[PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

About a year ago my local ISP terminated dial-up service and was not marketing wideband to home users. I decided against any type of fixed point of service (i.e. telco, cable, or satellite). I looked for a "cell network modem" (proper term?). The closest thing I could find from a provider with

Re: [PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > About a year ago my local ISP terminated dial-up service and was not > marketing wideband to home users. I decided against any type of fixed > point of service (i.e. telco, cable, or satellite). I looked for a "cell >

Re: [PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:40:58 -0500 Richard Owlett dijo: >About a year ago my local ISP terminated dial-up service and was not >marketing wideband to home users. I decided against any type of fixed >point of service (i.e. telco, cable, or satellite). I looked for a >"cell

Re: [PLUG] Understanding where e-mails can get lost

On 2017-06-14 10:27, Rich Shepard wrote: > I'm a member of an organization that sends a weekly newsletter to > members > via e-mail every Tuesday at 8:00pm PDT (although their mail server's > clock > is set to UTC). They undoubtably run Windows on all their machines and > I'm > assuming they

Re: [PLUG] Understanding where e-mails can get lost

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, Michael wrote: > They tell you the messages bounce. Ask one of them to forward you a copy > of the bounce message. That will tell you why your system bounced it. You > can then examine log files with a reference point. Michael, I've asked for a copy of the bounce

Re: [PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

On 06/15/2017 03:07 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Richard Owlett > wrote: > >> About a year ago my local ISP terminated dial-up service and was not >> marketing wideband to home users. I decided against any type of fixed >> point of service (i.e.

Re: [PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

On 06/15/2017 03:13 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:40:58 -0500 > Richard Owlett dijo: > >> About a year ago my local ISP terminated dial-up service and was not >> marketing wideband to home users. I decided against any type of >> fixed >> point of

Re: [PLUG] Any Z915 users out there? - was [Re: Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine]

> > > Something somewhere that tells the OS exists and where/how connected. > the Z915 does this, via a mechanism called DHCP. overriding the values provided by DHCP _can_ break your access, if you do it wrong, but is easily reversible by undoing the changes. I fondly remember simplicity of an

Re: [PLUG] Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine

> > If I enter the numeric IP # referenced in resolv.conf into the browser's > address bar I see the screen used to access the setup of the Z915 from this, I conclude that the Z915 is instructing its connected clients to pass DNS requests through itself. it probably runs a cache to reduce load

[PLUG] Any Z915 users out there? - was [Re: Problem using a T-mobile Z915 Hotspot on a Linux machine]

On 06/15/2017 06:27 PM, wes wrote: >> >> If I enter the numeric IP # referenced in resolv.conf into the browser's >> address bar I see the screen used to access the setup of the Z915 > > > from this, I conclude that the Z915 is instructing its connected > clients to pass DNS requests through

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Reminder, the Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a useful direction. We will spend the first portion of our time on a presentation about the basics of networking. Free Geek 1731 SE 10th Ave Portland,