Problems with wireless network

2008-03-03 Thread Erik Wikström
Hello I've setup an computer to work as a wired/wireless router and it has been working quite fine. But today I can no longer connect to the wireless network, I get no signal. If I stand about one metre from the router I can get a very weak signal but that is all. How can I determine if it is a

Improving disk reliability

2008-01-02 Thread Erik Wikström
Hi I am setting up a OpenBSD box to act as a router/file-server for my parents, the box consists mostly of old parts and I try to not spend any extra money on it. One of my biggest worries is, since it will act as a file-server which will contain stuff with some emotional value, data- loss. The

Re: Linus about C++

2007-12-28 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-12-28 07:33, Brian Hansen wrote: [snip] Is he right? Yes and no. First of all you should realise that Linus and most other other kernel hackers are biased. When it comes down to it C++ is not a better or worse language to write a system in than C, it is just a question about how you

Re: Using the C programming language

2007-12-22 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-12-22 12:06, Brian Hansen wrote: Hi. I address this issue on this list, because a lot of people here are very skillfull C programmers. When looking at some of the different reasons for security problems such as: http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/ I

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-14 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-12-14 18:48, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:54:47AM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: Richard, your pants are full of hypocritical poo. You too. I still remember cheering when I read http://monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0108/msg00460.html * From:

Re: Real men don't attack straw men

2007-12-13 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-12-13 17:51, Richard Stallman wrote: If a library has a book on [insert-controversial-topic-here], does that imply endorsement of said topic by the library or by someone who reads the book? Should the library burn copies of books on such topics to protect the

Recommendations for a wireless USB adapter

2007-11-22 Thread Erik Wikström
Hello all, Since the wireless card in my current router has stopped working I'm taking the opportunity to make a major upgrade. Unfortunately the computer I'm replacing it with only have one PCI-slot which I'll need for the wired network. So I will need to use an USB adapter for the wireless

Re: Home networking for an amateur

2006-12-16 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2006-12-14 21:22, Erik Wikstrvm wrote: I've get an box laying in my basement running OpenBSD 3.7 (probably should upgrade that some time but I've never taken the time) acting as gateway for both wired and wireless networks. Everything has been working flawlessly except one thing; I can not

Home networking for an amateur

2006-12-14 Thread Erik Wikström
I've get an box laying in my basement running OpenBSD 3.7 (probably should upgrade that some time but I've never taken the time) acting as gateway for both wired and wireless networks. Everything has been working flawlessly except one thing; I can not access computers on the wireless network

Re: Migration to PF - some questions

2005-09-08 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-09-08 16:51, Gaby vanhegan wrote: On 8 Sep 2005, at 15:32, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: Gaby vanhegan wrote: $if_in=xl0 $if_out=xl1 pass in on $if_in keep state pass out on $if_out keep state Ok, let's stick to that example. Imagine a firewall having three interfaces connecting

Re: Lifecycle question

2005-09-07 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-09-07 10:43, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: Theo de Raadt schrieb: That is completely unsustainable. The pieces we build upon are advancing too fast. I couldn't tell Linux is advancing slower. I think he was speaking about software in general. I don't buy into that method of

Re: OpenBSD 3.8 negative free space (?WTF?)

2005-08-24 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-24 20:21, John Kintaro Tate wrote: Hrm, I was installing the mono port and I ran into an error. The error was simple and we all know what it means. Trying 62.243.72.50... Unimplemented command. 61% |**| 8922 KB04:55 ETA /: write

Re: pf rules question

2005-08-14 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-14 19:17, stan wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:24:43PM -0400, stan wrote: I've got 2 rules like this: pass out on $int_if from any to any keep state pass in on $int_if from any to any keep state That I think I should be able to replace with: pass out on $int_if from any to any

Re: pf rules question

2005-08-14 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-14 21:41, stan wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:13:07PM +0200, Erik Wikstr?m wrote: On 2005-08-14 19:17, stan wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:24:43PM -0400, stan wrote: I've got 2 rules like this: pass out on $int_if from any to any keep state pass in on $int_if from any to any

