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| 2003/8/29-31 [Computer/Networking] UID:10011 Activity:moderate |
8/29 How do you connect to the internet when you are travelling?
(work or vacation)
\_ i find the nearest university, go into their main library, and
can usually use the computers there.
\_ Vacation? That's what vacation is for. *Not* connecting to the
net. Bring a book. Not a technical manual. A real book. Enjoy.
\_ The internet has this useful stuff called 'information'. It's
often useful to have this 'information' about the place that
\_ I don't. In fact, I avoid being connected at all when on vacation
\_ McDonald's parking lot.
\_ they have wi-fi??
\_ duh. would you like fries with that?
\_ For work, I usually make sure that I stay at a place with
broadband. Barring that I use one of my isp's nationwide
callin numbers. Usually in foreign countries I just buy a
short term card that allows for dialup access.
When I go on vacation I leave my computer behind.
\_ If I'm on vaction in the states and feel a need for an email
fix I just drop by a library. Baring that it is pretty common
to run into an internet cafe where you can check your email
for a couple of bucks.
you're travelling to, especially if you're not a native of the
area. |
| 2003/8/27 [Computer/Networking] UID:29480 Activity:high |
8/26 I get my DSL from SBC (which uses PPPoE), and when I connect the
DSL modem directly to my freebsd machine it connects fine (using
/usr/sbin/ppp). But when I go through a Linksys router, to
share our DSL line with my other roommates, I can't connect
anymore. Is there something special I have to configure on my
machine to be able to connect? Thanks.
\_ I imagine the Linksys router "hides" the PPPoE end of the DSL
line, i.e., all your computer should care about is turning
on the DHCP client (any PPPoE thing should be off).
\_ How do I do that? (I'm a newbie still)
\_ I'm a FreeBSD newbie, but I imagine it's "turn off
/usr/sbin/ppp" and "turn on the DHCP client". There
should be a FreeBSD FAQ on that.
\_ 1. Make sure your router is actually doing PPPoE (ie, verify that
your roommate can connect to the internet.)
2. dmesg|more and look for your ethernet device, possibly xl0
or something similar. Edit /etc/rc.conf and replace any
ifconfig_xl0 lines with ifconfig_xl0="auto", which will handle
the dhcp client for you.
3. If anything goes wrong, mail your friend who helped you set up
your machine.
\_ I actually just turned off ppp and then ran dhclient, and
everything worked out fine. (except that now I lost my
ability to host a webserver since I don't have a real IP
anymore).
\_ All routers like this I've seen allow you to route ports
or port ranges to a specific client behind it. I run a
webserver behind one of these routers just fine.
\_ My God, they let people like you on the net? That's shockingly
dangerous. Do you make sure to respond to all spam and open all
attachments from Tiffani?
\_ My God, the did let me on the net! Are you shocked? |
| 2003/8/26 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:29466 Activity:kinda low |
8/25 Do people actually verify md5 sums? I recently ftped a linux
distribution iso and installed it. It seems to run fine. Then
by chance I run md5sum on the image and the first disk failed.
Is this just some transmission error or something more sinister?
\_ freebsd ports do this automatically. You should probably try
pulling the image again and rechecking. it could be truly sinister,
it could just make your system unstable down the line. look at it
as a strong litmus test.
\_ I already did and the new download passed the check. I am
going to reinstall the whole thing. But if it is the installer
itself that got corrupted maliciously, should I worry about
all the partitions of my disks and all the disks that was
mounted when I did the installation? That would be really
too much pain.
\- based on the strength [sic] of the tcp checksum
and the error base rate you can figure out how often
you can expect an undetected tranmission error.
we made some calculations a few years ago and when you
started shoveling gigabytes around you needed to start
worrying about these and doing some kind of stronger
application level checksumming. lately i havent done any
measurements to see if the base error rate has gone down
[or up say in wireless or whatever] and what the new
expectations might me. however i certainly am not sur-
prised to hear large iso or tarballs coming over long
paths arrived frayed at the edges. if you are interested
in techical details and have a general familarity with
tcp, you can mail me. any discussion of this on say
NANOG? --psb
\_ Google, as a result of their work, keeps track of
these numbers. Look up their research.
\- oh yeah i remember asking the google folks
if they do higher level checks, what chksums
they ue etc as the copy around parts of the
they use etc as the copy around parts of the
cache. do they "publish" these things anywhere?
--psb |
| 2003/8/26-27 [Computer/Networking] UID:29464 Activity:high |
8/26 I've ended up with two dsl lines at my house till the
end of the year or so. I would like to run some sort
of routing protocol so that I can maximize my bandwidth
by using both lines. I'm not sure how to go about setting
this up, any pointers/ideas? I'm running *bsd if that
makes a difference. tia.
\_ there are several ways to do this, but I doubt any of these
features exist on a desktop OS. You need a router in between
your PC and the two DSL lines. Things such as multilink PPP,
LACP (link aggregation), and other load balancing schemes can
make use of two physical links. PBR can work, but it's really
overkill. A link layer protocol can do this in a much
simpler and stable fashion. -cisco guy
\_ for the most part, not possible unless you do some very
fancy policy based routing... not worth the trouble.
\_ Okay, would it be possible to say just route vpn
traffic on one dsl line and http/ftp traffic on
the other?
\_ and make life, support and debugging a living hell?
What if one DSL line goes down? Nevermind the fact
that you are probably going to get fired by your
company for compromising their vpn/intranet
And you're going to go thru the effort to set that
up and use it for 3 whole months?
Besides, why did you let SBC/PacBell screw you like that?
\_ why would my having two dsl lines compromise
my company's security? (I own both the lines
an neither is directly connected to my company
except when I have a vpn up)
\_ Because you are trying to set up a split tunnel VPN
I am assuming you are doing that because you are
bright. If you are doing it for some other reason
they you really have a chance to get into trouble.
\_ I guess I should clarify. I have one machine
with multiple outbound connections. It acts
as a firewall/router for the other systems
at my house. It doesn't (and can't) run the
vpn software. What I want to do is to have
this machine route all the ipsec traffic
from my other machines out one interface
and route all the other traffic out the other
interface. When the other machines are using
a vpn they run in full tunnel mode so I don't
have to worry about debugging problems from
using a split tunnel.
I know the quick and dirty way to do this is
to use a bunch of static routes but I wanted
to see if there was some way that I could get
around using static routes and just route
pkts based on whether or not they were ipsec
encapsulated or not.
\_ Sure, no problem. Ignore the nay sayers. They have different
IPs so assign a different domain or hostname, etc to each one.
Changing DNS later is trivial. You won't get fired anymore
than you would have doing what you're doing on one line.
Apache, sshd, and many other common servers can be told to
only listen on a particular ip/port. Unless you've got huge
traffic on some service you won't notice the difference but
it's a good learning experience.
\_ okay.. explain this some more then. what you're describing
still requires policy based routing to work. the machine
may set the outbound ip to one on the second dsl line
but it will still at least try to go out the first line
since that is the default route. on top of that, the
isp of the first line may drop the outbound packet since
it's not one of their own. -shac
\_ Static route to vpn server. It's the only place he
wants that line to go. You can call that 'policy
based' routing if you like. I'm not going to quibble
over terminology. |
| 2003/8/25 [Computer/Networking] UID:29456 Activity:kinda low |
8/24 Comcast is DOA. DSL rules!
\_ Hmm.. I still feel like I'm online.... |
| 2003/8/23-25 [Computer/Networking] UID:29449 Activity:high |
8/23 Anybody know of a computer dial up number. I just want to test my modem.
\_ go to a random isp's home page and look up their local access
numbers.
\_ Thanks, good idea. BTW, did eecs discontinue the annex
modem pool numbers -op
\_ a long long time ago.
\_ Wow. For some reason, that makes me feel old.
What about the <DEAD>hip.berkeley.edu<DEAD> accounts? (Home-IP/PPP)
\_ they started charging for them this semester. i.e.,
they're as good as dead too. jk. actually, they're an
OK deal i guess. $20/semester.
\_ Can I get one as a CSUA member and Cal alumni?
\_ Can I get one as a CSUA member and Cal alumnus?
\_ #f
\_ ?
\_ I see they got rid of Scheme from the CS
courses, too. -- "Wow" poster
\_ I'm not CS, my major was ME.
so what is the #f -- ?guy
\_ false. #t means true. http://csua.org/u/40p |
| 2003/8/13 [Computer/Networking] UID:29330 Activity:nil |
8/11 Interesting news blip - McDonald's offers free WiFi in select
restaurants in the Bay Area, New York, and Chicago through the
month of August. For locations:
http://www.mcdwireless.com/locations/MCDw_loc_SF.html
\_ Why would anyone want to compute or spend any additional time
in such a noisy and unclean place as McDonald's is beyond me.
Specially, considering lots of coffee shops are considering getting
WiFi too.
\_ TMobile offers WiFi now in select locations... I think they
are partnering with Starbucks and Borders. |
| 2003/8/10-12 [Computer/Networking] UID:29300 Activity:moderate |
8/10 Does anyone know how to force Win2k to use shared WEP authentication
instead of open auth? WinXP has a control panel to enable this, but
I can't seem to find the Win2k equiv.
\_ Check the card settings (control panel->network connections->
whatever card->properties->card configuration near the top.) If
that doesn't do it, I've seen manufacturer card tools take care
of dealing with encryption options (Cisco, Linksys, Netgear and
Lucent all have their own software that comes with the drivers.)
Check the manufacturer page for downloads. -John
\_ WEP is only to protect the privacy of your connection, right? Is
there a way to allow only certain users to connect to your wireless
access point? If someone gets a hold of the WEP password, they can
share that with anyone, and anyone can get access, right? How can
a wireless access point be configured to allow access to only
people you want?
