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Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Michael Long

I also have a charter cable modem with a linksys router. However I set the router up to deliver dhcp addresses to roaming computers ie, my wife's laptop from work and the rest of my computers have static IPs. It saved me the hassle of setting up a dhcp server. For email I use KDE Mail and set it up to grab the mail directly from my isp's on demand. On Monday 02 July 2001 10:03, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I have a charter cable modem, but I took the easy way out. I have a > linksys firewall/router. I have static IPs behind the router. I have a > single port (ssh) open, so I can connect while at work (like right now). > > I have two boxes running at home -- my linux box and a Win98 box. I have > the linux box to myself, and my wife & 3 kids beat on the Win98 > box. (Sometimes Win98 stays up for days at a time. :-) ) > > I have my email configured to use fetchmail to suck email directly from my > charter email drop, and I read/compose it locally with pine. > > I'm slowly (oh so slowly) playing with DNS to supply services at home. > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 2, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Bill Mills-Curran

I have a charter cable modem, but I took the easy way out. I have a linksys firewall/router. I have static IPs behind the router. I have a single port (ssh) open, so I can connect while at work (like right now). I have two boxes running at home -- my linux box and a Win98 box. I have the linux box to myself, and my wife & 3 kids beat on the Win98 box. (Sometimes Win98 stays up for days at a time. :-) ) I have my email configured to use fetchmail to suck email directly from my charter email drop, and I read/compose it locally with pine. I'm slowly (oh so slowly) playing with DNS to supply services at home. Bill

July 2, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by John Stoffel

Tom, I'd suggest you use LRP to setup a firewall on your home network. I've got Charter Cable modem and in it works great. I'm a bit swamped with work right now, but come talk to me later on via email and I'll see what I can do. Also, please turn off HTML in your email, it's a pain to read and deal with. Thanks, John

July 2, 2001

Re: Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by falken

I am new to the Mass. area, but I use to be a Sr. Network Admin with Charter Communications. The question that I have is are you using Charter@home or Charter Pipeline? If it is Charter@home then you have to make some different changes in your setup. You have to add some domain information. It took a while to finally Linux DHCP to with with Charter@home but we were able to figure it out. If it is Charter Pipeline I will be willing to find you some contact information with one othe the Sr. Network Admins that I know. Tom > rpm -q pump > > pump is Red Hat's DHCP client. If the above command shows > output, then it > is installed. > > Could you post the output of "/sbin/ifconfig -a"? > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Thomas Carey wrote: > > tcarey> I apologize if I confused anyone. One nic is a > Intel Pro > tcarey> 100+. the other nic is a 3COM 3C905C. I alternated > nics to > tcarey> see if maybe one was not loading. Dumb question. > How do I > tcarey> know if pump is installed? Please be patient, I'm > fairly > tcarey> new to Linux (but have used it in the past as a > web and > tcarey> FTP server). > > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / > http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB > 5886 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 1, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Charles R. Anderson

rpm -q pump pump is Red Hat's DHCP client. If the above command shows output, then it is installed. Could you post the output of "/sbin/ifconfig -a"? On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Thomas Carey wrote: tcarey> I apologize if I confused anyone. One nic is a Intel Pro tcarey> 100+. the other nic is a 3COM 3C905C. I alternated nics to tcarey> see if maybe one was not loading. Dumb question. How do I tcarey> know if pump is installed? Please be patient, I'm fairly tcarey> new to Linux (but have used it in the past as a web and tcarey> FTP server). Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

June 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Thomas Carey

June 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Peter Gutowski

On 6/30/01 3:34 PM, Thomas Carey <tcarey70(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >I know I have seen several posts in the past, but I need a little >information on setting up my cable modem through Charter. > >A little background information; > >Red Hat 7.1 installed. > >I have two nics installed, one static (192.168.1.1 internal scheme), >one DHCP (connected to the cable modem, the cable modem when installed >by Charter was assigned 192.168.100.1). > >On boot up eth1 fails (eth1 is fine on boot up). I know I am probably >missing some configuration somewhere. I know both nic's are working >fine. After the first failed boot up (on eth1) I switched the cards, >and the static nic was fine. I'm assuming you've made a minor typing mistake in the first sentence of the previous paragraph (otherwise very confusing) I'm assuming also that you're saying that the internal card boots OK and the card hooked to the cable modem is failing: - be sure the driver module for the cable modem eth card is loaded (e.g 'insmod 3c90x' or whatever for your card ) - be sure the 'pump' package in installed > >Any ideas? If any of the above doesn't help, please give more info re: type of cards, excerpts of log files showing error messages, etc. config files, (e.g./etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1) > >TIA > >Tom Carey >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ><http://explorer.msn.com> >_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 30, 2001

