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WLUG BBQ!!!
by Andy Stewart 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Hi Everybody, Although I have not yet updated the WLUG website, the WLUG BBQ is going to happen! The BBQ will be held in Shrewsbury at Doug Waud's house like it was 2 years ago. Directions are forthcoming. Thanks, Doug! Our next meeting of WLUG will be at the BBQ on Thursday, August 22, 2002. The BBQ will start around 6 PM and go until Doug kicks us out (watch it, he has Steve as his bouncer). If you can't make it at 6 PM, show up whenever you can. WLUG will supply the food and munchies and will have sodas on hand. You may BYOB (beer, wine, whatever) if you wish. If you would like to bring a salad or dessert, feel free! Label your container with your name to insure its return. Doug has a swimming pool which we can use, so if you are interested, bring a bathing suit and towel. Its not clear to me if one must actually *wear* the bathing suit. We'll rig up some kind of projection system for a LInux talk of some flavor. It may end up getting used by some of you ASCII Art fanatics, but that's OK too. ;-) What good would a Linux party be without an Internet connection, a projector, and a laptop or three? Please RSVP to me and let me know that you'll be coming. In this way, we can be sure to have enough food on hand. Other party ideas? Send them out to the list! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Wireless networking with LInksys WAP11 and WPC11
by Andy Stewart 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

HI all, I finally got WEP to work with this hardware ! The trick is to download the firmware update to the WAP11 wireless access point and install it. The firmware version is 1.01c and it came out just a few days ago. Now, of course, the install program only runs in Windows. I inquired about non-Windows solutions. One can use tftp to transfer the binary image to the WAP11 to do the firmware upgrade and it does work! One must first disable the WAP11 password and also disable the MAC address filter. Of course, this is totally non-supported, we support windows only, we're sorry for your inconvenience, yada, yada, yada. I'm using the orinoco{_cs} driver without problems. I tried wlan-ng but could not get it to work at all. The configuration of wlan-ng is quite confusing to me. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Laptop for Sale
by bryon3245＠netzero.com 03 Aug '02

03 Aug '02

I have a very nice IBM Thinkpad for sale: The specs are 900MHZ 256MV or RAM 20 GB hard drive DVD and 3.5 Flppy included 14.1 inch lcd Comes with power supply and is in perfect condition. If you live near wocester I can deliver. I am asking 1200 for it. Any questions feel free to as @ bryon3245(a)netzero.com Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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test #2
by Frank Sweetser 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

wlug test #2 for today

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WLUG mailing list
by Frank Sweetser 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

The WLUG list should be fixed for everyone now. If anyone knows of any problems with it, feel free to email me directly. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 18 Full-time WPI Network Engineer, Part time Linux/Perl guy |

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testing
by Frank Sweetser 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

test #1 for today

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off-campus test message
by Frank Sweetser 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

Just another test message to make sure the list is working properly...

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test message
by Frank Sweetser 31 Jul '02

31 Jul '02

There's been some issues with the new mail server setup on campus, so this is a test message to make sure it gets out... -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 18 Full-time WPI Network Engineer, Part time Linux/Perl guy | Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers. -- Larry Wall in <199708252256.PAA00105(a)wall.org>

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Shell Script Question
by Gary J. Hanley 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

Greetings! A shell script question: Can anyone tell me the pros & cons of coding your shell scripts to stay in-process instead of spawning a child process when needed? For example, ${VARIABLE##*/} instead of `basename $VARIABLE` I'm trying to use the former as much as possible now but I wasn't exactly sure if that is better, not so safe or just doesn't matter. Thanks! -- Gary

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Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics
by stoffel＠lucent.com 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Hi guys, I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. John stoffel(a)lucent.com john(a)stoffel.org

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