\_ PPPoE or something like that. You can also use the
network name in 'closed' mode (i.e. non-broadcasting),
although if you want serious security, you will run ipsec
over your wireless links. -John
\_ Some wireless APs will do MAC address or other filtering
but that's still not real security. |
| 2003/8/8 [Computer/Networking] UID:29281 Activity:nil |
8/7 What brand of 802.11b wireless router can provision (grant access) to
specific MAC addresses? Do ISPs get mad if you resell their service? |
| 11/23 |
| 2003/8/5 [Computer/Networking] UID:29236 Activity:nil |
8/4 I am a cheap bastard who knows RF, but doesn't know jack about DSL.
What exactly is a dsl filter? what rolloff frequency is needed?
can i just make a rc filter or pi filter with a pair of modular jacks,
or is it an active filter of some kind? i already stfw'd and all anyone
wants to tell me is where to buy one.
\_ What are you trying to do?
\_ I think he's trying to steal DSL off his phone line or something
like that and his time has zero value but I'm just guessing.
Think of Qusay's children!
\_ no, i'm paying for dsl, and already have one filter for
my phone. i just want another filter for my other phone
so it doesn't interfere with the dsl or cause odd noises
on the line. given that i spend alot of time making rf
filters anyway, this filter might well take me ten minutes
to build if i know what frequency i'm trying to filter.
since a new filter is about 15 dollars, i would have to
value my time at 90 dollars an hour for it to not be worth
my time to make the filter. since i'm a grad student, my
time is worth considerably less than that.
\_ but you've already spent more than that time Sing the FW
and typing stuff on motd. and since you already "know RF"
you aren't even learning anything.
\_ Doesn't SBC give you like 3-4 of the filters anyway?
I seem to recall having many extras, send me an email
if you're local to Berkeley and I'll bring one in - mds |
| 2003/8/5 [Computer/Networking] UID:29232 Activity:very high |
8/4 To follow up my post a few days back, 3com says the 3CRPAG17 is the
only 802.11g card on the market with a retractable antenna. (patents)
Unfortunately, this card uses a new 3com propriatary chipset, the
name of which isn't available until the card starts shipping at the
end of August. No Linux drivers will ship with it. She said linux, BSD
and OSX drivers will all probably come out later. I'll wait.
\_ Of course *nix drivers won't ship on day 1 on a brand new product.
\_ Someday that will change.
\_ You mean they won't ship at all?
\_ Yeah, clearly Linux and BSD are going nowhere.
Windows is the best OS. Just ask the virus writers.
\_ Just living out here in the real world. 'Best' in
what way? Viruses or no, it's what sells. It's what
they make drivers for first and always. Any other OS
and you're waiting, maybe forever or rolling the dice.
When your mom is running *nix at home and your work-
place converts the recptionist, HR, and finance to it,
lemme know.
\_ my mom's linksys router runs linux.
\_ i run on your mom, and i run linux. does that count? |
| 2003/8/2-4 [Computer/Networking] UID:29217 Activity:moderate |
8/1 Any recommendations for an excellent 802.11 cardbus card for linux?
\_ Netgear MA-401. Works perfectly on FreeBSD w/ my dell laptop.
\_ Thanks.
\_ Oh yeah, if you order before early September (I think)
from http://NewEgg.com there's a $10 rebate.
\_ Cool, thanks again.
\_ That card is 802.11b. Any recommendations for 802.11g,
or is "g" overkill or not standardized yet or something?
\_ Linksys 54G is ok--the one I have came out before the
standard was finalized, and FreeBSD <5.0 doesn't support
the card. -John
\_ Does the antenna detach from the card w/o taking the card
out of the PCMCIA slot?
\_ go g if you can afford it. it's backwards compatible and
will be much faster when it becomes standard. of course,
if you just have dsl and use the wireless in your home or
in internet cafe's, any speed above 100KB/s is not needed.
\_ Who has only 100kb/sec on their broadband?
\_ He said 100KB/s, not kb. But a large portion of the
dsl lines get ~150KB/s.
\_ Does any companies other than 3com make a 802.11g CardBus
card with a retractable antenna? I can't find any info on
Linux drivers for the 3CRPAG175
\_ I get cruddy reception with both of my MA-401. The built-in
on my laptop gets better receptions. |
| 2003/7/28-29 [Computer/Networking] UID:29160 Activity:high |
7/28 I currently have a standard SBC DSL for 49.95/month. Their site lists
this has 384K-1.5M download. I'm thinking of upgrading to their 59.95
package that claims 576 - 1.5M download. Anybody done this switch?
I'm thinking if this is a gimmick or they can really guarantee that
speed. DSL speed depends on distance from CO. If they can suddenly
crank up my speed, that means that they're currently putting caps
on my bandwidth? I'm trying to avoid switching and then not seeing
a difference and have to spend a lot of time trying to switch back.
Thanks.
\_ dump SBC and go with http://speakeasy.net.
\_ heck, at work we get 4 Mbps easy. It's upload that's the problem.
of course we pay work prices, ~ $150/month.
\_ Sucka. SBC DSL is $29.95/month
\_ ???
\_ their 1.5M/256k "deluxe" service is $39.95 with 12-month
contract. i think the offer ends 9/30 or something. basically
$20 off any service plan w/ 12-month commitment. speed is
a tiny bit slower than my old comcast cable service, but
i am happy to be shed of the comcast "thou shalt also
subscribe to our cable tv or be fuxxored" policy.
\_ What about current customers? --dim
\_ The switch doesn't work in all cases. If they can't find
an open circuit in your co that meets the distance req.
they will tell you that you can't be upgraded.
\_ This whole broadband thing is still a really immature technology.
One day you'll get data service the same as phone service and
none of this BS about how far you are from the CO or open
circuits or different speed charges, etc. It'll just work.
Until then this whole thing is a big hack.
\_ This whole politics thing is a really immature society.
One day, you'll get world peace and equitable allocation
of scarce resources, with none of this nonsense about
nationalism or different ethnicity. People will all just
get along. Until then, this whole thing is a big hack.
\_ Network bandwidth will continue growing until it becomes
truly ubiquitous. Clean water, food, and land will not
until we can easily leave this planet or a few billion
people get wiped out quick and clean.
\_ Electricity will be too cheap to meter! This was the
slogan of the nuclear power industry 40 years ago.
\_ Maybe you missed the part where we haven't built a
new reactor in decades?
\_ Maybe you missed the point.
\_ This whole dating thing is still a really immature sociology.
One day you'll get date service the same as sexual service and
none of this BS about how far you are from third base or open
relationships or different STDs, etc. People will just screw.
Until then this whole thing is a big hack. |
| 2003/7/16 [Computer/Networking] UID:29057 Activity:nil |
7/15 What's the PDA of choice these days? Looking for ones that include
WiFi (or at least expandable to WiFi).
\_ tungsten T has bluetooth.. tungsten C has 802.11b but no bluetooth
ipaq 5400's and 5500's have both 802.11b and bluetooth built in
and any PDA w/ a compactflash slot can have any of those as an
expansion card (or even SDIO)
\_ do you mean bluetooth or are there 802.11b/g pdas out now?
\_ 802.11b. I know the Palm Tungsten/C has integrated 802.11b, but
what about others?
\_ Still using palm v. works great.
\_ still using Handspring Visor Platnium. quite a rugged device. |
| 2003/7/2 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:28895 Activity:kinda low |
7/2 Ugh! I am seeing lots of CMD.EXE and net.exe processes on my w2k PC.
Has it been commpromised?
\_ nimda? Run netstat -an to see where all your connections are
going.
\_ nimda? Run netstat -an to see where all your connections are going.
\_ Crap my netstat got deleted. Replaced. Ugh! I think they are
using my computer to launch DoS port 445 attacks.
\_ try one of the freebie/demo virus scanners. |
| 2003/6/21 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:28794 Activity:low |
6/20 Is there any software that allows a voice modem to screen phone calls
and act like an internet accessable answering machine?
\_ You can buy gizmos that do it. Never heard of freeware that turns
your v90 into one. |
| 2003/6/18 [Computer/Networking, Computer/HW/IO] UID:28755 Activity:high |
6/17 Is switching to Dvorak worth it? And, how is it for programming?
\_ I've read one article (in 160 I believe) that said that
it really doesn't improve typing speed that much. Some friends
switched to it and liked it, but also noted that their
typing speed on QWERTY slowed dramatically.
\_ I did it for about a year, and the benefits/drawbacks were so
minimal that I reverted simply because it was a pain to switch
the layouts when someone else wanted to use the computer.
This was mainly an essay-writing time though, not coding.
\_ don't forget about keyboard shortcuts.
\_ switching was the most painful process, it was like learning
typing all over again. However, it's really worth it. I use
Kinesis Dvorak keyboard, it's a great combo. My emacs pinky
stopped hurting after using it.
\_ you should have just stopped using emacs
\_ ED!
\_ my ED finger hurts. |
| 2003/6/12-13 [Computer/Networking] UID:28719 Activity:high |
6/12 God damn it! My dsl was down all day yesterday, came back up for
about 7 hours in the evening, and when down again early this morning.
Anybody else having dsl problems in the area?
\_ It might help if you said who your provider was, and what area.
\_ Last night I did. Don't know about this morning. earthlink
\_ SBC in SF: no problems.
\_ anybody using resellers of WorldCom? I'm using Cyberonic, who's
a reseller of WorldCom. -op
\_ you have that 1500 down/768 up deal? how is it, apart from
\_ DSLExtereme is cheap and good.
\_ Yes. I spoke with my provider (rawbandwidth.com) and he said
that Pac Bell is making changes to the system this month.
outage yesterday?
