Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Sven Hartge
Reco wrote: > Please don't do so. Ssh only provides SOCKS4 proxy, and SOCKS4 can not tunnel > DNS requests (or any UDP traffic for that matter). How old is your information on that? Even in Squeeze the man-page for ssh says: , | Currently the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols are supported, and s

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:36:37AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2015 11:01:25 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: > > > > On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Frederic Marchal
On Friday 19 June 2015 11:01:25 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: > > On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > Mike McClain wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Joe
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:01:25 +0300 Reco wrote: > > > > When network.proxy.socks_remote_dns is set to true, the DNS > > requests are sent through the SOCKS connection and delivered to > > your computer at home (which ultimately is sent to your ISP but you > > already thrust it with that informat

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 > > > > > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > Mike McClain wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Ri

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Frederic Marchal
On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > Mike McClain wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > >> Scarletdown wrote: > > >>> How about a portable wireless hotspot device and ser

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Scarletdown wrote: > >>> How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? > >> > >> I was leaning away from that solution - unsure

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security implications when using personal hotspot. The way I understand how thos

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Mike McClain
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Scarletdown wrote: > >How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? > > I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security > implications when using personal hotspot. > > >The > >way I understand how those work, y

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Jeremy Leonard wrote: There is also a carrier called Ting that sells a wifi hotspot. The billing is based on what you use and I've heard good things about them. The wifi hotspot device can be found at https://ting.com/shop/Netgear-Zing The cost structure is appropriate for my predicted usage.

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. You're in the US? Yes I

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. You're in the US? Yes I

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security implications when using personal hotspot. The way I understand how those work, you will have your Internet service with you no matter where you are, as lon

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Dan Ritter wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Jeremy Leonard
There is also a carrier called Ting that sells a wifi hotspot. The billing is based on what you use and I've heard good things about them. The wifi hotspot device can be found at https://ting.com/shop/Netgear-Zing bald_bohemian On 06/17/2015 12:58 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Mike McClain
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. > Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ > > I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one > physical location. > > I was assuming that meant connecting via cell

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi Richard. I faced a similar situation although a bit differently a few months ago. The only WISP in the area announced they were shutting down the present service which ran at 512 kbps and would offer upgrades to a new service that runs 10 Mbps. Fine, but what they did not say officially was th

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Scarletdown
How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? The way I understand how those work, you will have your Internet service with you no matter where you are, as long as you can get a signal from your provider. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a su

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. > Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ > > I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical > location. > You're in the US? I'd suggest that a laptop

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. > Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ > > I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one > physical location. > > I was assuming that meant connecting via cel

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 17 June 2015 17:11:11 Mark Allums wrote: On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location.

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Mark Allums wrote: On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network.

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 17 June 2015 17:11:11 Mark Allums wrote: > On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. > > Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ > > > > I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one > > physical location. >

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Mark Allums
On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network. Is that correct? Wh

Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at <= 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network. Is that correct? What questions should I be asking? Please note