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REMINDER: Upcoming Meeting on Wednesday, 7 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everybody, Our next WLUG meeting will be on Wednesday evening, 7:00 PM, somewhere on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. Our guest speaker will be Mike Bauer, and his talk will be a legal interpretation of the GPL. Mike has degrees in both law and computer science. Mike plans to discuss: a) The GNU philosophy behind the GPL, both from freedom and copyleft perspectives b) A brief introduction to copyright law c) Scholarly papers (law review articles, other non-case-law analysis) on the GPL d) Cases dealing with the GPL When I know the actual meeting room, I'll let you know. I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday. Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKtYhiOjiraCaOTOoRAldmAKCpR2wGo1RRO4KE9u1FPU4yEu+R7gCbBGut f2xLKDf7XoiPIao+jhpSME8= =NwgC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Sept. 20, 2009

Scanner - $10

by Randall Mason

Hi Everybody, My wife is cleaning stuff out and she wants me do something with a scanner that I specifically bought for it's Linux compatability. It's an Epson 1200U: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14568 It works out of the box with my Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop via libusb, so I don't know if it will work with BSDs or other F/OSS operating systems, but I think it would. There are drivers for Windows and OS X on Epson's website, but I don't know if it works for those, I bought it so that it worked with Linux for a reason... It's not new, but I feel that it's worth it for Linux compatibility. It used to be white, but after years of oxidation and the plastic getting older, it's now yellowed. I would refund the money if it broke in the first year. Here's the brochure: http://magazine.mason.ch:8888/magazine/per12usl.pdf Randall Mason

Sept. 12, 2009

Looking for suggestions: JSP Web Hosting

by Michael Zarozinski

Hi all, Does anyone have any recommendations for a web hosting service that comes with JSP "out of the box"? Thanks for any/all suggestions, Michael Z

Sept. 7, 2009

Re: [Wlug] IPv6 config question

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 09:20:06AM -0400, William Smith wrote: > My question is this: How difficult (or involved) would it be to add > IPv6 support to this? I know about AAAA records, but I'm not so sure > what the reverse lookup file would look like. The reverse DNS PTR record for IPv6 address 2001:468:616:820::20 would look like this: 0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.8.0.6.1.6.0.8.6.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR sinclair.wpi.edu. > Likewise, I'm not sure about how DHCP would be configured, if I have > to touch it at all. You don't need DHCPv6 unless you want to control the assignments, do dynamic DNS, etc. such as in a managed network environment. You can instead use SLAAC (Stateless Address Auto-Configuration) which is built-in to every IPv6 host and doesn't require any kind of server. You only need a Router Advertisement service to inform the hosts of the router(s) and global prefix(es) available on the link. You can run radvd on the router to provide this: yum install radvd

Sept. 2, 2009

Re: [Wlug] IPv6 config question

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 09:20:06AM -0400, William Smith wrote: > Hiya! > > I've got an old laptop (Sony Vaio PCG-F520) that I've been setting to > re-purposing. To this end, I've installed Fedora 10 on it. > > I've got DNS (IPv4) and DHCP configured on it, and it will eventually > be acting as a printserver for an HP LaserJet 4MP. :) > > My question is this: How difficult (or involved) would it be to add > IPv6 support to this? I know about AAAA records, but I'm not so sure > what the reverse lookup file would look like. Likewise, I'm not sure > about how DHCP would be configured, if I have to touch it at all. Here's an example reverse record for IPv6 address 2001:468:616:820::20: 0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.8.0.6.1.6.0.8.6.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 3600 IN PTR sinclair.wpi.edu. DHCPv6 is supported by ISC DHCP. You have to run a separate service (dhcpd -6) since the server only supports one protocol at a time. However, DHCPv6 isn't required to assign v6 addresses. DHCPv6 is only really required if you want control over the assignments such as in a managed network environment. You can instead use SLAAC (Stateless Address Auto-Configuration). This is automatic--no server required. You can run radvd on the router to announce the availablility of the router and global prefix(es) available on the link. yum install radvd

Sept. 2, 2009

IPv6 config question

by William Smith

Hiya! I've got an old laptop (Sony Vaio PCG-F520) that I've been setting to re-purposing. To this end, I've installed Fedora 10 on it. I've got DNS (IPv4) and DHCP configured on it, and it will eventually be acting as a printserver for an HP LaserJet 4MP. :) My question is this: How difficult (or involved) would it be to add IPv6 support to this? I know about AAAA records, but I'm not so sure what the reverse lookup file would look like. Likewise, I'm not sure about how DHCP would be configured, if I have to touch it at all. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- Bill Smith Fall River, MA Charter Member of LOPSA

Sept. 2, 2009

Seagate ST3146807FC 146GB Fibre Channel drive

by Jamie Guinan

Hi Group, We found the drive described in the subject line at work, and have no use for it. It appears to be new. Anyone have fibre channel, and want it? -Jamie

Sept. 1, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Looking for DDR400 (PC3200) RAM

by J. R. Mauro

On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:14, "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: >>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > > Frank> In general, I find that the best place to shop for memory is > Frank> http://www.crucial.com Ugh, crucial is a *total* ripoff. It's good for finding out what type your machine needs and that's it. Newegg, eBay, woot, tigerdirect, anything are better on price > > I agree, or newegg.com, but for old memory like this... a salvage > place seems to be a better place, esp since DDR2/DDR3 is so cheap in > relation. > > Thanks for the followup, I appreciate it. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Aug. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Looking for DDR400 (PC3200) RAM

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: Frank> In general, I find that the best place to shop for memory is Frank> http://www.crucial.com I agree, or newegg.com, but for old memory like this... a salvage place seems to be a better place, esp since DDR2/DDR3 is so cheap in relation. Thanks for the followup, I appreciate it. John

Aug. 29, 2009

Re: [Wlug] Looking for DDR400 (PC3200) RAM

by Frank Sweetser

On 8/28/2009 6:48 PM, John Stoffel wrote: > > Guys, > > I'm trying to ressurect an old MSI K8T NEO mother board with an > Athlon64 3000 CPU. Unfortunately, I don't have any 184 Pin > PC3200/DDR400, PC2700/DDR333, PC2100/ DDR266 or PC1600/DDR200 > unbuffered DIMM boards. In general, I find that the best place to shop for memory is http://www.crucial.com -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

Aug. 28, 2009