\_ Their tech support's kinda poor. Limited support hours, no
reverse DNS option, and no "official" news server. But
other than that, it's pretty decent.
\_ cable modem. solid.
\_ i had daily outage 7pm to 9pm on comcast, until i switched
provider a month ago.
\_ AT&T, ex-@home, solid.
\_ I have Speakeasy, they rule and I've only had one 3-hour outage
in the whole two years I've been a customer. You pay more but
the service is great and they are technically skilled. --aaron
\_ non-sequitur: I just got back from Japan, where they're
offering 8Mbps ADSL for home use for ~$40 per month, and
no set up charge.
\_ Cool, if only I could afford the $50k/month it would take to
live the same lifestyle there that I have here.
\_ actually, Tokyo and SF have very similar Cost of Living
stats. and if you're willing to move to rural Japan,
the prices are much better.
\_ Oh really? So I can buy a house in Tokyo's suburbs 45
minutes door-to-door from work for $1750/month in mortgage
payments? 4BR/3BA with a yard? I think not.
\_ you can't get that in SF either
\_ Sure you can, if you don't mind dodging bullets.
\_ Well, one, you're not likely to find a house with an
American-style yard anywhere near a city in Japan,
so that's out. Two, if you mean by train, sure, you
can find some pretty good deals forty-five minutes
from downtown Tokyo. Three, how does it feel to
have a 40-year mortgage, or did you get in early?
\_ FYI, phrases like "I think not" make you sound like
an asshole. |
| 2003/6/7 [Computer/Networking] UID:28662 Activity:nil |
6/6 where can I find ebook text like the Steven's tcp/ip posted
last time? Kazza? |
| 2003/6/3-4 [Computer/Networking] UID:28610 Activity:high |
6/2 Are you having trouble with Comcast? Some sites connect fine but
others show 50% packet loss, but the iPs keep changing and are weird
(eg, OK to berkeley machine 1, but not to machine 2), please
contact me, -nweaver
\_ I'm in San Mateo, and I have been seeing dailing outage during the
\_ I'm in San Mateo, and I have been seeing daily outage during the
peak hours of later afternoon to evening. Total outage for me
though, not limited to hopping addresses as you. Your behavior
is *bizarre*.
\_ you deserve what you get paying for a service from a bloated,
corrupt assmaster company like comcast.
\_ Yeah and there's better huh? Like AT&T or Pacbell or yeah.
\_ Don't be mocking our free market! If people wanted
reliable internet service, the free market says that
someone will step in to fulfill that demand. Obviously
people only want crappy service.
\_ i've only noticed my dsl connection with speakeasy
being down once in about a year, and they warned me
about that one in advance. -crebbs
\_ do you understand the huge barrier to entry ? The telcos
and cable co's have pretty much shut everyone else out.
\_ This is sort of the person's point. The free market
proselytizors (on the supply side, mostly) rarely will
mention barrier to entry. Yet somehow, even in these
difficult to enter markets, we still get massive pushes
for deregulation. It's the big lie of the free market.
See any clear discussion on campaign finance reform
for more.
\_ it isn't a free market. it's massively regulated.
competitors *aren't allowed* to enter the markets
by law. thank you for playing.
\_ i've only noticed my dsl connection with speakeasy being
down once in about a year, and they warned me about that one
in advance. (though i have a business idsl line, maybe those
are better) -crebbs |
| 2003/6/2-3 [Computer/Networking] UID:28607 Activity:very high |
6/1 Some idiot where I work brought in a netgear router and plugged it in
and broke DHCP for a whole bunch of buildings. Is there a way to
prevent idiots from breaking DHCP? I know that win2k has some domain
authentication BS, but not all our hosts are running win2k.
\_ fire the idiot. most problems are much more easily fixed with
social engineering than some halfassed 'technical solution'.
\_ The idiot is the Dean of Students. I work at a high school.
If we had all managed switches, I could have found him easily,
but we have a lot of old infrastructure, so I could only nail
it down to the bulding.
\_ Let me also add that this idiot also starts blaming others,
saying that he had that router for over a year and that we must
have changed our configs or something... so if anyone were to
get fired, it would probably be me before him... so social
techniques don't really work here. What I'd really like is for
there to be a memo saying that you *can* get suspended/fired for
\_ If the people in charge lie and do stupid things, there's
little you can do. Leave at the first opportunity.
\_ I really enjoy my job. I just try and ignore stupid lying
and politics (that's hard to do).
\_ You're going to get canned eventually as the fall guy.
\_ Indeed. And surely this may cut into the enjoyment
of your job a bit, no?
\_ tech. suppot at my old job used to do stuff like this all the time.
even worse they SPECIFICALLY AND WITH INTENT, SET UP A DHCP server
The help-desk people would get all bent out of shape, like those
above, but, come-on, you can't fire a person every time they do
something stupid, else you would have to fire damn near everyone.
(The same help-desk people were constantly bringing the network to
a crawl by Ghosting images over it, even though the computers they
were ghosting to were in the same room as the ghost server).
\_ Sure you can. Let's start with rule #1: do not plug any
device into the network. or you're fired. simple, see?
Rule #2: always ghost over a private network or use a
cross over cable between the two hosts. or you're fired. works
like a charm. it's simple, elegant, even a moron could follow
the rule. or get fired.
\_ Rule #3, IT people are a lot less important than they
think they are, now shut up and get back to work and
drinking diet coke you fatass.
\_ sadly, agree. Tech people's social status is about
the same as plumber.
\_ Highly subjective. What size company? What type
company? Product-based? Service-based? At my
company, tech is rightly seen as the engine, and
techies are treated very well.
\_ what is the name of your company again??
\_ everyone is less important than they think they are. IT
people aren't special in this regard. was there some
sort of point you were trying to make or were you just
trying to look tough to yermom on the motd? |
| 2003/5/30-31 [Computer/Domains, Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:28581 Activity:kinda low |
5/29 Has anyone here tried Digital Path for internet?
\_ I always use digital paths for my internet. Analog internet is so
300 baud.
\_ Perhaps he meant http://DigitalPath.net?
\_ Stupid wannabee funny comments deleted.
\_ Dick. As if the comments prevented anyone from giving a real
answer. There's still no real answer and just your dumb ass
deleting something funny and replacing it with... well, your
dumb ass saying nothing. |
| 2003/5/23 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:28532 Activity:moderate |
5/22 When I was learning the basics of the network, I have always thought
that one IP address per NIC card. For machine that has multiple
NIC, it is essentially a router... But the other day, my company's
system admin just done something i don't quite understand: he
assigned multiple IP to a computer (running windozes) which only
have one NIC. Can someone explain to me how does that work?
Thanks
\_ They're just aliases. The NIC can listen for and respond to
multiple IPs. Most modern OS's can do this. No magic.
\_ or it can be multiple virtual sub-ints..
\_ this is where i don't understand... where can I find out
more?
\_ 'man ifconfig' is a place to start. -John
\_ STFW
\_ Given that you have multiple web sites which resolve to
different IPs in your subnet, you could host them all on one
Windows computer, assigning one NIC the different IPs of your
web sites. (this is just one way to do it ...) |
| 2003/5/22-23 [Computer/Networking] UID:28524 Activity:high |
5/22 To people with TCP/IP clue: A friend of mine has a wireless router
at home (D-Link's DI-614+, but there doesn't seem to be much in
the way of useful model-specific docs around of any but the "here's
how you click a button" kind). The thing comes with a built-in
capability for firewalling, "virtual server" (i.e. port forwarding to
a specific LAN machine, set up by port number on the external
interface), etc. At the moment, we can't get traceroute (from local
machines to the outside world) to work whatsoever; it shows the first
hop to the router, and doesn't give anything past that. I've tried
allowing all ICMP&UDP traffic in both directions, but to no avail.
Presumably I don't understand the traceroute mechanism
well enough, and am missing something. Any suggestions?
\_ I had this problem with an SMC router. I have reported this to the
manufacturer. Later, they have come up with a firmware that fixed
this problem. Lots of those home broadband routers have very lousy
TCP/IP implementations, so the problems like this are expected to
pop up all the time.
\_ That's, err, good to know I suppose. I'll try that route,
thanks. -op (other advice still solicited though)
\_ Not an expert, but I believe traceroute is simply a series of pings
with a timeout short but increasing timeout-- so you ping http://yahoo.com,
and router1 responds but router2 does not because the timeout has
elapsed. For the second ping, you increase the timeout so router2
replies but not router3. And so on. Short answer is that your fw
is most likely preventing the ICMP echo from getting back to your
PC.
\_ you're right...you're not an expert.
\_ hello cranky asshole router guy!
\_ CARG does have a point, he indicated that ICMPs are
\_ CARG does have a point, op indicated that ICMPs are
allowed to pass through, which implies that he has more
clue than I thought he did. I just didn't read his post
all the way through and gave him the handwavy traceroute
explanation that wasn't very helpful. -- nae
\_ it's also inaccurate; traceroute is not a series
of pings. -CARG
\_ it is for some m$ implementations, i hear. -op
\_ timeout or ttl (time to live) based on number of hops
\_ That's just the micro$oft "tracert" implementation (or rather,
a distorted account thereof); most others use UDP. But in any
case, see below; this is probably not the problem. -op
\_ The default setting on the router is probably to filter ICMP
echos.
