weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, I'm using this machine with wifi connection and I noticed something really weird.. When browsing the net I saw that sometimes I didn't get the DNS resolving. I added DNS servers to resolv.conf, even setup my own DNS server. That didn't help. So I tried to ping some sites and then I saw it

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread ik
Can you clean your entire routing table and set it by hand on your own ? Also something I can think of is a bridge from one device to another. What is your distro ? Ido http://ik.homelinux.org/ 2009/12/27 Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com Hi, I'm using this machine with wifi connection and I

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Clean? It's a 2 line thing: # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 2 00 ra0 default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ra0 I

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread shimi
2009/12/27 Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com Hi, I'm using this machine with wifi connection and I noticed something really weird.. When browsing the net I saw that sometimes I didn't get the DNS resolving. I added DNS servers to resolv.conf, even setup my own DNS server. That didn't help.

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi, I'm using this machine with wifi connection and I noticed something really weird.. When browsing the net I saw that sometimes I didn't get the DNS resolving. I added DNS servers to resolv.conf, even setup my own DNS server. That

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Dec 27, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Clean? It's a 2 line thing: # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 2 00 ra0 default

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread sammy ominsky
On 27/12/2009, at 13:15, geoffrey mendelson wrote: legal limit. I have been looking for a router (or access point) that has a separate receive antenna, but can not find one. I think all replacement firmware for the linux-based routers that take them can set one antenna to receive and the

Re: weird WIFI route

2009-12-27 Thread ik
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com wrote: Clean? It's a 2 line thing: # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 2 00 ra0

Re: OOo presenter in Hebrew

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
If you want, send me the file with instructions where to download the latest version of Open Office, and I will check it.  I'm not using Open Office, but I don't mind to download it to test the file. I am sorry that I cannot send the file, it is part of a research. I will try to make a test

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
Sorry, I don't know how to do that.  I'm stuck with the default.  But I think the programmers themselves (of Google Chrome and Firefox) should have taken care of this issue. The OOo and Firefox programmers will not change your Windows settings. That is a slippery slope and would lead to all

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
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Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
I hate the Microsoft concept, but again I must admit that there are some advantages for Microsoft software - for example, the Hebrew support in Microsoft products was better and developed before competitors - one of the reasons I switched from Netscape to MS IE. I should mention here that

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Uri Even-Chen
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I don't know how to do that.  I'm stuck with the default.  But I think the programmers themselves (of Google Chrome and Firefox) should have taken care of this issue. The OOo and Firefox programmers will not

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
Start → Settings → Control Panel → Display → Appearance → Effects → Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts → ClearType I tried, but the screen became blurred (מטושטש) so I switched back to standard.  I don't like the blurred effect so much. Interesting. I wonder why that

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Micha
On 27/12/2009 19:21, Uri Even-Chen wrote: On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Dotan Cohendotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry, I don't know how to do that. I'm stuck with the default. But I think the programmers themselves (of Google Chrome and Firefox) should have taken care of this issue. The

Re: Google Chrome vs. Firebox or good old Internet Explorer?

2009-12-27 Thread Dotan Cohen
entered my website Speedy Composer ( http://www.speedy.net/composer/ ).  In IE the website plays music.  In Firefox and Chrome I need to install a plugin - Apple Quicktime - and I never install plugins.  I The plugin was probably just installed automatically into IE by something without

Kudos to Osem

2009-12-27 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hi all, I am a father to two small children (3 and 4.5). I recently bought an Osem Dubonim value pack that included a Game CD staring the Hop Channel characters in the bag. I admit I was skeptic as for the usability of this CD under Linux. I was surprised - it works just fine! I am running

Re: Kudos to Osem

2009-12-27 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Amichai Rotman wrote: (an executable file on the root directory of the CD) using WINE without any special settings. ... I wanted to share with fellow Linuxers, and give kudos when kudos are due. Just a clarification - shouldn't kudos where due go to Wine and Ubuntu? Shachar -- Shachar