Re: pf rules question

2005-08-14 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-14 19:17, stan wrote: On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 12:24:43PM -0400, stan wrote: I've got 2 rules like this: pass out on $int_if from any to any keep state pass in on $int_if from any to any keep state That I think I should be able to replace with: pass out on $int_if from any to any

Re: more 1 than client can use same port from router (for bittorrent)

2005-08-06 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-06 16:48, Vivek Ayer wrote: Hi guys, I was wondering if it was possible to port forward the same port to more than one client behind a router. Currently, my client is the only one using bittorrent behind the router. I have this in /etc/pf.conf: rdr pass on $ext_if proto tcp to port

Re: ath0: unable to gain access to wireless unencrypted network

2005-08-05 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-05 18:38, Bryan wrote: I just need to know what necessary fields have to be filled in to allow access to an unencrypted network. I setup the hostname.ath0 file and did everything the ath man file specified, but I am still unable to get on the network Have you tried to get it

Re: Ammunition needed to defend OpenBSD/pf

2005-08-03 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-03 03:03, Rod.. Whitworth wrote: Somebody sent me a query asking for a justification for my proposal to supply a firewall/router using OpenBSD when there was thsi device: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=327 , with all its claimed bells and whistles. Anybody know what, if anything,

Re: raid for boot/root disk ?

2005-08-02 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-08-02 17:13, Stefan Sczekalla-Waldschmidt wrote: Hi, I've googled a lot about how I simply could mirror the boot disk of my OpenBSD based routers. The intention is not to have the harddisk as a single point of failure. I've seen a rather interesting documentation on how to do this

Re: altq help on 3.7

2005-07-30 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-07-30 20:11, Teren Sapp wrote: Hi all, I was told to just use altq to limit my roommate's bandwidth so I setup a ruleset according to the FAQ as you see below. However, it doesn't seem to be working effectively, any ideas? Thanks Have you made rules to assign traffic to the queues?

Re: The MD5-File at the Server... (Request for RMD160 and SHA1 Checksums)

2005-07-25 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-07-25 08:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And yes: Adding another Checksum wouldn't prevent an Attacker to recrete these files and replace them. But the chance isn't very high that an attackler could own 3 or 4 different Servers in different networks at the same time. So every user would be

Re: The MD5-File at the Server... (Request for RMD160 and SHA1 Checksums)

2005-07-25 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-07-25 12:16, Erik Wikstrvm wrote: On 2005-07-25 08:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And yes: Adding another Checksum wouldn't prevent an Attacker to recrete these files and replace them. But the chance isn't very high that an attackler could own 3 or 4 different Servers in different

Re: pf questions

2005-07-18 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-07-18 03:32, Vivek Ayer wrote: One last thing. Looking at my pf.conf, which I assume you still have, what modification would I have to make to make sure rsync over ssh work properly between two clients on the internal networks? Thanks. Vivek If it's over SSH you should only need port

Re: PF, Interface-groups and nat

2005-07-07 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2005-07-07 18:47, Vivek Ayer wrote: Try running pfctl -nf; use both switches. This should give you an error (syntax error) to which it refers you to a line where something went wrong. Sorry, I was being unclear, I did use -nf. However I did get rid of that problem by setting a real

PF, Interface-groups and nat

2005-07-06 Thread Erik Wikström
Hi I'm trying to set up a small home-network with both wired and wireless access, so I've put the following NICs in a box: ath0: internal wireless 192.168.1.1 rl0: internal wired 192.168.0.1 rl1: external wired DHCP I've used the following pf.conf (a slight adaption from the example in the

pf and interface groups

2005-07-03 Thread Erik Wikström
Hi I'm trying to set up a box as a router for my home network, I have 3 NICs, one external, one wireless, and one internal. I've put the external in group if_ext and the wireless and the internal in group if_int, the reason for this is that it gives me a little more generic pf.conf (and it's

Re: pf and interface groups

2005-07-03 Thread Erik Wikström
Gah, should have read more carfully, using (if_ext:network) works just fine. -- Erik Wikstrvm