\_ Yes, but I'm fairly certain I put in a firewall rule to allow
all ICMP traffic in both directions. -op
\_ In the Advanced->Filters menu, try setting ICMP type 11 to always
oops, 8 _/
In the Advanced->Firewall menu, set to allow all ICMP types
\_ WHOOPS. Upon noticing the ICMP option missing in the "Filters"
dialog's "protocols" dropdown, I found out I'm several firmware
updates behind. However, the latest firmware update, even though
labelled "fixes traceroute issue" on D-Link's site, still
has no ICMP option there and traceroute is still not working. -op
\- hello has anyone seen the following "traceroute problem":
on a couple of solaris boxes, all of a sudden something
weird happens to the tcpstack and it never sends ICMP Port
UnRchables back to you? So any udp traffic is silently
absorbed if there is no application to fwd it to? ok tnx --psb
\_ Look for your answer on http://broadbandreports.com. |
| 2003/5/22 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java, Computer/Networking] UID:28516 Activity:high 76%like:28523 |
5/21 Brian Harvey on NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/technology/circuits/22comp.html
"Computing's Lost Allure"
\_ Great, the leftish liars talk to the leftist propagandists.
\_ what's the deal with those random pictures?
\_ Walk into an undergrad CS class: I see Asian people.
\_ Good. The market is oversaturated anyway.
\- hello wouldnt some large fraction of the enrollment difference
be explained by on-sequence/off-sequence semesters? ok tnx--psb
\_ don't ask questions. statistics never lie
\_ I see yellow people!
\_ orientals don't work with cable modem.
\_ good. CS departments don't need all those wanna-be code monkeys. |
| 2003/5/12-14 [Computer/Networking] UID:28415 Activity:low |
5/12 I'm doing some structured wiring for my home. I have only been
able to find composite cables that contain 2 cat-5 and 2 coax into
a single cable. I can't seem to find one that contains 3 cat-5 and
2 coax. Anybody done this before and have found a vendor with such
a cable? Thanks.
\_ This doesn't actually answer your question, but when I have some
random cable problem, i check l-com first. they have lots of stuff.
\_ There are plenty of companies that make custom cables at reasonable
rates/foot if your exact cable needs aren't available. |
| 2003/5/6 [Computer/Networking] UID:28343 Activity:nil |
5/5 Has anyone had experience with RCN as a cable modem and/or telephone
service provider? Was the experience good or bad? Unfortunately,
my house is not reachable by reasonable DSL, and my only choice to
leave Comcast is RCN. I'm in San Mateo, if that matters.
\_ RCN was my nightmare for 2 years while I was in New York City
(lower manhattan, 2 minutes from NYSE). It has a very unstable
service. No, I am not bitching about slow speed at peek time.
I am talking about the connection will intemittenly go black
completely, that you can't even keep telnet session alive.
That was New York City, you might fair better in Bay Area. |
| 2003/5/5-6 [Computer/Networking] UID:28332 Activity:moderate |
5/4 Apparently IDSG (the folks who sysadmins machines in Cory Hall) have
set it up so that any machine that uses DHCP will have its
/etc/resolv.conf file updated everytime its DHCP lease is renewed.
Problem is, the /etc/resolv.conf lacks the 'Berkeley.EDU' in its
search path (it only has 'EECS.Berkeley.EDU') and this causes name
resolution intra-Berkeley to break. What is the best way to remedy
this (sans emailing a request IDSG)? Thx!
\_ why would you not email a request to IDSG? -tom
\_ because that would require the most minimal form of social
interaction via email. ;-) -!op
\_ but there are helpful and friendly sysadmins like tom
on the other end.
\_ because mail gets answered by ever-so friendly people like
vadim kogan and mark kraitchman.
\_ man 5 dhclient.conf
\_ this doesn't help windows clients
\_ then fucking learn to type faster. damn. |
| 2003/4/29-30 [Computer/Networking] UID:28257 Activity:insanely high |
4/28 what's faster, crossover cable between two computers, wireless,
or a usb cable?
\_ crossover cable, of course.
\_ actually usb2.0 might be faster
\_ Not if the two machnes have GigE.
\_ 10baseT: 10Mbits/s
100baseT: 100Mbits/s
usb2.0: 480Mbits/s
1000baseT: 1GBits/s
\_ Keep in mind this traffic has to go over the internal bus.
\_ and remember, there are 12 eggs in a dozen.
\_ not a bakers dozen
\_ Don't be stupid.
\_ There was more value in the bakers dozen than your line
\_ Don't be stupid.
\_ And there was as much value in the original dozen
line as there was in the internal bus line. What's
your point?
\_ The other two make sense. You don't.
\_ 100mbps and usb2.0 should be fast enough for whatever you are
doing. 802.11g/a is also probably fast enough.
\_ i am moving 900 gigs from one place to another. so
those little USB ports in my computer, are they
usb 2.0 ?
\_ if you are moving 900GB you should know this stuff already.
If you are this clueless to start you need to be ready
for the world of hurt that you are about to run into.
\_ Moving or copying? Sneakernet arrays sounds good here.
\_ they have the same form factor. USB2.0 cards cost ~10
bucks at frys.
\_ once or many times? for once it doesn't matter.
\_ more than once. it matters.
\- uh shouldnt you be using deltas then? --psb
\_ Get a cross over cable, it will work the
best for what you want to do.
\- just out of curiosity, are you using/planning
to use tcp "only" to move 900gb? if you are
going to be using any application level checksumming,
can you send me a note about how many tcp checksum
failures you see over whatever transport you end
up using. ok tnx. --psb
\- 900 gb? go gige.
\_ writable dvd.
\_ at 4gigs per disc? even at 9, that's over 100.
\_ IR? . . . floppy? . . . punch cards? . . . licking wires?
\_ dd if=/dev/clue of=/dev/null |
| 2003/4/27-29 [Computer/Networking] UID:28242 Activity:high |
4/27 I want to hook two ethernets together. The distance would be greater
than the 100m max. What's the best way to connect them? Is there an
such a thing as a UTP-ethernet to coax bridge?
\_ you need Cisco's LRE (Long Range Ethernet) technology. It can
go up to a couple of thousand feets using typical twisted pair
like a phone line. -cisco guy
\_ As can optical ethernet (compare prices)
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/opt_ethernet/topic02.html
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/opt_ethernet/images/figure05.jpg _/
\_ use STP to extend range, put a switches in the middle (if feasible).
I have a couple of standalone RJ-45 to BNC things (they look like
4-port hubs, which is another possiblity... one with a coax port
on it... You could also find some old 386's with 10-base T and
10-base 2 cards and bridge them. You'll be slowing your network
down with anything using coax
\_ Duct tape is the best way.
\_ Need cable? Why not just run an ipsec tunnel over an 802.11a/g
link with directional range extenders? Unless you absolutely must
have full 100mbit fdx, performance won't suffer too much in most
environments. You can get cheap enough wifi hardware.
Alternatively, if you can find one, go back to the basics and
use repeaters (hub = multiport repeater.) -John
\_ some people work in secure environments. wireless != secure.
\_ thats why he says to use an ipsec tunnel btwn the two sides..
about as secure as it can get.
\_ no, it isn't. ipsec over a wire might be. i said a
"secure" environment. anything that can be picked up
in the air is *not* secure no matter what protocol(s)
you're using.
\_ wire is more secure only if you can truly secure
physical access
\_ Wire is more secure because physical access
to a wire is more difficult than air.
\_ which says nothing to address the point
\_ I need the codes. I have to get inside
Zion, and you have to tell me how. You are
going to tell me or you are going to die. |
| 2003/4/23-24 [Computer/Networking] UID:28200 Activity:high |
4/23 I'm planning on spending some time travelling up & down the
west coast. Is there a list of motels that offer Internet
connectivity (wireless preferred) that I can choose from? -- lawragas
\_ They all have phone lines.
\_ Umm, yeah. I meant somewhat high speed.
\_ check out the chains and research them. Motel 6, Howard Johnson
(unlikely?), Marriot (the cheaper version) |
| 2003/4/16-17 [Computer/Networking] UID:28143 Activity:very high |
4/16 hi motd. I have a home network of Windows computers each getting
DHCP addresses from the ISP, and the IPs change often and are on
different subnets (go figure). What's the best way to share files /
a printer between the home PCs? Putting two NICs in each computer
is a hassle, a NAT gateway would leave each PC with private IPs, and
adding a static route over a larger ISP subnet would prevent access
to some remote hosts. Thanks.
\_ use Rendezvous / link-layer zero-configuration IP addressess.
\_ Why not use a NAT gateway? Assign unique private IPs to each host,
and NAT them to the internet.
\_ Because this house is full of Internet gamers
\_ Don't be a wimp. Put in a second NIC and stop being a baby about
it. You just named all the ways possible and then said you don't
want to do any of them. If it's too hard to add a $10 NIC and a
$20 hub to make an internal net then you have no business having
more than 1 computer. I have no sympathy for the lazy.
\_ Wouldn't it have been nice if DHCP clients could also have
a static IP on a single NIC? -op
\_ On a real OS they can.
\_ which man page can I look at for FreeBSD? My google
foo is lacking. I've tried man dhcp|ifconfig.
\_ Your fu in general is weak. ifconfig <if> alias ...
\_ windows hosts can also have multiple IP/interface
\_ but can windows hosts have simultaneous DHCP
and a static IP on one interface?
can I have tea and no tea at the same time? -op
\_ It is not a real OS. No.
\_ Remove your common sense first. Oh wait, you're
using windows! you should be fine. |
| 2003/4/14-15 [Computer/Networking] UID:28122 Activity:very high |
4/14 Is there any point to ARP in a pure switched environment?
\_ If by purely switched you mean you have the ability to send/
receive raw ethernet frames and not use the IP stack, then yes,
there is no need for ARP.
\_ I mean when you are in a switched rather than shared
ethernet and everything is going down the wire to the
switch anyway because you have a defaultroute.
Doesn't the switch and its arp table handle getting
things to the right place, rather than the host making
any decisions?
\_ ARP is the name map between the MAC layer and IP
\_ initially the host's arp table is empty. You have a
default route but that's just an IP address. You still need
the default router's MAC address. The sequence of events is
roughly:
1. host tries to ping XYZ
2. host tries to send the packet to default router but
doesn't have the default router's MAC address.
