Re: opinion on NICs in mulithomed host

2003-12-30 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
David Bear wrote: I was wondering what opinions there are regarding the type of NICs to using in a multihomed machine. Will be using fbsd 4.9-rel. Is it a good idea to use NIC's from different manufacturers? Same manufacture? Non-3com? ... As far as performance issues are concerned, is one brand

Re: 160 gb hard drive

2003-12-29 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Matthew Juszczak wrote: Can FreeBSD support a 160 gb hard drive out of the box? -Matt ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes.

Re: hardware testing - e.g. memory - on old hardware

2003-12-16 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
paul van den bergen wrote: Like most geeks[1] I have a pile of roting hardware at home... Someone yesterday mentioned (vaguely) about utilities for testing hardware - especially RAM - but presumably this could be extended to other hardware - that would 1) tell you if it is OK. This is

Re: Multiple RealTect adaptors

2003-12-03 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Peter Rosa wrote: Hello again, of course, everything was there: dmesg - YES ifconfig - YES rc.conf - YES But, whenever the machine boots, ifconfig returns: rl0: flags 8843 snip mtu 1500 inet 192.168.1.11 netmask snip ether snip media snip status: active rl1: flags 8843 snip mtu

Re: FreeBSD, FHS, and /mnt/cdrom

2003-11-21 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Frank Murphy wrote: The folks at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) are discussing (again) where directories for recurring temporary mount points should go. Recurring temporary mount points are for things like cdroms, floppies, and digital cameras as well as HD partitions from other OSes

Re: DNS/Webhosting question

2003-11-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, What tools exist in Freebsd to determine the primary dsn server for a domain ? Also, is there a way to determine the company hosting a website ? Thanks, D ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: FreeBSD on a Mac G3?

2003-10-10 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
While there is a Ports system for Darwin/OS X, called GNUDarwin, avoid it, as it is notorious for breaking the basic OS install without asking. Fink is a better alternative, it's pretty much a port of the Debian package management system, with somewhat improved source handling. As it dumps all

Re: Ports vs. Packages

2003-08-18 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Charles Howse wrote: I'm confused ( which is not an uncommon occurrence ), let's say I know I don't need to edit the source code of any of the additional software that I plan to install, but I want the latest version. Should I install from ports or sysistall/packages/FTP? I just installed

Re: FreeBSD as router - performance vs hardware routers

2003-08-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Kenneth Culver wrote: As a Note, the top end routers out there, Junipers, run JunOS, which is a FreeBSD variant. A Juniper M160 can route OC192's at wire speed (That's 10Gb/s folks). However, the way those are set up, FreeBSD doesn't do the actual routing, as far as I can remember they upload

Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
dick hoogendijk wrote: On 08 Aug Mykroft Holmes IV wrote: Just because you have a highspeed connection with a stable or static IP doesn't mean it's not dynamic. Dynamic simply means assigned by DHCP or RADIUS (For dialup and some DSL). If you're in this space you should be relaying through your

Re: 2 quick questions

2003-08-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Stephan Weaver wrote: Hello LIST!!! I would like to know how to change my mtu settings for my modem. tun0 2) I have a ep0: 3Com 3C509B-TPO EtherLink III (PnP) it would not communicate with other hosts (via ping) unless i change ip addressess, and then set it back i have this in my rc.conf

Re: ftp.gnu.org got cracked... how does this affect FreeBSD?

2003-08-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Matt Heath wrote: I doubt it too and it wouldn't be too difficult to spot, IF THEY HAD BACKUPS!!! They had backups. However the servers have been owned since mid-march. The backups could be comprimized. So they took down anything uploaded since March 17, until they can verify those files.

Re: FreeBSD as router - performance vs hardware routers

2003-08-14 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
J. Seth Henry wrote: Hello, I have recently been having problems with my Netgear RT314 broadband gateway router. Having decided to replace it, I started searching for a new router - only to discover that every sub $300 router I found had a history of problems. Lockups, random reboots, or worse,

Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-09 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Doug Poland wrote: On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:34:45PM -0400, Lucas Holt wrote: I do understand the counter argument about blocking ips.. but i think thats frustration talking. Even if ip blocking is an improvement, it won't stop spam. Agreed, does anyone know why requiring reverse DNS isn't

Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-08 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Interspersed Mark wrote: - Original Message - From: Lucas Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:24 PM Subject: Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space You

Re: are all dsl modems the same?

2003-08-08 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
David Banning wrote: I am looking at buying a dsl modem used but I am not aware of the differences from one to the next. I am using a G-net which seems to work fine, and I used a Nortel Networks one when I was with another DSL supplier. Is the operation of most DSL modems the same, and if so,

Re: What is OUT OF THE BOX

2003-08-01 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Out of The Box means 'Like New', and unmodified. It's the condition the item being referred to would be in when it was rem,oved from it's box. Adam Peter Rosa wrote: Hello everybody, sorry for the stupid question, which should not be here, but sometimes you use phrase OUT-OF-THE-BOX. It can

Re: A couple of definitions

2003-07-17 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Objective-C is the other OOP variant of C, and reportedly much easier to program in. It's still in heavy use in the Mac World, being one of the two main languages for Cocoa Programming, but isn't much used in the rest of the world, apart from maybe GNUStep (Objective-C was the primary language

Re: Networking ?

