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[Alug]Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 19 May '03

19 May '03

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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[Alug]syleham
by jenny 18 May '03

18 May '03

Hullo, still intending to come to Syleham but will be pretty late. Jen

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[Alug]Network Cables
by Jamie French 18 May '03

18 May '03

Hi Guys, Hope this OK, I have about 110 1m > 1.5m CAT5 patch cables all branded Alcatel up for grabs. They have been used, though in good condition. Basically name your price and buyer collects. I have some more goodies later on :) Take Care, Jamie

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[Alug]Norwich evening meeting for June
by Syd Hancock 17 May '03

17 May '03

Preliminary announcement: I am suggesting that the Norwich evening meets take place regularly on the third thursday of each month at 8pm. Therefore, the next meet would be on June 19th. I am going to try and find a venue where we can set up gear as well as be comfortable and get coffee, beer etc (such as the British Legion Hall - but there may be somewhere more central). If not then the Forum will be OK I think. Any comments? Syd

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[Alug]Samba problem .. any gurus out there?
by Tony Dietrich 17 May '03

17 May '03

I've just used webmin to set up a Samba share to test some users' MSWin98 machines that need to be able to use a server share The server seems to start normally, but .... 1/ When running (on the same machine as the Samba server) [root@***** samba]# smbclient -L server -W TRANSOFT -N added interface ip=192.168.0.1 bcast=192.168.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 2/ Any attempt to connect to the Samba server by mapping a drive(f: => \\gate\homes ) on the Win98 machine from Network Neighbourhood results in an Error 'Invalid Password'...... All systems running Win98 are set to the same workgroup, normal network connectivity is fine, the Samba server is set to the *same* workgroup, and shares on the network can actually see each other ... just not the server shares. -- Tony Dietrich Transoft Computer Consultants 07769710115

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[Alug]Internet connection sharing
by Ben Francis 17 May '03

17 May '03

I have a redhat box here at home with no XWindows running. When I installed redhat it could pretty much automatically connect to my dialup internet connection through my Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing across my home LAN as soon as I plugged it into my hub, I don't know how it does this. I mainly use the box to ssh coonect to other linux shells across the internet. However, about 1 in 3 boots on the redhat box result in the message "Temporary failure in name resolution" when I attempt to ssh connect. The only way I've been able to find to get it to see the internet is to reboot it. Surely there' must be an easy way of showing it where the internet connection is without having to reboot! I would set up the internet dialup on the linux box and connect the three XP boxes in the house to it, but I only have a winmodem and as I'm hopefully getting broadband soon it's not really worth the hastle. While I mention broadband, a slightly off topic question. My local telphone exchange gets ADSL enabled on June 4th but in a couple of months a local company starts "trials" of WiFi internet access based on 802.11g with at least a 10 meg connection for around the same price as ADSL! Do you think I should go for ADSL or wait and risk connecting to the fast, but new service which could be unreliable? I'd like to get a short term ADSL contract until I see how the service pans out, but I can't afford the hardware for both as I want to use a router or an access point for my network, not an ADSL "modem" or Wireless Card. What do you think? Regards Ben Francis

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[Alug]Re: main digest, Vol 2 #139 - 18 msgs
by David Cartwright 16 May '03

16 May '03

>Ok: wrt ADSL and static IP addresses: true enough (unless you can find a >cable provider that does static, I'm not aware of any), but anything that >*requires* static IP probably shouldn't be on the end of an ADSL line >anyway. There are plenty of dynamic dns services out there, which resolve >this particular problem neatly. Oh, I dunno. ADSL is stable enough to host things like secondary DNSs, secondary mail servers and that kind of thing. This gives me the ability to have secondary services of this type that I own and control without the need to pay expensive hosting charges. Mine has been up for months and seems extremely stable (he says, tempting fate :-). On the dynamic DNS front, it can be a pain if (for instance) you want the firewall in your main hosting centre to trust connections coming from your home office, but your IP address keeps changing. This said, there are solutions to this problem, such as using VPN connectivity instead of trust arrangements (which adds the benefit of encryption, of course). D.

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[Alug]re: costs
by w0037109 16 May '03

16 May '03

Back to costs again! A couple of people asked me where to go to get the free jiffy bags and coasters, so rather than reply individually, I'm posting it via the group. As you may know, technet costs a bit, but if you take the time and effort to apply for the stuff yourself, you can have a constant flow of jiffy bags! http://www.microsoft.com/uk/technet/preview/evaluation.asp If that stops working ('cos it moves occasionally so people don't keep bookmarking it) use the left navigation bar on the microsoft.co.uk site and goto the menu marked product families > windows > product overview. On the right hand side is a "windows XP business Evaluation pack" which takes you to tech net site (odd that) and there is an "additional resources" menu on the right. Click "order trial products" and you're away! Tim Neobard ------------- w0037109 SYS3 MSN:fallscrape@hotmail.com ICQ:63488574 Tel:01603 492495 http://www.far2much.info

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Re: [Alug]Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list
by Andybenn＠aol.com 16 May '03

16 May '03

My two-pennyth - << If this were a normal tax, paid for the general good of the country, it would fund all the materials for education, wouldn't it? Or are we just using taxes to redistribute intellectual property? >> Taxes are a gift to the government! Once we are parted from our money we should, in the spirit of all gifts, be prepared to say goodbye to it forever ;-) Andy

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[Alug]re: costs
by w0037109 16 May '03

16 May '03

well, if you want to save a bit of cash I can tell you where to get free padded envelopes from the enemy! It's easy. Just goto the Microsoft website, and sign up for their free CD trials. A few days later you begin to receive packages in nice well padded A4 white envelopes. I have funded my ebay sellings to date through this practice so I can offer cheap P&P This method maybe a little off-hand, but still extremely handy to know... plus you get some nice looking holographic coasters & we're slowly bringing down the company... mwahah, mwahahahahh, mwahahahaahahhah (continues evil laughter) :- ) Tim Neobard ------------- w0037109 SYS3 MSN:fallscrape@hotmail.com ICQ:63488574 Tel:01603 492495 http://www.far2much.info

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