3. host sends ARP packet out onto the wire.
4. default router picks up the ARP packet and responds.
5. host now knows the MAC address of the default router.
6. host sends the ping packet again to XYZ with the
destination MAC address that of the default router.
This is the reason why the first ping packet after bootup
always fails. You can get around it by statically adding
the default router's mac address to the host's ARP table.
But that's not recommended. -cisco guy
\_ like I said, ARP is the name map between the MAC layer and IP |
| 2003/4/14-15 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD] UID:28121 Activity:nil |
4/14 The OpenBSD 3.3 Song is out:
http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html |
| 2003/4/14-15 [Computer/Networking] UID:28118 Activity:kinda low |
4/14 Are 2.4GHz wireless phones going to interfere with my 2.4GHz
wireless network (assuming i will install them in my house)?
\_ sometimes yes..
\_ It's just like with a 300 baud modem back in the day where if you
could whistle just right you could hack into a bank.
\_ whistle once for deposits, whistle twice for withdrawals... |
| 2003/4/13-14 [Computer/Networking, Computer/HW] UID:28104 Activity:high |
4/12 This sound stupid, but I want to make sure:
If I don't have real IP, i can't really run server of any kind, right?
This is in the context of I am running cygwin's x-server, behind
a firewall / IP splitter, and trying to redirect my other
account's display to my local x-server
\_ You can't have the other machine connect to your local X
server directly, but ssh's X forwarding (ssh -X) will still
work fine -- and it's more secure, too.
\_ if you control the firewall, you usually have an option to enable
port forwarding.
\_ I'd do the ssh thing, not the port forwarding thing. More secure. |
| 2003/4/4 [Computer/Networking] UID:27989 Activity:high |
4/3 Please recommend a DSL provider on the East Bay other than PacBell
that provides a consistent low-packet loss, low-latency network
connectivity to the campus net, preferably with a static IP address
option.
\_ PacBell sucks loads of ass. Try Speakeasy. A number of sodans
use it, including me. -scotsman
\_ Which part of these other DSL companies' connection is their
own equipment, and how much is resold SBC's connetions?
\_ The local circuit to your ISP is with your local phone
carrier, so SBC/PacBell. Then Speakeasy is typically
resold over Covad. I like Speakeasy, but other friends
of mine have gone straight to Covad. --sowings
\_ I have had good results with PacBell.
\_ Stay away from PacBell. PacBell is evil and does not concern
itself with customer satisfaction. I would tell stories but
it would take too long to explain.
\_ Write it up in your directory and point us to it.
\_ I agree. When I first got DSL, it took them nearly three months
to figure out why my connection kept dying. They finally realized
they set the max bandwidth too high (my location was the max
distance from the station) and finally lowered my speed to 768kps
\_ well, a recent one was my friend being offered a "free trial" for
DSL (already had cable modem), so friend agrees, gets package in
mail, installs, sees that speed sucks ass, we're talking 12KB/s
or something, anyway tries to cancel service and then the fun
begins. Basically they are not honoring the trial and charging
some $200 cancel fee, and being insulting on the telephone, etc. |
| 2003/4/3-4 [Computer/Networking] UID:27977 Activity:moderate |
4/3 When I reboot an XP machine with DHCP enabled, sometimes it gets a
different IP address. How can I force it to broadcast its new IP addr
to other Windoze machines on the same LAN, so that I don't have to wait
for a while before I can reach the XP machine using its host name
again? Usually I think I have to wait 10 minutes or so. Thanks. --yuen
\_ beg your sysadmin to increase the lease time to something more
reasonable and you will get the same ip address more often. -shac
\_ Add linux box, configure DDNS.
\_ There's a registry settings for how often a windows host
announces and reannounces itself on the net. I don't recall the
path but it's in there and can be modified. |
| 2003/4/3 [Computer/Networking] UID:27970 Activity:high |
4/2 What's with the crappy connection tonight?
\_ i thought it was just my connection.
\_ Excuse the formatting, but:
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 to 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 on fxp0
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 to 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 on fxp0
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 to 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 on fxp0
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 to 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 on fxp0
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 to 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 on fxp0
arp: 128.32.112.1 moved from 00:00:c0:08:a6:d8 to 00:01:30:0b:d7:00 on fxp0
<mikeh> I believe the bogus MAC belongs to upe.cs.
So for those of you who don't speak geek, some FUCKING UPE
MORON tried to set his IP address to that of the router that
soda hangs off of. Regrettably, folks stopped me from
BEATING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF THE FUCKING UPE MORON.
- does not like honors societies full of idiots
\_ Right, like you'd ever have the balls to physically attack
someone. Just try not to cry while you masturbate tonight.
\_ soda is awesome, a post about a crappy connection
degenerates into the Commie eating, git tuff
free republic nerd guy calling people names.
\_ I'll do it. I'm big and mean and I don't like honors
societies full of idiots either. -John
\_ Unfortunately, you're also in Europe, and the
politburo will never approve expensing your
flight. --erikred
\_ Just wondering, how did you figure out that the MAC belongs to
UPE?
\_ WE'RE SMARTER THAN YOU. --root |
| 2003/4/1-2 [Computer/Networking] UID:27933 Activity:high |
3/31 Anyone have DSL without telephone service? What provider will
do this? I am trying to get away from cable. --jwm
\_ I am not aware of any provider that will do this. You might
be able to set up a phone line, get DSL installed, then cancel
the phone line, but that's a dicey bet at best.
\_ Share with a neighbor. Ask the ones you know, offer to handle
all the tech, and then split the DSL costs month to month.
Make sure you don't go with a skinflint ISP that checks for
this type of thing. Perhaps someone with more knowledge than
I can elaborate on the "how" of this.
\_ Yeah it's really hard. It takes some extra cables and a $50
router+switch unit from best buy. Can I get paid 6 figures for
doing your networking?
\_ I have a covad line like this where my employer acts as the
ISP. covad couldn't care less if you have a phone, but
you need an ISP to contract with covad for the line... |
| 2003/3/20 [Computer/Networking] UID:27769 Activity:nil |
3/20 Cisco buys Linksys:
http://news.com.com/2100-1035-993457.html?tag=fd_top |
| 2003/3/14 [Computer/Networking] UID:27700 Activity:nil |
3/13 Campus net update (for those who don't follow http://ucb.net.announce): we believe we have traced the cause of the failures to a faulty UPS, which was powering one two power supplies in the router (inr-666-doecev.berkeley.edu). late yesterday afternoon, after repeated failures, the router was transferred off the UPS to commercial power. the router has not failed since that time. however, in the course of trying to fix the problem, we upgraded to the latest software version recommended by the manufacturer. this did not affect the original problem, but we discovered that the new image required more RAM and left the router in a state with dangerously low free memory. this morning at approx 10:10, we per- formed emergency maintenance (causing yet another interruption in service) to increase the RAM in the router. we believe the router is stable at this time, and apologize for any inconvenience caused by this, as well as for our inability to make timely announcements. ken lindahl CNS \_ I'm wondering what router is inr-666 and what version of IOS they're running. It'll be cool if it's using a feature or platform that I worked on. :-) -cisco guy \_ it is SATAN's ROUTER -The Truth |
| 2003/3/12-13 [Computer/Networking] UID:27672 Activity:nil |
3/12 What's with http://berkeley.edu? Up and down for the last hour... \_ From http://ucb.net.announct: From: lindahl@ack.Berkeley.EDU (ken lindahl) Subject: unexpected service outage today Newsgroups: http://ucb.net.announce Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 22:43:53 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Communication & Network Services the campus border router that connects to our ISP service failed around 1:30pm today. there is some evidence that the failure was preceeded (and perhaps caused) by an incoming packet flood; CNS is investigating this possibility. usually when this router fails, there is an automatic routing change that shifts the traffic to different border router in roughly a minute or so, so that the disruption is short-lived. for some reason, this did not happen gracefully in today's incident. traffic is moving across the backup router at this time, while we check the condition of the primary router. for reasons unknown, one of the interior interfaces on the primary router also failed in this incident; CNS has not seen this hap- pen before. |
| 2003/3/12-13 [Computer/Networking] UID:27670 Activity:low |
3/12 Got the notice from comcast yesterday that they want to jack up my
cable modem access if I don't have cable from them. How can they
get away with charging $20/month more than DSL?!? Has anyone called
to yell at them and gotten good results?
\_ Vote with your feet.
\_ damn right I will! Just gathering info first, so that I can
make the most informed decision... -OP
\_ Say you want basic cable for $9.65/month, but you don't want
to rent the converter or remote. See if that works.
\_ Do you mean that the hassle of giving me cable without the
rentals will make them give me the original price back, or
just that if I'm going to pay the extra I might as well get
the cable? -OP
\_ I mean they'll give you your original rate (last I heard
it was $46/month) if you get Basic Cable. I understand
it's $60/month without cable TV.
\_ They can't. They jacked up cable tv prices so I've got satellite
now. It's cheaper and better. If they jack my cable modem rates
I'll switch that too. It's a semi-open marketplace.
\_ less open than it was last year. Thank you FCC.
\_ I received that notice as well. They said that if I sign-up for
cable my internet montly fee will remain the same (~40$) and my
cable will cost $6/month for the first 6 months (with no setup or
cancellation fees). So, ~$50/month for cable and internet still
seems better than DSL since my cable connection is faster than
T-1 for download.
\_ I did that calculation too. Are there any surcharges (fees,
taxes, equipment rental, etc.) on the $6/month cable?
