Re: [Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
Hi Folks, On 30 January 2011 20:38, Bryn Jones wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 20:29 +, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 14:35 +, chris.b.c...@ntlworld.com wrote: >> > hi >> > >> > This was forwarded by my son the other day. >> > >> > Best Wishes >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > >> > >> > -- Forwarded Message -- >> > >> > Subject: Wifi Broadband... >> > >> > coming to corfe mullen/broadstone in March >> > >> > http://www.simplybroadband.biz/ >> > >> > >> Hmmm. Been having a look around it. Not much info on the site. I wonder >> if it is WiMAX or equivalent, because it certainly isn't copper or >> fibre. >> >> Peter >> > Hi Peter, > > If memory serves me (and on this occasion I think it does) this is being > run by c4l (who are I believe are also reselling fibre connectivity from > fibrecity) Their website may have more info. > > Cheers > Bryn See the original subject, "WiFi Broadband" in my opinion this is going to be a WiFi system to cover a small area. -- Cheers Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
On 30/01/11 20:40, Robert Bronsdon wrote: > "Register for interest" weren't that sewerage ISP registering for > interest for years? Yeah, that was just another flush in the pan though! :-) Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:29:53 -, Peter Merchant wrote: Hmmm. Been having a look around it. Not much info on the site. I wonder if it is WiMAX or equivalent, because it certainly isn't copper or fibre. "Simply call or email to register your interest. We will then contact you when the service is available in your area and will help you choose the right package to suit YOUR needs." It could well be fibre to the box, copper to the house. This is what Virgin (ex. NTL) do. "Register for interest" weren't that sewerage ISP registering for interest for years? -- Robert Bronsdon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 20:29 +, Peter Merchant wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 14:35 +, chris.b.c...@ntlworld.com wrote: > > hi > > > > This was forwarded by my son the other day. > > > > Best Wishes > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > > > Subject: Wifi Broadband... > > > > coming to corfe mullen/broadstone in March > > > > http://www.simplybroadband.biz/ > > > > > Hmmm. Been having a look around it. Not much info on the site. I wonder > if it is WiMAX or equivalent, because it certainly isn't copper or > fibre. > > Peter > Hi Peter, If memory serves me (and on this occasion I think it does) this is being run by c4l (who are I believe are also reselling fibre connectivity from fibrecity) Their website may have more info. Cheers Bryn -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 14:35 +, chris.b.c...@ntlworld.com wrote: > hi > > This was forwarded by my son the other day. > > Best Wishes > > Chris > > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Wifi Broadband... > > coming to corfe mullen/broadstone in March > > http://www.simplybroadband.biz/ > > Hmmm. Been having a look around it. Not much info on the site. I wonder if it is WiMAX or equivalent, because it certainly isn't copper or fibre. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba networking issues
On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 13:42 +, Terry Coles wrote: > Hi, > > My son is trying to access our Stora media server as a file server using > samba > on Kubuntu 10.10. When he first tried to access the network, the response > was > that there was nothing on it, then after a while the Stora and other boxes > appeared. I told him that this was a 'feature' of smb/cifs in that the > network takes a while to notice that a new host has joined but after that it > should be pretty much instantaneous. > > He's just proved me wrong because after a crash in k3b, (I don't know why; > I've never seen k3b crash) he rebooted his machine and now he has exactly the > same delay. > > Anyone any ideas why this is happening? Networking works fine on this > computer and any others that I've connected in the past. I don't recall if > this machine has been connected to the network ipreviously; it's relatively > new and we probably did a clean install of Kubuntu last October. > Something has changed with the way that SAMBA works recently. Via Dolphin I see my 'temp' directory across the network on my XP box. Until recently I could not open a file directly, but had to copy it across to the Kubuntu box. The other day I forgot and opened one directly and it worked. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba networking issues
