich Braun
Chris Tyler asked: > Do you have a model number for this device? I didn't mention it because I'd like to hear comments about TRENDnet in general. If you go to microcenter.com and look for TRENDnet in the wireless routers section, you find 10 current listings in the catalog. 4 are in the price r

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Rich Braun
"Daniel Feenberg" noted: > I wasn't able to figure out how to > set firewall rules without help - there is no explanation and the menus > are confusing and obscure. The unit I bought /seems/ straightforward in this respect: left nav Access->Firewall Rule takes you to a list of rules that you ca

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Rich Braun wrote: On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from "g" to "n". Now I see you can get this for $19.99. It plugged right in and did what I want out of the box. Why bother p

Re: [Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Chris Tyler
On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 13:46 -0500, Rich Braun wrote: > On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking > that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from "g" to "n". Now I see > you can get this for $19.99. Hi Rich, Do you have a model number for this device?

[Discuss] Linux box for under $20? TRENDnet

2011-11-08 Thread Rich Braun
On an impulse, I bought a wifi router at Microcenter a few days ago, thinking that heck for $25 I wouldn't mind have an upgrade from "g" to "n". Now I see you can get this for $19.99. It plugged right in and did what I want out of the box. Why bother posting such a pedestrian purchase to this li