\_ I just called them, and when they say "basic cable" they're
not kidding. You only get the local channels (that you
would normally get for free via broadcast) plus C-Span,
a few other government access channels and sometimes they
include the Discovery Channel. The next plan up (which
all of us would consider basic cable, i.e. CNN, etc.) is
$32/month to $42/month depending on digital vs. analog,
location, and probably how much they think they can extort
\_ In oakland, with taxes and fees, analog is $42/month.
digital is more. cable selection around here sucks.
find something else.
from you, etc, etc. So, if you want to keep your cable it's
still cheaper to get the $6/month for a total of $48.95, or
splurge for real cable for a total of $74.95. I'm thinking
of choice 3: spend the extra $6/month for basic, and when
the cable guy comes just give him $20 to hook up the
additional channels. Last time a cable guy was at my place
he offered this deal to me out of the blue. |
| 2003/3/11-12 [Computer/Networking] UID:27649 Activity:nil |
3/10 My AP times out after 5 minutes. What gives? [ rehash, motd was wiped ]
\_ I have this same problem with my linksys cable modem hooked to
my netgear AP (no wireless in use). The problem seems to come from
my cable modem (I didn't have this problem when I rented a motorola
cable modem).
\_ I think it's the AP, not the cable modem. The only place I've
had this problem once, with the open access point on a dsl
modem (netgear 814something) but never on anything else
(airbears, airport, linksys, d-link, wired linksys, etc.)
If I had to guess it'd be the inactivity of the nat connection
expiring and being delisted. -dwc |
| 2003/3/10-11 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/Networking] UID:27646 Activity:nil |
3/10 Just set up a new wireless network, but my ssh sessions all time out
if i'm idle for over 5 minutes or so. This has happened with three
different laptops on two different networks. Anyway to stop it?
\_ if you're lucky, your router will have a way to adjust the idle
timeout. Unfortunately, the open access point above westside
bongo burger (netgear MRsomething) does not. The rest of the AP's
I've been on have saner timeouts. |
| 2003/3/8-10 [Computer/Networking] UID:27628 Activity:low |
3/7 Am looking for a small, DHCP-capable Router that can also forward all
all traffic to a remote filter. Any recommendations? And if you're
going to recommend building a Linux box, would you be so kind as to
include a link to the modules you recommend? --erikred
\_ D00de, 00ze l1nukz!!1
\_ I'd recommend netbsd or openbsd running on one of those cheap
micro-atx boards. |
| 2003/3/4-5 [Computer/Networking] UID:27597 Activity:kinda low |
3/4 Anybody gotten telemarketing calls from ATT broadband telling you to
switch from DSL to cable internet. And when you talk to them some
more they tell you that it's not available in your area yet? WTF?
\_ maybe they're researching the feasibility of brining the service
to your area.
\_ No. !!! |
| 2003/3/3-4 [Computer/Networking] UID:27587 Activity:high |
3/2 Novice question. I wrote a simple http proxy in the past, i know
that once the listen port (i.e. port 80) recieved a connection request
I remember I used to spawn a different thread at a randomn port to
establish connection. My question is, if let say, there is a
firewall that blocks all the connections from port 1024 and up,
would this proxy thingy still work? or Firewall's block is
directional? any pointer on how this thingy works? thanks
\_ yuh i think u need to pick a port < 1024
\_ Pick a lower port number and hope both firewalls allow them
to be used. Everything depends on the firewall setup. |
| 2003/3/1-2 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW] UID:27574 Activity:high |
3/1 Is it possible to use a Headphone port as a line-out?
\_ i can never get the line out port on my laptop to work
so i just use the headphone port
\_ ok, thanks. this is for a voice recorder... i was too cheap to
spend $100 on something with a usb interface so i'd like to be
able to transfer certain voice recordings to my computer for
archival.
\_ I can't believe you asked that question instead of simply trying
it out
\_ i dont have the cable, so now im gonna go get one at teh shack.
\_ You can, but headphone jacks are amped for headphones whereas
lineout ports aren't (the signal remains at line level). So
beware of distortion. -geordan
\_It's called volume control. Just turn it down and you'll get
rid of any distortion. |
| 2003/2/25-26 [Computer/Networking] UID:27521 Activity:nil |
2/25 My freaking @Home has just been pasted to Comcast from AT&T and they
are jacking the price to $56/month + cable modem rental starting in
April 1 from the current $42. I am looking at the Yahoo! SBC DSL deal
for $35/month. Anyone has any comments and/or suggestions?
\_ Sure if you want them reselling the shit out of your personal info
and surfing habits with info attached directly to your surfing.
\_ i supposed this means that they actually logged and resell my
surfing habits, such as my brother using kaza (sp?) and me doing
music and VCD's from newsgroups? -op
\_ yep. Read the small print *very* carefully. It's in there.
how else do you think they can do it so cheap compared to the
competition? you're for sale to the lowest scumbag.
\_ are you in Berkeley? is this scheduled to happen here too if
you aren't?
\_ i m in San Leandro. -op
\_ DSLExtreme is fairly good. And does not insist on a contract if
you bring your own DSL modem (buy one on ebay). They were having
some annoying outages between like 2-4AM, but they seem to have
fixed that. -dans |
| 2003/2/15-17 [Computer/Networking] UID:27426 Activity:nil |
2/14 I finally got around to setting up SPAN (makes your Cisco switch sort
of act like a hub) so that I can monitor my traffic. Ethereal kind of
shows which protocols are using most of my bandwidth, but doesn't
print pretty graphs. Also, I'm mostly interested in finding out which
hosts are using most of my traffic. Are there any Ethereal-like apps
that do this well? Pretty graphs are a major plus.
So far I've used TTT, which is kinda crappy.
\_ leaving span enabled all the time isnt a great idea, esp if you
are spanning the whole switch to one port, not just mirroring
a port or a given vlan.
\_ why isn't it a good idea? intrusion detection systems depend
on traffic monitor 100% of the time. SPAN is a wirespeed
feature on the catalyst family. Packet replication is done
by HW so there's no performance degradation. You can also do
fancier stuff like use VLAN ACLs to replicate all traffic
in/out of a VLAN and analyze that traffic. There's more
commericial software that analyzes netflow tables though. You
can also setup the router/switch to export those netflow
entries. -cisco guy
\_ not all switches behave the same when spanning.. relying on
spanning a whole switch to a single port is a ridiculous
idea w/ large switches that can easily handle more traffic
than any 1 port.. for example, a 6500.. the smart thing to
do with an IDS is to only span against the inbound/outbound
port rather than the whole switch. if you rather watch
the whole vlan then you splice down and mirror 1 vlan / port.
the easiest way to defeat an IDS is to overload its span
port or overload the IDS. there have also been many bugs
that are triggerred by sustained spanning on shitty (low
end) catalyst switches. for a "cisco guy" i dont think youve
worked with spanning very much on the ios based switches.
\_ yo yo yo... i just want to monitor traffic on my main ingress
point, nothing too intensive. and i dont have money to buy any
fancy nids crap... just want some free stuff to see who's running
kazaa and so forth... |
| 2003/2/11 [Computer/Networking] UID:27369 Activity:nil |
2/11 Is there a way to find out a login's last email access? including
from which ip the user checked his email from?
\_ nothing too reliable on the first, nothing on the second.
\_ finger?
\_ Silly nerd, stalking's not fashionable these days.
\_ Depends on how much mail the person receives. If it's a lot, you
are out of luck. Otherwise "ls -lu" in /var/mail shows last access
time (note that recieving mail is an "access"). Use that info
along with "last" and you might be able to match up an IP. VERY
unreliable though. Lots of dependancies.
\_ Be aware that the ip might just be that of a nat-fw
of a socks proxy, and not the really ip of the person.
And don't forget some people use a .forward. |
| 2003/2/10-11 [Computer/Networking] UID:27358 Activity:high |
2/8 I am thinking of getting an ADSL. I have a choice of 5 dynamic
IP, or one single static IP. My issue is as follows: I want
to run my little server from home, but at the same time,
I will be sharing this broadband with two or more computer.
What should I do? Get the Static IP option and buy a router
off shelf? Would that give me the ability to run server?
thanks. nerd wantta be
\_ Dynamic IPs don't work with cable modem.
\_ if the router does port forwarding (and most do), yes, you can
run a server easily enough. or you can go for the dynamic IP
addresses and use something like dynamic DNS.
\_ I saw http://easyDNS.com offer such service. Any other relatively
good and cheap DNS service? -OP
\_ DynDNS. They have great, configurable services, and
most don't cost.
\_ I'd do the static IP. A zillion small businesses run just fine with
a single static IP. You can too. Dynamic dns gives a lame and
highly unprofessional look to your domain.
\_ While I suggest going with static IP, you can side-step
the unprofessional look by making your FQDN a CNAME
to your dynamic name (e.g., http://www.domain.com CNAME <DEAD>host.dyndns.org<DEAD>)
\_ For the clueless (like me), how would I do this?
\_ 1) Set up a http://dyndns.org host (e.g., <DEAD>host.dyndns.org<DEAD>)
2) Register domain (e.g., http://domain.com)
3) Make http://www.domain.com an alias for <DEAD>host.dyndns.org<DEAD>.
You can use http://UltraDNS.com.
\_ Or pay for IP masking. Try http://GoDaddy.com
\_ Definitely Static IP. Then buy a $50 router for the rest of your
machines. If you have a "server", just put that on the DMZ.
\_ Thanks all for the reply. I will probably go for Static IP
and put the server in the DMZ like other people said. I will
instead of putting it in the DMZ. there is a lot of network
explorer various DNS service options. -OP
\_ for your first server, i recommend using port-forwarding
instead of putting it in the DMZ. there are many network
\_ Great idea.Go ahead and port forward to a insecure box
security lessons you haven't learned.