On 30/01/11 13:42, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, My son is trying to access our Stora media server as a file server using samba on Kubuntu 10.10. When he first tried to access the network, the response was that there was nothing on it, then after a while the Stora and other boxes appeared. I told him that this was a 'feature' of smb/cifs in that the network takes a while to notice that a new host has joined but after that it should be pretty much instantaneous. He's just proved me wrong because after a crash in k3b, (I don't know why; I've never seen k3b crash) he rebooted his machine and now he has exactly the same delay. Anyone any ideas why this is happening? Networking works fine on this computer and any others that I've connected in the past. I don't recall if this machine has been connected to the network ipreviously; it's relatively new and we probably did a clean install of Kubuntu last October. I remember a similar problem, caused by DNS issues. The systems were configured to use OpenDNS, and they serve a search page for any failed DNS lookup. Samba clients were using DNS as a first option. Instead of a failure that would cause them to try other methods, they were trying to use IP address returned, which was the OpenDNS search page web server. The fix, IIRC, was to create a /etc/samba/smb.conf file on the client machines and set (again from memory) the "name resolve order" paramter. The smbclient and smbcontrol command line tools are very useful for debugging! Something like "smbcontrol all debug 3" will set all daemons to a higher log level. You can then tail -f the log file in one terminal and try "smbclient -L //somename" or "smbclient -L //192.168.1.1", using the actual IP of the machine you want to browse. Best regards, John -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Hi from a new ubuntu user in wimborne
Hi Laurie; > > so I embarked on partitioning and installation, finally got ubuntu > > running, and lo and behold, I'm COMPLETELY out of my depth. I have been using Ubuntu for a few years and find it works well. There are usually two ways of doing things in Ubuntu ; One is to use cryptic commands in a terminal, the other is just point and click. (which I prefer because I am not an expert). Ask me and I will help. Nic -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Hi from a new ubuntu user in wimborne
Hi Laurie, welcome aboard. > so I embarked on partitioning and installation, finally got ubuntu > running, and lo and behold, I'm COMPLETELY out of my depth. If there's any particular thing causing a hold up to you using it, feel free to ask on the mailing list before Tuesday. There's also IRC (Internet Relay Chat) where some of us hang out and chat at varying times of the day and night on a channel called #dorset. http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=irc Hope to see you next Tuesday. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Fwd: Wifi Broadband...
hi This was forwarded by my son the other day. Best Wishes Chris -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Wifi Broadband... coming to corfe mullen/broadstone in March http://www.simplybroadband.biz/ -- Kindest Regards Daniel Cave --- -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba networking issues
On Sunday 30 Jan 2011, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:42:34 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > > Anyone any ideas why this is happening? > > The delay could be DNS timeouts. Is Samba configured to do a reverse DNS > lookup of clients? If it is, is there a valid reverse DNS entry (almost > certainly not)? Hmmm. How would I check for this? His machine has the same version of Kubuntu as mine, so could it be different? Also. Is it a good thing to do a reverse lookup? I thought smb/cifs used a 'browse master' to manage the identity of clients on the network. It's a while since I had to do anything serious with samba, but my recollection is that the client advertises itself on the network, the browse master interrogates the client to find out who it is, the client responds and then appears on the network with its samba hostname. Does it also need a DNS? -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba networking issues
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:42:34 +, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk said: > Anyone any ideas why this is happening? The delay could be DNS timeouts. Is Samba configured to do a reverse DNS lookup of clients? If it is, is there a valid reverse DNS entry (almost certainly not)? -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Samba networking issues
