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HELLLLLPPPPPPPPPP! I need a networking guru (or something)
by Brett Parker 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

Right, here's the basic situation... We've got a FreeBSD 4.9 machine, origionally configured for NAT only and was doing a damned good job of it. Now, you see, we've got an evil windows box to go on the external network, so, ofcourse, my first thought was to throw a filtering bridge between on the firewall as well, now, this too works quite well... But... What appears to be shafted is connecting to the windows machine via the NAT. Any ideas? Basic setup is something like this... |Windows Machine| | FreeBSD Router | | | =========> |rl0 dc0 | x.x.x.49 ===> Interweb | x.x.x.58 | | vr0 | | | Internal Network Masqueraded 192.168.1.0/24 The internal network can see the Interweb (and our other hosts out there in x.x.x.x land ;) *EXCEPT* x.x.x.58, which it can't see, which is (to say the least) rather frustrating. If anyone has experience with this, I'd love to hear from you :) Cheers, -- Brett Parker

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First LUGE meeting reminder for tonight...
by LUGE Admin 28 Jul '04

28 Jul '04

Hi all, For those in or around Chelmsford tonight there's a few of us going along to The Plough (adjacent to the railway station) - I'll be there from 6pm. All welcome. I'm going to pop into the APU uni too - see if they've got places I could put up posters to generate some interest - I'm sure there'll be some! See you there.... Steve

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Re: VoIP & hardware
by phil 27 Jul '04

27 Jul '04

> >> I mentioned this to various people earlier, and they seemed >> interested, >> so I thought I'd vaguely float the idea here. >> >> Would people be interested in a VoIP (Voice over IP) talk? I've been >> playing with it this week and setting up a connection to the normal >> phone network using an ISDN line, with a hardware VoIP phone locally. >> I'm also planning to look at Linux based softphones over the next week >> and should have a magic PCI card coming which will let me hook up to a >> normal phone line, so hopefully should be able to come up with bits of >> interest to anyone who's curious about this stuff. >> >> Takers? Do we have any locations for talks were we could get a >> reasonable net connection for a live demonstration perhaps? >> >> J. >> Same here - interested in finding out a bit more about this. As for the Broadband hardware - I use aDraytek Vigor all in one router /modem at work - never had a problem in the past two years. At home an ethernet X-modem from ADSL nation, in conjunction with a Buffalo Airstation. This has worked fine with a combination of Yellowdog Linux, OSX and Mac os9 no problems. Still unplugged it last night though - anyone with experience of how ADSL modems handle lightning!? Phil

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2 HP 1097C Monitors for free
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 26 Jul '04

26 Jul '04

Hi Folks, I have two old (getting on for 10 years) HP A1097C 21" monitors which I would be happy to deliver free to anyone who would like to have them. They give a very nice display (one of them is slightly less sharp then the other). The one thing you really need to know is that they have 3-cord RGB fixed-frequency input with Sync on Green. Therefore they needs a video card which supports this. XFree86 will support Sync on Green with a suitable card. I could supply the XF86Config file I used to use. There are also a couple of HP "xterm" boxes that they were originally used with. However, these are not a lot of use owing to very small RAM (and I think one of them doesn't work anyway). However, if you're interested I'll throw these in too. But they're really only tip-worthy these days. The other thing you need to know is that these monitors are very large and very heavy. So not much use if you're tight for space or have a dodgy back. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 26-Jul-04 Time: 17:50:40 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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Re: VoIP & hardware
by Zack Smith 26 Jul '04

26 Jul '04

I hear that Skype (www.skype.com) now has a release for linux. Maybe Easier using this :o) Zack

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N00b
by Lee Ellison 26 Jul '04

26 Jul '04

Hello! First I guess I should introduce myself, my name's Lee Ellison and I don't wanna use Windows anymore! I posted a request for information about Linux on Livejournal about a month ago and after reviewing everyones opinions and doing a wee bit of research myself, I decided that Suse Linux 9.1 Personal would be the best thing for me (in my uneducated opinion!). A Livejournal user called 'Sunflowerinrain' sent me a link to you guys (ta! ;)) and i'd like to come along to your next meeting. I live in Norwich, Bowthorpe in fact, so The City Gate isn't far away at all. My computer is a Dell GX270 Optiplex with a 20Gb HD, 512Mb RAM and a 2.6GHz (can got to 3.2) Intel Pentium 4 processor. It doesn't, however, have a CD-R/W, only a CD-ROM. Nor does it have a floppy drive. I quickly discovered that the lack of CD-R/W was quite fundemental after I spent 12 hours downloading Suse 9.1........... But I digress. I wanna run Linux cos, quite frankly, i'm frightened about the security issues that dog Windows. I'm still relatively new to computers, but i'm learning very quickly. I'm already dabbling with HTML and learning how to use Macromedia Flash - I don't wanna be a web designer, every man and his dog wants to be a web designer! It just interests me and also, being new to Norwich and having no friends (i'm NOT sad by the way!) it keeps me entertained! I have another computer, some old Celeron thing that ran Win98SE. A friend who's coming over from Oz shortly is gonna help me get it running so I can use it's CD-R/W - she knows what she's doing, I don't have a scooby, so please don't ask! Not sure if this is what you wanted to know, but i'll be at the next meeting and you can ask me whatever you like then. TTFN Badseeds the Anti-Hero As i descend from grace, in arms of undertow.......i will take my place in the great below. _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

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Request for alug.org.uk to be taken off my hands!
by Martyn Drake 26 Jul '04

26 Jul '04

Hi, Can somebody please take alug.org.uk off my hands? It's due to expire on the 29th July, so whoever ends with it (let me know your IPStag) will need to renew pretty sharpish. Regards, Martyn

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 26 Jul '04

26 Jul '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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VoIP talk?
by Jonathan McDowell 25 Jul '04

25 Jul '04

I mentioned this to various people earlier, and they seemed interested, so I thought I'd vaguely float the idea here. Would people be interested in a VoIP (Voice over IP) talk? I've been playing with it this week and setting up a connection to the normal phone network using an ISDN line, with a hardware VoIP phone locally. I'm also planning to look at Linux based softphones over the next week and should have a magic PCI card coming which will let me hook up to a normal phone line, so hopefully should be able to come up with bits of interest to anyone who's curious about this stuff. Takers? Do we have any locations for talks were we could get a reasonable net connection for a live demonstration perhaps? J. -- /-\ | The problem with the gene pool is |@/ Debian GNU/Linux Developer | there's no lifeguard. \- |

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How to unlock a directory?
by Russell Ward 24 Jul '04

24 Jul '04

I've been using kde for a while now but have recently found my cdrom to be inaccesible. It's on \mnt\cdrom but the properties describe it as a Locked Directory. The icon shows the directory with a little padlock on it. I've tried changing permissions (both as a 'normal' user and as root) but nothing changes. It means I can't install packages using rpm from the original Mandrake cdrom. The problem applies to other cdroms as well. It happened at the same time with the \mnt\floppy drive but that cleared when I put another floppy in. Any ideas, please? Cheers Russell _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo

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