\_ Great idea. Go ahead and port forward to a insecure box
on your intranet. When the next wu-ftpd or proftpd exploit
comes out your entire intranet is compromised. Wozer! |
| 2003/2/6-7 [Computer/Networking] UID:27319 Activity:high |
2/5 Does anyone know which RFC (if any) has a list of ip addr
blocks that are considered invalid, (ex. 169.254.0.0/16)?
1918 only lists the private blocks. tia.
\_ 169.254/16 is used by dhcp autoconfig... essentially if you have
an ip network w/o a dhcp server and don't want to manually config
you ip int. it's similar to how ipx and appletalk config w/o a
seed router. -shac
\_ Well first explain what you mean by 'considered invalid' and maybe
we can find you your list.
\_ By invalid I mean pkts with src/dest addrs that are
in addr blocks which should never send traffic on the
internet. I'm trying to filter pkts with invalid ip
addr (spoofed pkts) and I wanted to know if there were
addr blocks other than the RFC 1918 private blocks
that I should be filtering. So far, I've just found
the 169.254.0.0/16 addr block which is used for dhcp
client auto-conf. I wanted to know if there were others.
\_ by 'should never' do you mean addr's that aren't
registered, or just addressees that aren't routable
10.0.0.0/8, 127.0.0.0/8, 169.254.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.0.2.0/24,
192.168.0.0/16, 224.0.0.0/4, 240.0.0.0/4 (These last two are
contiguous.) --scotsman
( which changes regularly -- get a BGP feed from
somewhere if you really want a list).
\_ i don't remember the exact page, but it's somewhere on http://ietf.org
and it goes like this:
10.0.0.0/8, 127.0.0.0/8, 169.254.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12,
192.0.2.0/24, 192.168.0.0/16, 224.0.0.0/4, 240.0.0.0/4
(These last two are contiguous.) --scotsman
\_ Thanks. I'll search on http://ietf.org to see if there are
others. BTW, do you know what the 192.0.2.0/24 block
is used for?
\_ It's used for examples (a la http://example.com, or the 555
telephone prefix) --scotsman |
| 2003/2/4-5 [Computer/Networking] UID:27304 Activity:high |
2/3 Is there any way to tell the physical location / vicinity of an IP
address?
\_ Well, you can find the owner through ARIN, and then you can do
a little looking around for that company's info. You can often
get a rough sense from a traceroute as well.
\_ There was some /. posting a while back about a company that can
give you this information w/ 99.x% accuracy for the US and 9x%
accuracy for the world.
\_ In summary: yes, sort of, but not easily and not 100%.
\_ In a related topic, what do you use to spoof your ip addie?
\- this is hard to do generally with tcp if you expect
an answer. this is not really a related topic. --psb
\_ Trying to stalk someone's Web page?
\_ Is this in regard to the kid who killed himself while
chatting? His ISP should have been able to put an address
to an IP, but they would have needed some serious convincing
to do so. |
| 2003/1/30 [Computer/Networking] UID:27241 Activity:high |
1/29 I want an IPv4 address block (/24 is good enough). ARIN charges
$2,500 in addition to regular membership. Any other cheaper places?
\_ many isp's will allocate you a decent size block if you give them
a good reason, esp if you are a hicap customer. recently i had an
isp route a /24 for an additional $100 on top of their normal
monthly charges for a T1.. which was about $1500... of course the
cost for that T1 varies HEAVILY by the provider (big guys like
Internap charge much more than cut-rate ones) -shac
\_ ask your upstream ISP
\_ How much does this go for?
\_ Varies dramatically by ISP based on the total service
package. My company has 64 addresses and a 32 rack cage for
about $25k/month. YMWV.
\_ Also, your ISP might charge you to manage that /24, no?
\_ i get 14 IPs on 1.1 SDSL for $179. supposedly they'll give me
more IPs but i haven't quite needed them.
\_ Do you want to own the block? This is necessary if you want to
be portable (i.e. change upstream ISP without renumbering) or
multihomed (multiple upstream ISPs). Most ISPs will offer at
least a /24 along with real connectivity (T1 or greater) at little
or no cost, shac's figure of $100 on top of transit sounds
reasonable. In order to obtain a block from ARIN, you have to
jump through a number of hoops which can be a pain. I strongly
suggest you get someone who has successfully obtained IP space from
ARIN in the past to assist you with this. Their is also a gray
market for IP address space. You'll still have to obtain an AS,
and the transfer will have to go through ARIN, RIPE or one of
the other regional equivalents, but this is often cheaper and
more expedient than going directly through ARIN. -dans
\_ gray market? how so? is the transfer not legal? |
| 2003/1/18-19 [Computer/Networking] UID:27148 Activity:high |
1/18 So I have a cable modem and both a Debian Linux and a WinXP
machine. I want to set up one as the firewall/server for my
internal network to the internet. Which is preferable and why?
\_ obLinuxSux! & obDoesntWorkWithCableModem.
Seriously, I'd pick linux since its possible to secure it
to some extent (unless you really need asp and vbscript
in which case you are stuck with XP).
\_ Clueless n00b. You can run asp, etc through the linux firewall.
\_ Dipshit, I know you can port forward, but he said
he wants a single fw/server. If that is the case
then he is stuck with xp. And if he wants vb, asp
etc, he is also stuck with iis.
\_ Do a little research on reverse web proxies (specifically
URL based proxying)
\_ good thing all the politics threads got deleted,
so we can have intelligent technical dialog like
this.
\_ I'd do linux if you already have it. It doesn't really need any
resources (P100 is fine) and if you don't play with it, will be
up for 3-6 months at a time (it's a cheap PC, so you'll probably
have some hardware failure or trip over the cord every so often.)
\_ or if you were lazy and had about $75, you could buy NAT-in-a-box
like a Linksys cable router/firewall, but then accessing your
linux box would be a bit trickier, if you needed to get at it
from the "outside".
\_ you can get one on craigslist for ~$40
\_ Or you could pay an extra $5/month and get a real IP for both.
Using pf on openbsd and both winroute and zone alarm 2.x on w2k
each with own public IP. As far as I know, nothing ugly has
happened after 2+ years like this. Script kiddies run into the
fw's on both *all* the time but nothing serious is going on. |
| 2003/1/15-16 [Computer/Networking] UID:27105 Activity:kinda low |
1/15 What is in-addr.arpa do? Zoen alarm says I have traffic coming from
12.141.96.211, and nslookup says the Name is:
211.96.141.12.in-addr.arpa. Does the traffic really come from the
12.* address or the 211.* address?
\_ 12.*. in-addr-arpa is reverse lookup, and it's configured
from right to left. 'in' stands for 'inverse', I think. -John
\_ Err, are you sure it doesn't stand for internet? as in in_addr,
etc? The fact that nslookup says the above just means there's
no PTR records for that IP pointing to any names for it,
in other words, no interesting reverse-lookup info.
And yes, as John said, IP number a.b.c.d is represented
as d.c.b.a.in-addr.arpa in DNS records. Your traffic is from
the 12.* IP only. |
| 2003/1/11-13 [Computer/Networking] UID:27070 Activity:kinda low |
1/11 Just got notice from AT&T that they're sending me a new cable
modem (for free) - was wondering if anyone else got this, and
why? What has changed in the technology that makes them want
to do this???
\_ DOCSIS Data over Cable Service Interface Specification.
They can do diagnistics on new modems that they can't do on
older ones. do you lease your modem from ATT? What is it
$10/month? You can now buy modems everywhere for about $100.
Oh, if you use @attbi.com for email, get ready to change
to @comcast.net. I sure do appreciate the CSUA..
\) Cox bastards were charging me $15/mo. So I go out and buy a
linksys for $50 (ROI <4months), and it works, except I lose
my csua connection whenever I leave for >10 minutes.
\_ They changed mine a long time ago. As far as buying vs. renting,
I rent because if you own your own and there's a problem the first
thing they do is tell you your equipment is the problem and hang
up on you. Also if it breaks or there's upgrades or whatever, they
replace it. I just want my net to work and I'm willing to pay a
few extra bucks a year for it.
\_ I bought mine because it was $10/mo. Then they actually reduce
it to $5/mo rental. Bastards.
\_ You know why they can arbitrarily change your email address
and charge you modem-rent? Because in Japan, they get 100Mbit
connections to the HOME. And 12Mbps DSL costs $20/month.
\_ yeah but you have to pay in soiled underwear
\_ Never heard that before. urlP. |
| 2003/1/10-11 [Computer/Networking] UID:27060 Activity:high 62%like:27063 |
1/10 Stop with the wireless shit. Go reading a fucking FAQ.
\_ I think he needs a wireless FAQ instead of a fucking FAQ. |
| 2003/1/10 [Computer/Networking] UID:27055 Activity:kinda low |
1/09 There is both a wired and wireless network at work. My laptop has
a built in 802.11b Orinoco card and 10/100 ethernet adapter. I have
access (get IP addresses for) to both networks. Question: How does
my applications know which network to use? How does my browser
know how to go to Intranet sites via the wired (corporate) network?
The wireless network is a DSL connection only.
\_ I'm running both XP and RH8 on it. ipconfig in XP lists
the wireless connection first, then the local area connection,
but I don't think that's necessarily the order for the routing.
Is there a way to specify, say Opera to use the wireless
interface, and IE to use the wired ntework? (I haven't figured
out how to use the wireless in RH8 yet; 'ifconfig eth1 up' gets
it up, but I don't know how to get an IP ... it's a D-Link AP).
-op
\_ I'm almost certain that there's no easy way to have
browser-based connection choosing, unless you write a
wrapper script around your browsers that
a) records existing network options
b) changes them for that browser
c) removes the changes on browser quit.