Setting up cable modem (Charter)

by Thomas Carey

June 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] rpm problem

by Charles R. Anderson

On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Marc Hughes wrote: mhughe> Any ideas on how I can actually remove those two identical mhughe> packages that somehow got installed? (mozilla does not in mhughe> fact work correctly) rpm -e --allmatches mozilla

June 30, 2001

Re: [Wlug] rpm problem

by Scott Venier

Try maybe using --force? On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Marc Hughes wrote: > > Having a problem with RPM... > > # rpm -qa |grep mozilla > mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 > nautilus-mozilla-1.0.3-ximian.3 > mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 > > # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1 > error: "mozilla-0.9.1" specifies multiple packages > > # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 > error: "mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4" specifies multiple packages > > > Any ideas on how I can actually remove those two identical packages that > somehow got installed? (mozilla does not in fact work correctly) > > Thanks, > -Marc > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 30, 2001

rpm problem

by Marc Hughes

Having a problem with RPM... # rpm -qa |grep mozilla mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 nautilus-mozilla-1.0.3-ximian.3 mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1 error: "mozilla-0.9.1" specifies multiple packages # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 error: "mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4" specifies multiple packages Any ideas on how I can actually remove those two identical packages that somehow got installed? (mozilla does not in fact work correctly) Thanks, -Marc

June 30, 2001

Familiar Linux help...

by Wesley Allen

Hello all. I am FINALLY getting an iPaq and want to flash the ROM to install familar linux (or QT embedded). I've been looking over the howtos but I think I would feel better to have someone who's done this sitting over my shoulder so I don't make a $600 paperweight. Also, can someone tell me what apps are in ipkg format for familiar, I've been having trouble finding them? What about the possibility of switching between QT embedded and X for other useful apps (like, game boy emulators, for instance, or even the Atari Lynx...). Can anyone help me with this? Wes

June 29, 2001

RE: [Wlug] HP LH Pro...

by Keller, Tim

Figured it out... Turned out that I could change the boot order on the machine, its working fine now. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:19 AM To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] HP LH Pro... Probably a quick one, but neither google or I have sorted it out yet... I have a HP LH PRO with a AMI Megaraid controller in it. Connected to the controller are 2 4gig disks I've got configured to be mirrored using the hardware raid. (when doing the install you only see 1 4 gig disk) Now Mandrake 7.2 installs fine, and when using a boot floppy can see the controller etc... however when booting off of the controller, lilo comes up, it finds the kernel image and then stops at "unpacking the kernel..." I don't get any errors, it just hangs. I hooked up a regular scsi disk to one of the other Adaptec controllers but by the nature of the way the machine is layered out sda is the raid controller so the boot sector ends up on it anyway. My kernel works properly because it can access all the filesystems that reside on those disks, I just can't boot off of them. It feels like an issue with lilo... If anybody has experience with this I'd like to know what the solution would be. Thanks, Tim _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 29, 2001

HP LH Pro...

by Keller, Tim

Probably a quick one, but neither google or I have sorted it out yet... I have a HP LH PRO with a AMI Megaraid controller in it. Connected to the controller are 2 4gig disks I've got configured to be mirrored using the hardware raid. (when doing the install you only see 1 4 gig disk) Now Mandrake 7.2 installs fine, and when using a boot floppy can see the controller etc... however when booting off of the controller, lilo comes up, it finds the kernel image and then stops at "unpacking the kernel..." I don't get any errors, it just hangs. I hooked up a regular scsi disk to one of the other Adaptec controllers but by the nature of the way the machine is layered out sda is the raid controller so the boot sector ends up on it anyway. My kernel works properly because it can access all the filesystems that reside on those disks, I just can't boot off of them. It feels like an issue with lilo... If anybody has experience with this I'd like to know what the solution would be. Thanks, Tim

