Bandwidth sharing problem
by Gregory Avedissian
I have a friend with a bandwidth sharing problem. There are two linux
boxes (one Debian Sarge, one SuSE 9.3) attached to an old Linksys 10/100
wired router on cable internet (3Mbps confirmed download speed). When the
Debian box is downloading a large file, it hogs all the bandwidth, and the
SuSE box is very slow on the internet.
Is there an easy way to limit download speed on one or both boxes to make
them share nicely? I looked through the manual for the router, and I don't
see a way to do it there. If there's not an easy way to do it, I'd still
like to hear the difficult way to do it.
Thanks,
Greg
12 years, 7 months
meeting next week?
by Eric Stein
Hi all,
I'm only writing to ask whether or not there will be a meeting held on
the 3rd and if we have a topic. Thanks.
--
Eric Stein
WPI CS 2009
Treasurer, Student Pugwash
12 years, 7 months
Webcast meetings?
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody,
I've got a pie in the sky question. My parental duties now proclude me from
attending the Wednesday night WLUG meetings.
Since we hold the meetings in the "Media room" is there any chance we could
make them available live and/or a podcast?
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
12 years, 7 months
Knoppix 5 dvd
by Mike Leo
I got ahold of the knoppix 5 dvd and there was talk about people wanting it at the last
meeting....
if anyone wants a copy, let me know and I'll burn one for you.
>From what i can see, it is a bootable dvd, but still in German, not english, but I did not explore
to much into it.
thanks
mike
12 years, 7 months
Mail servers, Comcast, and spam
by Andy Stewart
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HI gang,
In my town, I've noticed that other town employees with whom I send
email are unable to send return email to me. This started happening
about a month ago. My ISP is Comcast.
This description was sent to me by a town employee:
o In an attempt to limit the amount of SPAM on the Comcast
Internet system, Comcast does not allow external email
servers to send mail to Comcast email accounts where the
sending email server's MX records do not match.
o Because the TOWN mail server is behind our firewall
our incoming mail IP address is different from our sending
mail IP address. In other words our MX records do not match
consequently Comcast blocks our mail from being sent to
Comcast email addresses.
Basic questions:
- - What is an MX record?
- - Is it normal for the mail server to be behind the firewall? I thought
perhaps it would be either exposed to the net or on the DMZ.
I am wondering if there is some misconfiguration or perhaps a different
configuration that could be used to alleviate this problem. I have no
expertise running a mail server and thought somebody on this list might
be able to help.
Thanks!
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 7 months
[Fwd: Job opportunity]
by Andy Stewart
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If you have interest in this job opportunity, please contact the
recruiter directly.
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Subject: Job opportunity
Date: 26 Apr 2006 14:35:08 -0400
From: Jennifer Hillner <jhillner(a)hollisterinc.com>
To: andystewart(a)comcast.net
Hi Andy,
I came across your user group online and I was hoping to network with
you. I have a job opportunity for a Java Swing developer who is also
big into Linux and opensource technologies. It is for a great
pharmaceutical company in Cambridge. If you know of anyone who would be
interested in hearing about this or other opportunities, please feel
free to pass this along as we have an excellent referral program. I
look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Jenn
*Software Developer within Scientific Web Application group*
Required
1-3 years Java Swing development, new grads will be considered
Linux experience
Experience with any open source technologies
Desired:
MySQL or Oracle DB experience
This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading pharmaceutical
company. This developer will be responsible for java swing development
of one of their main scientific web applications. This person will be
under the mentorship of a senior level developer so this is a great
learning opportunity. 75% of this position is development and the other
25% is general Linux administration and general database and programming
problem solving.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Hillner
Senior Recruiter/Technology
Hollister Associates, Inc.
75 State Street, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
jhillner(a)hollisterstaff.com <mailto:jhillner@hollisterstaff.com>
(T) 617.654.0257
(F) 617.695-3807
Visit us at www.HollisterStaff.com <http://www.hollisterstaff.com/>
The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is
intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or
re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other
person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient, please
notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.
Confidential, unpublished property of Hollister Associates, Inc.
Do not duplicate or distribute
Use and distribution limited solely to authorized personnel.
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 7 months
Ubuntu vs Kubuntu
by Mike
At the last meeting someone mentioned some kind of fallout between Ubuntu
and Kubuntu. I missed most the details and was wondering if anyone had a
link to an article that explains this. I have been searching, but Google
isn't playing nice today.
Thanks,
Mike
--
Emacs would be a far better OS if it shipped with a halfway-decent text
editor. --Anonymous
12 years, 7 months
Linux Friendly Wireless Handhelds
by Andy Stewart
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HI Everybody,
I'm looking for a handheld device which can synchronize with Linux and
with Outlook (for work). I'd like the synchronization to be wireless.
I don't much care if it is a smartphone or a PDA - the calendar
application is the most important for my needs.
Devices that seem to come close are BlackBerry and Palm Treo. I'm still
researching this topic, so there may be others.
Do you use such a device?
Thanks!
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 7 months
linux courses
by Mike Leo
I have taken RH and other week long certification programs and am certified in many things.
however, the classes themselves are pretty weak, usually only covering RH and only what's in the
RH book, superficially at best.
I have read tons of materials on linux and continually do so all the time.
But does anyone know of a good linux course out there anywhere, outside of the training mills like
New Horizons, or even RH?
College level course's seem to be the best choice so far, but I have not found one yet, nor do I
want to spend the time if it is not a mature syllabus.
I have been "on" linux for 3 years now, and I am beyond the basic's but not quite into kernel
development yet, so a somewhere in between class is what I am hoping for.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
12 years, 7 months
How fast is your CD burner with Linux ?
by Andy Stewart
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HI everybody,
I asked this question at the most recent WLUG meeting. I've noticed
that my CD burner (according to K3B) averages about 24X, even though it
is advertised as a 48X CD burner. Is this to be expected, or do I have
a cheap(er) drive that can't sustain the data rate? It is an IDE/ATAPI
drive (NEC3550).
It takes approx. 4 minutes for me to burn a 700MB CD (including some
fiddling and diddling about calibrating power, fixating, etc). I use
Memorex CD-R media (52X, 700MB, 80 min).
I'm curious about your CD buring experiences, especially if they are
faster than mine. I'd like to know what drive you have, the media you
use, and most importantly, how did you determine your drive speed?
Thanks,
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 8 months
