Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
--- Navnit Chachan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We have a similar setup with all our servers on wired lan and all workstations and laptops(14) on wireless. We are using the 11g network as we get a high bandwidth of 54 mbps compared to the b network. 11b for everyday use is pretty

Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/08/2004 10:33 AM, Amit Sharma wrote: | Hi, | | i have to setup LAN for my new office for 30 | workstations. | | i am not very sure whether i should go for wireless | network 11b/11g or for normal wired LAN (10/100mbps). | The server room anyway

Re: [ilugd] Tracking sender of email - from which city the mail came

2004-09-08 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, vivek khurana wrote: Would you guyz take out few more seconds from your busy schedule and snip of the irrelevant content from your replies... how do I do that ?? - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg

Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
[snip] Hi Amit, I had recently set up a campus wide WLAN for a business school and also have a mixed LAN in my office as well as home. In terms of reliability and speed, the wireless does not stand any chance in front of a wired LAN. However largely it depends on your network

Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Ankur Rohatgi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/08/2004 12:11 PM, Amit Sharma wrote: | i am searching for someone who can just allow me to | have a look at the setup once so that i can finalise | the concept and start looking for hardware vendors | etc. for same. You can visit my office in

[ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
hi, i am planning to install linux for 30 users in my office. they will be using openoffice and mozilla and few other standard applications. they will conect to oracle application server using browser to work on oracle forms for data entry , reports etc. (i guess it wont be a problem!!). 1.

Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
[snip] You can visit my office in Gurgaon or the business school on lodhi road. ~ Let me know which one you would prefer. - - Ankur. [snip] gurgoan which sector? would prefer to visit the site where i can meet u too :) . amit ___ Do you

[ilugd] /dev/null read only!!

2004-09-08 Thread anandsha
Yesterday I landed into this crisis, on my 64MB, P2-233MHz, FC1-GNOME, notebook: System boots fine, but as soon as init scripts start, I start getting lots of FAIL all indicating /dev/null : read only filesystem. My god, I never faced this all my Linux experience. e2fsck's show clean

[ilugd] Re: Tracking sender of email - from which city the mail came

2004-09-08 Thread Tarun Dua
Manoj Kr. Gupta wrote: They provide with ip address of the machine from where the message was transmitted to their server. Just do a whois on that ip and it will give u a fair idea of from where the mail originated. Please don't bother the whois registry for every single mail you get. Its a

Re: [ilugd] /dev/null read only!!

2004-09-08 Thread Arjun Asthana
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 08 September 2004 13:15, you wrote: Yesterday I landed into this crisis, on my 64MB, P2-233MHz, FC1-GNOME, notebook: System boots fine, but as soon as init scripts start, I start getting lots of FAIL all indicating /dev/null : read

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread Arjun Asthana
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:19, you wrote: hi, i am planning to install linux for 30 users in my office. they will be using openoffice and mozilla and few other standard applications. they will conect to oracle application server using

[ilugd] Re: /dev/null read only!!

2004-09-08 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2004-09-08 16:00:59 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: System boots fine, but as soon as init scripts start, I start getting lots of FAIL all indicating /dev/null : read only filesystem. Read that again. It says that the file system that /dev/null was on is read-only, not that /dev/null is

Re: [ilugd] Tracking sender of email - from which city the mail came

2004-09-08 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Amit Sharma said on Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 09:48:32PM -0700,: mail header. does yahoo or anyother webmail have that much info in the header as to pinpoint the originating city of the sender? Google for `geoiplookup'. It is there is debian main. The free as in Freedom version narrows down

Re: [ilugd] /dev/null read only!!

2004-09-08 Thread vivek khurana
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was that?? Why did it happen in the first place?? What are the basics about that Character Device and Major and Minor numbers?? Immediately check your filesystem by running chkrootkit, you have probably picked up an infection. I found this problem 3

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread vivek khurana
--- Amit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, i am planning to install linux for 30 users in my office. good!!! they will be using openoffice and mozilla and few other standard applications. they will conect to oracle application server using browser to work on oracle forms for data

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread vivek
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 23:49 -0700, Amit Sharma wrote: hi, i am planning to install linux for 30 users in my office. they will be using openoffice and mozilla and few other standard applications. they will conect to oracle application server using browser to work on oracle forms for data

[ilugd] Oracle Database 10g with Oracle 9i AS on linux

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
hi, any compatibility issues using 'Oracle Database 10g with Oracle 9i AS on linux' or is it ok to go ahead. amit __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo

Re: [ilugd] Re: how to install Orcale9i Database on Mandrake Linux9.1

2004-09-08 Thread Kirty Mohanty
well, RH Linux9.1 when expanded means...RedHat Linux9.1... Just a small querry buddies...i got hold of August2003 Digit DVD whic has RedHat Linux 9 installation...But is it advisable to install linux from the DVD.. will i get all the features of Red Hat Linux...including the

Re: [ilugd] Oracle Database 10g with Oracle 9i AS on linux

2004-09-08 Thread Nishant Kavi
Suggestion: Go for Oracle DB Release 9.2.x. The current DB 10g is still in 'early' stages of its life. But if you would really like to party w/ 10g then I have Qs for you - a. Oracle 9iAS is running on which flavor (and version) of Linux? b. Do you intend to run the DB on the same box

Re: [ilugd] Oracle Database 10g with Oracle 9i AS on linux

2004-09-08 Thread vivek
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 14:07 +, Nishant Kavi wrote: is it ok to go ahead. ASK SONU TIWARI (the esteemed h/w engg) as well! a little correction, abhilash tiwari is

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread Amit Sharma
[snip] also, yu'll need a backup too in case of any hardware issues, the server should be robust in case of 30 clients. and running oracle on that as well as using ltsp..uh think about it. oracle will be installed on seperate server, users will access oracle forms using the browsers. so

Re: Re: [ilugd] Oracle Database 10g with Oracle 9i AS on linux

2004-09-08 Thread Nishant Kavi
You rule. I am senile... BR, N š On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 vivek wrote : On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 14:07 +, Nishant Kavi wrote: is it ok to go ahead. ASK SONU TIWARI (the esteemed h/w engg) as well!

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread vivek
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 07:00 -0700, Amit Sharma wrote: snip 30 clients. and running oracle on that as well as using ltsp..uh think about it. oracle will be installed on seperate server, users will access oracle forms using the browsers. so u think LTSP for 30 users are not a good

Re: [ilugd] Entire office on wireless LAN

2004-09-08 Thread Shivkumar Jagannath
Hi, I have done a costing for 100 PCs wired-lan + fiber backbone wireless-lan(11g) with fiber backbone. The wifi lan is actually cheaper by 2 lakhs and the benefits outweigh the cons!! = catch ya later (Ive gotta UnWire Life!!!) shiv

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread vivek khurana
--- Amit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so u think LTSP for 30 users are not a good choice, right? VK says its not a good idea, u think same. Hey Amit! when did i said its not a good idea, i just cautioned you. I know the kind of machuines you have got in your office (if you haven't

Re: [ilugd] Linux Office: Which Linux Flavour for Users

2004-09-08 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Amit == Amit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Amit [snip] Amit please help me decide, should i go for Xandros? No, You want your business to continue working even if Xandros dies tomorrow. Go for a community-supported distribution like