June 29, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Multiple IPs on one NIC

by Bill Mills-Curran

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Chuck Homic wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:04:11 -0400 > From: Chuck Homic <chuck(a)vvisions.com> > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Multiple IPs on one NIC > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 03:53:19PM -0400, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > > I know it's possible to assign multiple IPs (at least for listening) to a > > single ethernet device. I _know_ I should read first and ask questions > > second, but I'm just _so_ lazy, and there hasn't been much traffic anyway. > > It's called IP-alias. Enable the option in the kernel, then in addition > to the main "eth0" interface, you'll get a bunch of other ones of the form > "eth0:0" "eth0:1" etc... if you wanna go ghetto-style, you can just do > this: > > ifconfig eth0:0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > and it will bind to the specified address. > > You can do this for more than just listening. I use it to route messages > between two virtual subnets. It's real handy when your ISP gives you > three real IPs, and you want to masq the rest without creating multiple > physical networks. > > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Chuck, Yes, thanks to your hint, I found it in the network configuration screen of control-panel. I'll get to try it soon. I want to use a redirector and a web server on the same NIC of a single machine, and have them both use the default port (80). So, I'll just add an IP to the setup and tell both squid & apache to listen on a single IP. Thanks, Bill

June 28, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Multiple IPs on one NIC

by Chuck Homic

On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 03:53:19PM -0400, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I know it's possible to assign multiple IPs (at least for listening) to a > single ethernet device. I _know_ I should read first and ask questions > second, but I'm just _so_ lazy, and there hasn't been much traffic anyway. It's called IP-alias. Enable the option in the kernel, then in addition to the main "eth0" interface, you'll get a bunch of other ones of the form "eth0:0" "eth0:1" etc... if you wanna go ghetto-style, you can just do this: ifconfig eth0:0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and it will bind to the specified address. You can do this for more than just listening. I use it to route messages between two virtual subnets. It's real handy when your ISP gives you three real IPs, and you want to masq the rest without creating multiple physical networks. -Chuck

June 27, 2001

Multiple IPs on one NIC

by Bill Mills-Curran

I know it's possible to assign multiple IPs (at least for listening) to a single ethernet device. I _know_ I should read first and ask questions second, but I'm just _so_ lazy, and there hasn't been much traffic anyway. TIA, Bill

June 27, 2001

RE: Battlebots

by Benjamin Zack

You can count me in. -Ben

June 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Connecting USB device

by Frank Sweetser

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 05:55:04PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > How do I go about finding out what device sandisk is associated with? Check the kernel logs via the output of 'dmesg' -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | s = (char*)(long)retval; /* ouch */ -- Larry Wall in doio.c from the perl source code

June 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Battlebots / Mind Rover...

by Wesley Allen

Hmmm... Virtual mayhem. No blood. Manical machines? Sparks a-flying? Metal crunching? Death Match???? Count Me IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I name mine HAL? BTW: I'm (finally) moving out to Westborough area. The Cape Ann LUG is pretty in active and I can't wait to get more involved in the Discussions at WLUG, you guys seem to have a good time! Wes ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:31:22 -0400 >This is very off topic, but knowing that were all nerdy types I figure I'd >get some interesting feed back. > >Loki Games just released a Linux port of a game called "Mind Rover" Marc >Hughes and myself have been having a lot of fun recently having our robots >beat the crap out of each other. > >[quick mind rover synopsis] >you pick a chassis (hovercraft, wheeled, treaded), you put your weapons and >sensors all over the chassis, you then design the logic that drives the >whole contraption. Along with the robots there are different scenarios, >such as capture the flag and maze levels. > >I was wondering how many people would be interested in starting a "Mind >Rover" competition inside wlug. If it were more than 10 people, we could >get a bulk rate on Mind Rover. > >As for the actual mechanics of running the competitions, I'd like some >input. > >Thanks for having an open ear!!! > >Tim. >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] new machine questions