Hi, My son is trying to access our Stora media server as a file server using samba on Kubuntu 10.10. When he first tried to access the network, the response was that there was nothing on it, then after a while the Stora and other boxes appeared. I told him that this was a 'feature' of smb/cifs in that the network takes a while to notice that a new host has joined but after that it should be pretty much instantaneous. He's just proved me wrong because after a crash in k3b, (I don't know why; I've never seen k3b crash) he rebooted his machine and now he has exactly the same delay. Anyone any ideas why this is happening? Networking works fine on this computer and any others that I've connected in the past. I don't recall if this machine has been connected to the network ipreviously; it's relatively new and we probably did a clean install of Kubuntu last October. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Hi from a new ubuntu user in wimborne
Hi Laurie Don't worry abput geing a newbie there's several around including me! I also live in Wimborne along with two others, there's room in my car if your stuck as I'll be taking Steve and possibly Peter on Tuesday. Reply 'off list' to me with your address and phone number so we can connect up. They're a good bunch on DLUG and I'll leave the formal intro to either Terry or Ralph. See you Tuesday and welcome. C A Wills On 30/01/11 04:22, laurie ransom wrote: hi guys, my name's laurie, I'm 17 (18 on march 29th) I live in wimborne and I recently went from having just windows xp to having a dual boot of xp and ubuntu 10.10 i'm very at home on computers generally, spending countless hours weekly using my laptop. I mainly use windows (specifically xp) and dabble with macs from time to time, but have always been interested in linux, mainly attracted by the open-source nature and the extensive customisation I had heard about. so I embarked on partitioning and installation, finally got ubuntu running, and lo and behold, I'm COMPLETELY out of my depth. I figured, hey there must be some kind of linux club in dorset. I found you guys, and here I am. The site said to say hello once i signed up so... But yeah, if I can scratch together some money and convince my also linux using friend to drive us, I hope to attend the meet coming up this tuesday in bournemouth. So for recognition purposes, I've got shoulder length brown hair, a bit of a beard growing out, and will be wearing a blue zip-less hoody. fingers crossed I'll make it. if I've misjudged this whole thing a bit (you may well be sick of idiots coming crying for advice) or I've sent this to the wrong place, let me apologise in advance. alright, thats about it, umm HAPPY COMPUTING p.s. what kinda time will you be meeting on tuesday? oh, and I'm a guy, just incase my name's a little ambiguous :P -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Hi from a new ubuntu user in wimborne
On Sunday 30 Jan 2011, laurie ransom wrote: > hi guys, my name's laurie, I'm 17 (18 on march 29th) I live in wimborne > and I recently went from having just windows xp to having a dual boot of > xp and ubuntu 10.10 Welcome Laurie. Good move. > i'm very at home on computers generally, > spending countless hours weekly using my laptop. I mainly use windows > (specifically xp) and dabble with macs from time to time, but have > always been interested in linux, mainly attracted by the open-source > nature and the extensive customisation I had heard about. > > so I embarked on partitioning and installation, finally got ubuntu running, > and lo and behold, I'm COMPLETELY out of my depth. I figured, hey there > must be some kind of linux club in dorset. I found you guys, and here I > am. The site said to say hello once i signed up so... Absolutely right. Hello to you. I'm sure we can help. > But yeah, > if I can scratch together some money and convince my also linux using > friend to drive us, I hope to attend the meet coming up this tuesday in > bournemouth. Whereabouts in Wimborne are you? Depending on location, we may be able to rustle up a lift if your friend can't come. > So for recognition purposes, I've got shoulder length > brown hair, a bit of a beard growing out, and will be wearing a blue > zip-less hoody. fingers crossed I'll make it. I'll be there Laurie (http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles). I generally wear a Tux sweatshirt and there'll be a 3 inch high Tux on the table. > if I've misjudged > this whole thing a bit (you may well be sick of idiots coming crying for > advice) or I've sent this to the wrong place, let me apologise in > advance. You've come to the right place. Can you bring your laptop with you? Unfortunately, the Broadway has no WiFi (we've struggled to find the right combination of location and facilities), but we may be able to set up a local 3G router if anyone can bring one. > alright, thats about it, umm HAPPY COMPUTING That's the general idea > p.s. what kinda time will you be meeting on tuesday? It's 8pm, in the snug beyond the bar (http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway). > oh, and I'm a guy, just incase my name's a little ambiguous :P Thanks :-) -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-02-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
