Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Offer Kaye
Hi, I've been trying to connect to the Internet from Linux but without success, I hope someone on the list can help me. I'm using a dual-boot WinXP/Fedora Core 1 setup, and can connect from Windows without a problem. My connection is through an Ethernet card connected to a Motorola SB4200

[HAIFUX LECTURE] Aviram Jenik on SPAM- everyone's favorite food

2003-12-13 Thread Orna Agmon
Next Monday (15/12/2003), 18:30, the Haifa Linux Club will once again meet to hear Aviram Jenik talk about: SPAM Everyone's Favorite Food The slides are not yet available. Please note that the change of room: the haifux lectures are held this

Re: Slow KDE?

2003-12-13 Thread Meir Kriheli
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 December 2003 12:02, Diego Iastrubni wrote: , 12 2003, 02:03,Meir Kriheli: if XP boots up in 30 secs (10 if you hybernate) linux should be able to do something similar as well. this is un-exceptable. It's not that simple.

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Shachar Shemesh wrote: I also wrote a perl script that has the added bonus that the script itself will not return unless pptp exists. This allows putting the script into inittab with respawn, causing almost all disconnects to reconnect on their own. Going over this script now, however, reveals

Re: Slow KDE?

2003-12-13 Thread Ben-Nes Michael
maybe of topic but i was amazed how fast the linux was up after i installed gentoo ver 1.4 maybe 30% faster -- Canaan Surfing Ltd. Internet Service Providers Ben-Nes Michael - Manager Tel: 972-4-6991122 Fax: 972-4-6990098 http://www.canaan.net.il --

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Shachar Shemesh wrote: Shachar Shemesh wrote: I also wrote a perl script that has the added bonus that the script itself will not return unless pptp exists. This allows putting the script into inittab with respawn, causing almost all disconnects to reconnect on their own. Going over this

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 10:55:50AM +0200, Offer Kaye wrote: After itdown and ifup I saw using /sbin/ifconfig that eth0 was up and running. Good. That means DHCP works. Then I downloaded the connection tarball from Netvision, and after following the instructions in the readme (editing the

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 10:55:50AM +0200, Offer Kaye wrote: Hi, I've been trying to connect to the Internet from Linux but without success, I hope someone on the list can help me. I'm using a dual-boot WinXP/Fedora Core 1 setup, and can connect from Windows without a problem. My connection

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 11:58:04AM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Shachar Shemesh wrote: Shachar Shemesh wrote: I also wrote a perl script that has the added bonus that the script itself will not return unless pptp exists. This allows putting the script into inittab with respawn, causing

Re: Slow KDE?

2003-12-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 11:56:58AM +0200, Ben-Nes Michael wrote: maybe of topic but i was amazed how fast the linux was up after i installed gentoo ver 1.4 maybe 30% faster Is this start time? Can you compare it to a different distro on the same machine? Can you try to time different

RE: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Offer Kaye
No need to use this tarball on new distros. Just install the standard pppd and pptp-linux package. pppd is installed (from an rpm called ppp). There is no rpm matching pptp in the 3 Fedora Core 1 CDs that I have, and I could not find pptp mentioned in:

Re: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 01:37:48PM +0200, Offer Kaye wrote: No need to use this tarball on new distros. Just install the standard pppd and pptp-linux package. pppd is installed (from an rpm called ppp). There is no rpm matching pptp in the 3 Fedora Core 1 CDs that I have, and I could

RE: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Offer Kaye
I don't use fedora. Googling for fedora pptp gave me http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora.phtml. Ouch! Looks complicated... :-( Ilya, do I have to use this? Can't I use the Netvision supplied binary? As an aside, what's the p doing in phtml? It's PHP. See:

Re: clarification

2003-12-13 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003, Tzafrir Cohen wrote about Re: clarification: In addition to the important distinction between open source software and free software ... The distinction you refer too is between the two ideologies (about *why* this software is needed). The software itself is

RE: Internet connection using cable modem

2003-12-13 Thread Offer Kaye
3. Create a new PPP/PPTP connection with Fedora's network setup tool, if it allows you to choose a custom executable as your pptp-connect. If not, create a regular PPP connection and add to its additional arguments: pty pptp-routed cable.netvision.net.il --nolaunchpppd (assuming you

Connecting Fedora Core to Cable Internet

2003-12-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 03:43:21PM +0200, Offer Kaye wrote: gave me http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-fedora.phtml. Ouch! Looks complicated... :-( And irrelevant anyway. They're using PPTP as a VPN-to-the-office solution. Ilya, do I have to use this? Can't I use the Netvision

logo contest

2003-12-13 Thread Orna Agmon
Hello would-be-designers, We are declaring a logo contest. The details are available on http://www.haifux.org/logo.html The submitted designs will be available for viewing on the same adress. The winning logo will be used on the site, on shirts (oh, yes, shirts are to be printed) etc. There is

Re: [Haifux] logo contest

2003-12-13 Thread Alon Altman
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Orna Agmon wrote: Hello would-be-designers, We are declaring a logo contest. The details are available on http://www.haifux.org/logo.html The link amud halogo is dead. Points to http://www.haifux.org/logo/ instead of http://www.haifux.org/logo.html. Alon -- This

Re: Connecting Fedora Core to Cable Internet

2003-12-13 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 08:56:13PM +0200, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: route add default $GATEWAY /dev/null 21 Whoops, that should've been: route add default gw $GATEWAY /dev/null 21 5. Run 'ifup netvision' And that should've been #6 :)

Re: Connecting Fedora Core to Cable Internet

2003-12-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 08:56:13PM +0200, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: [For the configrations: see redhat-config-network-cmd : --import/--export . Can be handy for scripting changes] 5. Run 'ifup netvision' How do you guarantee eth0 is up? Any easy way to guarantee this other than hoping that if

Ynet: MoF considers using Linux (probably Mandrake) for desktops

2003-12-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2838038,00.html Before we all cheer along, let's remember that lots of things can go wrong along the way. In fact, I doubt this is, at this stage, anything more than a preliminary idea someone had. I'll also ask anyone else on this list who are in close