by Gary J. Hanley

The Duron is by far the best price/performance platform right now. I just built a Duron 850 with an Asus A7V133 MB, 256MB SDRAM, 30 GB HD, ATI Radeon 64MB DDR, Plextor CD-RW 12-10-40, etc. for less than 800 sans monitor which I already own. You can save more if you buy the lower-end components. I also overclocked the font-side bus from 100MHz to 133MHz which really allows more bang for your buck. To do this you have to "unlock" the AMD CPU multiplier which is not hard, but you need some conductive ink to do this. It's all described here: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1345 Even if you decide not to OC the FSB the Duron is still the P/P leader, in my steadfast opinion. :-) Currently I suspect that www.newegg.com is the best place to buy hardware on-line. The prices are really competitive and the service (in my case) was first-rate. -- Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike" <mhardy_mail(a)yahoo.com> To: <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:31 PM Subject: [Wlug] new machine questions > Howdy all - > > I'd like to replace my computer (P100) with something > newer and significantly faster (but nothing bleeding > edge; I'm looking for good-value speed). I'm thinking > up to 1GHz (P3?). I want 16/24b color and since I've > been out of it awhile I don't know anything about card > makers anymore (like what's good, compatible, etc.) or > if the std these days is on-board video. > > I've used Linux for years and want something that will > allow me to get/use a scanner (first time; SCSI or > USB? recommendations?) and CD-RW (recommendations). I > have magazines and documents I want to scan and store > on tape or CD. But what's most important is that I be > able to generate some sort of index so that I can > search the scanned documents (like keywords or text). > What do I need for that? Can someone recommend > hardware/software for this purpose? > > I haven't been a 'PC expert' for many years (and don't > want to become one again :->) and am therefore no > longer up on the latest PC technologies by way of mb, > bus speeds, what's a value and what's a waste of > money. Can anyone recommend hardware and someone > local that sells build to order machines (no > brand-names or CompUSA types)? Anything from > Worcester to Shrewsbury to Marlboro to Acton to > Natick, etc. Does anyone buy machines by mail and > have anyone they'd recommend (or who to definitely > avoid)? > > Thanks... > > Mike > mhardy_mail(a)yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 25, 2001

new machine questions

by mike

Howdy all - I'd like to replace my computer (P100) with something newer and significantly faster (but nothing bleeding edge; I'm looking for good-value speed). I'm thinking up to 1GHz (P3?). I want 16/24b color and since I've been out of it awhile I don't know anything about card makers anymore (like what's good, compatible, etc.) or if the std these days is on-board video. I've used Linux for years and want something that will allow me to get/use a scanner (first time; SCSI or USB? recommendations?) and CD-RW (recommendations). I have magazines and documents I want to scan and store on tape or CD. But what's most important is that I be able to generate some sort of index so that I can search the scanned documents (like keywords or text). What do I need for that? Can someone recommend hardware/software for this purpose? I haven't been a 'PC expert' for many years (and don't want to become one again :->) and am therefore no longer up on the latest PC technologies by way of mb, bus speeds, what's a value and what's a waste of money. Can anyone recommend hardware and someone local that sells build to order machines (no brand-names or CompUSA types)? Anything from Worcester to Shrewsbury to Marlboro to Acton to Natick, etc. Does anyone buy machines by mail and have anyone they'd recommend (or who to definitely avoid)? Thanks... Mike mhardy_mail(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

June 25, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Connecting USB device

by Michael Long

How do I go about finding out what device sandisk is associated with? On Saturday 23 June 2001 10:43, you wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:44:40AM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > > I am running SuSE 7.0 and would like to use the USB version of SanDisk > > ImageMate for transfering pictures from my digital camera. When I try to > > mount the device I get the following: > > > > mount usbdevfs > > mount: usbdevfs already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy > > mount: according to mtab, usbdevfs is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb > > usbdevfs is not what you want - as the error message says, it's already > mounted. You can see for yourself by looking in /proc/bus/usb/ . What > you need to do is find the device that your sandisk is associated with, > and mount that. Note that you'll need to give a full mount command, as > it's highly unlikely that there will already be an entry in fstab for it.

June 24, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Connecting USB device

by Frank Sweetser

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:44:40AM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > I am running SuSE 7.0 and would like to use the USB version of SanDisk > ImageMate for transfering pictures from my digital camera. When I try to > mount the device I get the following: > > mount usbdevfs > mount: usbdevfs already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy > mount: according to mtab, usbdevfs is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs is not what you want - as the error message says, it's already mounted. You can see for yourself by looking in /proc/bus/usb/ . What you need to do is find the device that your sandisk is associated with, and mount that. Note that you'll need to give a full mount command, as it's highly unlikely that there will already be an entry in fstab for it. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | s = (char*)(long)retval; /* ouch */ -- Larry Wall in doio.c from the perl source code

June 23, 2001

Connecting USB device

by Michael Long

I am running SuSE 7.0 and would like to use the USB version of SanDisk ImageMate for transfering pictures from my digital camera. When I try to mount the device I get the following: mount usbdevfs mount: usbdevfs already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy mount: according to mtab, usbdevfs is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb I have tried to RTFM and found quite a bit of info but do not know how to pull it all together in such a way to mount my drive and get the pictures off of the CompactCard. Any hints on how to get this thing working would be a great help. Thanks, Mike

June 23, 2001