2003-07-12 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Try the FreeBSD Handbook at freebsd.org. Adam Axl Rose wrote: trying to use fbsd as firewall and router to internet w/ win982nd behind firewalll. whats a good place for doc to do this or maybe examples??? _ Add photos to your

Re: *BSD is dying

2003-07-11 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: The fact that it is a moderated forum leads me to believe that the slashdot operators are themselves FreeBSD bigots. I for one have much less respect for Slashdot for allowing that drivel through. Tom Veldhouse Slashdot is a user moderated forum. Registered users

Re: How do I max a 6Mbps link

2003-07-09 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
Simon wrote: Sounds like you have a problem with your server/network hardware or firewall/proftpd settings. FreeBSD out of the box on low-end Intel hardware can easily sustain 6mbps link, which is roughly 3megs/sec. Make sure your harddrive on receiving end can write at least this fast and

Re: Integrated Intel Ethernet works with generic kernel, but notmine...

2003-07-08 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
J.M. Warenda wrote: A few weeks back I installed FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE on my laptop to check it out (as well as explore the adaptability of the laptop to other operating systems). I spent a good bit of time getting a dual boot setup working as desired and making Win2k work with the machine

Re: IMAP-UW 2002 login disabled

2003-02-03 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 14:14, Dan Delaney wrote: What if I want to just leave it as not allowing plain text? If it doesn't allow plain text, what DOES it allow? Thanks. --Dan SSL/SPA authentication. Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions

Re: IMAP-UW 2002 login disabled

2003-02-03 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 16:13, Dan Delaney wrote: When I do a portscan from another machine, it shows only port 143 open. Is imapd set to use SSL over port 143? --Dan Yes. Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: X server for Windows

2003-01-31 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 04:14, Ben Williams wrote: Friday, January 31, 2003, 3:55:02 AM, you wrote: X-Win32 by Starnet is the nicest win32 X Server I've seen, but you have to buy it after the trial's up. As a regular user of Xwin32, it's incredibly buggy and unstable compared to eXceed from

Re: Analog Modum

2003-01-31 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 12:31, Alex wrote: Dear freebsd-questions, I'm looking for a analog modem. I didn't see any in the hardware lists. Can you please tell me which ones will work on FreeBSD? Any external hardware modem (The serial kind), or any internal hardware modem (Usually ISA PNP

Re: ATA66 compatible CD/DVD burners

2003-01-31 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 09:08, Trent Nelson wrote: Hi, Can anyone recommend CD or DVD burners that are at least ATA66 compatible? I'm not too keen on the idea of a burner dragging down my ATA133 60GB drive to ATA33, yet these are all I can cu- rrently find on the market.

Re: IMAP2

2003-01-28 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 06:48, Gannater János wrote: My problem is that, I installed the popper and the imap-uw programs. With make install from their directory in /usr/ports. My first problem is that I can't find the popper program... All the installations went fine! Athought the impad

Re: Silly Question - Fbsd + Win 3.1

2003-01-27 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 17:06, Paul Miller wrote: Everyone, Will fbsd + Win 3.1 coexist? I know that you're probably asking why (I'm asking this myself) but I may need to do it anyway. Yes, just treat it the same as Win95 for this purpose. I've searched the online doc's/archives and can't

Re: FreeBSD and the PowerPC

2003-01-26 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 18:18, Stacy Olivas wrote: Greetings.. I have a question for the list.. I have a friend who is an avid Mac freak.. (yes, I know Avid is a video editing platform available on the mac.. :).. anyways, I've convinced him to try FreeBSD over say Linux, and he has a

Re: IP Changed == Problem

2003-01-26 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 22:03, Joseph Maxwell wrote: Hi Adam, Thanks for you reply, I am using the SMC barricade router,SMC7004ABR, w/ an Admin GUI, according to the GUI it has been updated, where else would I find that info, netstat's routing tables do not seem to supply that. When I try to

Re: What Now? (gnomesession)

2003-01-25 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
need to do this: pkg_add -r gnomesession Then you need to inform X that you want to run this at startup. In your home directory you want to create a file .xinitrc, and put exec gnome-session in it. Pat Lathem Mykroft Holmes IV wrote: did a kg_add -r gnome2 did a pkg_add -r gnome2

Re: Simple question about X

2003-01-25 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
You shouldn't even need to configure X if you are exporting the display. X needs to be installed merely for the support apps libraries. Make sure your DISPLAY Variable is set to windowshostname:0 where 0 is the number of your display (And it should be 0 by default). Then from the command line,

What Now?

2003-01-24 Thread Mykroft Holmes IV
did a kg_add -r gnome2 did a pkg_add -r gnome2-fifth-toe All successfull. No gnome-session found How the heck do I start Gnome? Note, I'm exporting the display to another box (full screen), so I just want the command, or a script, as startx only starts X locally. My $DISPLAY is set correctly,