April 2006 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Bandwidth sharing problem

by Andre Lehovich

--- Gregory Avedissian <gma2006(a)verizon.net> wrote: > 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. The buzzword to read up on is "traffic shaping". Assymetry is going to be a problem -- while you have a lot of control over what you transmit, you don't have so much control over what the other end transmits, but that's what you really want to throttle. --Andre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] meeting next week?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Sweetser wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 05:22:23PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: > >>The website says May 10th (but I haven't yet updated the home page). >> >>There is currently no scheduled topic for the May meeting. > > > I don't have time to do any kind of a real presentation, but if there's > interest I can show some of the stuff I've been poking around with on ruby on > rails. > Chalktalk / stream_of_consciousness works for me! Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEUTl/Hl0iXDssISsRAp9oAKCItuOu+8AaFFLRGgSzlklEODRkDgCfXW7F iuGxzMv/2dU+G++NpAXY3fM= =UGds -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webcast meetings?

by Frank Sweetser

On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 03:17:48PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > Chuck, > > I would be interested in this. I noticed there's a couple different > versions of the software. I'm assuming that I'd want the "unstable" beta? Nope - we're still using 2.4 on our room node, and there's currently no interopability between 2.4 and 3. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webcast meetings?

by Tim Keller

Chuck, I would be interested in this. I noticed there's a couple different versions of the software. I'm assuming that I'd want the "unstable" beta? I'm using DSL, and my systems are behind a NAT so I'll interested to know what network changes need to be made for the unicast stuff to work. Thanks, Tim. On 4/27/06, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:20:41PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > > Since we hold the meetings in the "Media room" is there any chance we > could > > make them available live and/or a podcast? > > Access Grid software is open source. There is a Windows version and > a Linux version (several distribution packages as well) available for > download here: > > http://accessgrid.org/ > > The software normally requires an IP Multicast capable ISP, but there > is a built in Unicast Bridge functionality which will convert the > streams--just select "Use Unicast" from the virtual venue properties. > > I don't think this will work from behind a NAT, though, but you can > try forwarding all the necessary ports (a lot of ports) or using a DMZ > port on your router. > > If anyone would like to try this, feel free to contact me and I'll > help you get set up. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] meeting next week?

by Frank Sweetser

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 05:22:23PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote: > The website says May 10th (but I haven't yet updated the home page). > > There is currently no scheduled topic for the May meeting. I don't have time to do any kind of a real presentation, but if there's interest I can show some of the stuff I've been poking around with on ruby on rails. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

April 27, 2006

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

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webcast meetings?

by Andre Lehovich

--- Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Since we hold the meetings in the "Media room" is there any chance we could > make them available live and/or a podcast? DCLUG and BWBUG have been doing this using Icecast, Ogg Theora, and Ogg Vorbis. For details on their setup see http://dclug.tux.org/dclug_bytes2005.html#200506 'Course if you watch this way you miss out on the informal chatting, which is the best part of LUG meetings. --Andre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webcast meetings?

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:20:41PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > Since we hold the meetings in the "Media room" is there any chance we could > make them available live and/or a podcast? Access Grid software is open source. There is a Windows version and a Linux version (several distribution packages as well) available for download here: http://accessgrid.org/ The software normally requires an IP Multicast capable ISP, but there is a built in Unicast Bridge functionality which will convert the streams--just select "Use Unicast" from the virtual venue properties. I don't think this will work from behind a NAT, though, but you can try forwarding all the necessary ports (a lot of ports) or using a DMZ port on your router. If anyone would like to try this, feel free to contact me and I'll help you get set up.

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Webcast meetings?

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim Keller wrote: > 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. GnomeMeeting perhaps? Tim - do you have broadband at home? Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEULzBHl0iXDssISsRAmSjAJ9ZlRkuSPposZUmJ7KIyB8J9Fa6eACfSLRo ak68axVtK8wGcWOXRIklqXc= =cpKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Mail servers, Comcast, and spam

by Keith Wright

(See bottom) > From: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > > > > 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. ... > C:> $ telnet 216.148.227.126 smtp > C:> Trying 216.148.227.126... > C:> Connected to gateway-r.comcast.net (216.148.227.126). > C:> Escape character is '^]'. > C:> 220 rwcrmxc18.comcast.net - Maillennium ESMTP/MULTIBOX rwcrmxc18 #337 > C:> helo dsl.keithdiane.us > C:> 250 rwcrmxc18.comcast.net > C:> MAIL FROM: <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > C:> 250 ok > C:> RCPT TO: <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > C:> 250 ok > C:> DATA > C:> 354 ok > C:> This is just kwright goofing on you. > C:> Read your WLUG messages I will explain. > C:> . > C:> 250 ok . id=20060425052454r1800cg1fje [f] > C:> QUIT > C:> Connection closed by foreign host. > > It seemed to work, and I am typing this on a machine behind an > NAT translation firewall (other kinds should be transparent). > This is not my mail server, but it seemed to work. > Only Andy can say whether they accepted the message and > then trashed it in flagrant violation of RFC-2821, which tells > how to do such things. Andy never said whether he got that message. You should have seen a two line message from me with almost no headers. If you got the message then I suspect that the problem with the town is not the firewall, but the reverse DNS. Could you post the domain name of the town? I would like to poke at its MX and PTR records to see if there is anything that I might feel like rejecting. Speaking of rejecting, when the town can not send mail to you do they get a bounce message with a reason for non-delivery, or does it just go into a black hole, looking like it was delivered but never showing up? -- Keith

April 27, 2006