\_ You could probably do this with a local proxy. I haven't
played with anything under XP, but I believe squid can be
told what interface to listen on. If you gave it one of
your specific interfaces, I suppose it ought to work with
that one. Then just point your browser at it. As for the
IP, is the AP running in gateway or bridging mode? I
assume you also have to run dhclient or something similar
on the interface (assuming you're using DHCP.) Look at
http://www.isc.org -John |
| 2003/1/9-10 [Computer/Networking] UID:27054 Activity:very high |
1/09 I've been told that wireless LAN doesn't work as well vertically (up
two flights of stairs) as it does horizontally. This seems odd.
\_ it totally depends on the antenna used... for most sold in stores,
yes that is correct. -shac
\_ Floors are built more solidly than walls.
\_ electromagnetic radiation is stronger going up then side
to side
\_ Is it necessary to enable WEP if I'm already using SSH?
\_ No. But I use it anyway. |
| 2003/1/9-10 [Computer/Networking, Consumer/TV, Recreation/Media] UID:27041 Activity:high |
1/9 Anyone know of a good DSL provider in berkeley? I'm currently using
DirectTV and they're shutting down soon. I need a month-to-month
contract as I'm graduating this semester.
\_ Try <DEAD>dslextereme.com<DEAD>.
\_ I second.
\_ dslextreme, DSi, sonic. I am personally moving to cyberonic
because I was sold out by their upload speed. They offer
1500/768Kbps for 50/month with a static IP.
\_ DTV is shutting down? I just got mine!
\_ DirectTV DSL is shutting down. DirectTV Sat. is going
strong.
\_ Speakeasy is very good, I've had no problems, they offer shell
accounts, They give back to the community (e.g. hosting
rpmfind for free) and most importantly: if you sign up they will
give me money: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/173586 -crebbs |
| 2003/1/2 [Computer/Networking] UID:26966 Activity:nil |
1/02 Happy Belated 20th Birthday to TCP/IP:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/02/1041196726476.html |
| 2002/12/25-26 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:26905 Activity:high |
12/24 Is there a decent firewall package for Windows XP? The built in
firewall (XP Pro) doesn't seem to have the ability to do simple
things like 'Only allow packets coming from these IP's...'.
Alternatively, is there an interface to the built in firewall that
is designed for non-morons? Yes, yes, I know using a Windows box
for firewalling is laughable. I have an XP box on an open network,
and I would like to put SOME measure of protection on it.
\_ are you looking for something to protect 1 machine (yours) or
something to act as a gateway for your office/company? for just
1 machine you can't do much better than ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com
-shac
\_ One machine. I'll check out ZoneAlarm. Thanks. -OP
\_ Hope you dont play any games on that machine...
\_ Why not? I've used zone alarm for a long time and use the
same machine for games. It isn't an issue. Stop trying
to FUD a good product.
\_ Why don't we leave it to the sodan game designers to
judge.
\_ What do you need? Is a $50 linksys sufficient? That's what I did
(even though I only have 1 PC).
\_ Yeah, I was thinking software based, but, now that you mention
it, a $50 linksys may suffice. Model number? That said, if
others have suggestions, please speak up. I'd like to know
what other options may be available. -OP
\_ Go to amazon check out what they have from linksys and
netgear. i got the MR814 (wireless) for $45 after rebate.
like i said before, i'm using it as a hardware based
"ZoneAlarm".
\_ zone alarm is free. the 'pro' version costs some trivial amount
like $30 or $40 or something.
\_ hi sky!
\_ No. I'm not sky. I'm a astisfied user of the zone alarm
\_ Winxp pro comes with a firewall. Turn it on.
\_ read the post again... he says he's using it.
software. I couldn't pick sky out of a 2 person line up.
\_ Kerio Personal Firewall. http://www.kerio.com |
| 2002/12/21 [Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/P2P] UID:26880 Activity:insanely high |
12/20 If one is snarfing porn and one has used a secure erasing program
to erase the incriminating files from one's own drive. How many
other locations likely have records of the transaction and how long
will those records persist? This was via kazaalite, a spyware-free
p2p client.
\- just out of curiousity, is this a shared work computer, hide
from spouse or is it child p0rn or something like that? --psb
\_ The server, in its log files, forever. Your browser cache,
until you clear it. Your browser history file, for however
long you have your browser set to retain files.
\_ You forgot about the logs for all of the transparent
proxies (most of them will have copies of the content
in their caches as well).
\_ The server as in the server from whence I downloaded the porn?
A bummer about Windows Media Player is that I have know idea how
to clear its buffer. Anyway, thanks. This is pretty much as I
figured. I was worried about things like whether our router or
our DSL modem keeps transaction logs.
\_ link:www.techtv.com has a howto for being able to clear WMP's
history.
\_ It depends on the router. Some routers have the ability to
replicate all packets coming in from a certain port or IP
address and redirect it to a workstation with analysis
software running. This is standard practice in the heavily
loaded POPs. ISPs analyze traffic patterns to better plan out
network buildouts. |
| 2002/12/13-16 [Computer/Networking] UID:26810 Activity:moderate |
12/13 Hmm, I can't get out to http://wamu.com from work by name, but i can get out by IP. dns lookups on all other sites seem to work ok. it works from soda. any ideas on what is wrong? \_ RU going THRU a proxy? What about security(SSL) proxy? Online banking sites? \_ nslookup fails. As a temporary fix, the admin setup an SOA and pointed it to the right IP address, but that's so LAME. \_ local host file. hire real network people. \_ He said he tried that but that DNS was still not resolving the address. \_ At an old company I took SOA for http://napster.com and redirected it to our own www. \_ and then? \_ And then cut our bandwidth costs by 95% \_ and then? \_ Yes. Anything else you'd like to know? |
| 2002/12/2-3 [Computer/Networking] UID:26689 Activity:nil |
12/2 Anybody know what vendor we use in the AirBears wireless network?
\_ help from docomo/NTT
\_ NTT provided most of the initial funding, but we're not using
any of their equipment--they're just doing research on usage
patterns. The first wave of access points were
Lucent (Orinoco), but we're starting to deploy Intel dual-band
(802.11a/b). The authentication box is by a company called
Vernier. -tom |
| 2002/11/13-14 [Computer/Domains, Computer/Networking, Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:26528 Activity:very high |
11/13 When does e-commerce really start? Does any scholars here read
\_Next Tuesday.
any documentations about how to utilize the internet to do business?
I just recently read that PanIP is suing all the small business
that utilize automated shopping over the internet. Supposedly the
owner of PanIP has two patents describing the automated process
of e-commerce. http://www.youmaybenext.com
\_ "Strong English language skills required".
\_ shut the fuck up aaron.
\_ ??? Is that quote directed to the link ??? |
| 2002/11/11-12 [Computer/Networking] UID:26511 Activity:high |
11/11 Any ideas for where to buy this 3com type3 pcmcia card locally?
I want it today. 3C3FE574BT
\_ why a 574BT? thats a slower 16bit.. get the 575. i have bought
them from the dotcom depot at lawrence and arques near frys
in sunnyvale. -shac
\_ I think the CardBus drivers are expermiental/unstable in linux.
What OS do you use this card with?
\_ Fry's in Freemont?
\_ Thanks, I was wrong, Looks like the 3C3FE575CT is supported
Thanks, I hope it works. -op
\_ is this the place you're talking about?
http://www.diskdepot.com
\_ yes.. thats actually a separate store, next door,
owned by the same guy... both stores are GREAT. -shac
\_ Do you have a phone # or url for dotcom depot.
\_ try the same phone #.. too much junk
to list on a web page.
\_ Fry's in Fremont?
\_ nope, called em. |
| 2002/11/6-7 [Computer/Networking] UID:26444 Activity:moderate |
11/6 What's the easiest way to resolve a name to an IP on a machine
that doesn't have bind. Is there a shell function?
\_ ping
\_ nslookup?
\_ many os's have "host", but ping is probably most universal.
\_ The machine doesn't have BIND installed? Or doesn't use a
nameserver? Check /etc/hosts (hostname.hme0 or whatever interface
on solaris.) Some Windows boxes have a file called lmhosts or
lmhosts.sam. There are web-based nslookups available for boxes
on the internet. If your machine doesn't use a DNS server, ping
won't return a remote machine's hostname, will it? Otherwise just
port scan it and see if it has any services running that might
return a host name (http, smtp) when you telnet to that port. -John
\_ Doesn't have BIND installed. It's a linux laptop. ping
does just what I originally needed, but I'm going to try
to install nslookup and dig (both of which are part of
the BIND distribution) without installing named.
-- I just copied the two files "dig" and "nslookup" from
the /usr/bin of a linux box I trust, and copied them
into the /usr/bin/ of my laptop. That was easy.
\_ vi /etc/hosts
\_ on solaris/BSD, you can just "arp hostname" to get IP.
Faster than ping.
Don't have linux near me to see if behaves the same way.
There are also web-sites that do nslookup for you as mentioned
above, but only if it's an Internet IP. |
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11/5 hola, is there a "definite" book on photoshop [not superadvanced?]
kind of like stevens for tcp/ip ... something that stands head and
shoulders above the rest. ok tnx --psb
\_ If you're somewhat of a beginner, I've found that the
(many) books from Peachpit Press are very helpful and
easy to read. Check them out.
\_Try the classroom in a book books -mrehrer |
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11/5 How do I find out who "owns" a specific IP address when it doesn't
resolve with nslookup? ie. There's a host down, and I want to
report the outage to the appropriate company.
\_ whois -a address (substitute -e or -p for non-US addresses) |
| 2002/11/4-5 [Computer/Networking, Reference/RealEstate] UID:26396 Activity:high |
11/4 I'm about 9000 feet from the CO. In an apartment complex.
What kind of DSL speed can I expect? thanks.
The Covad phone answerer claims they already checked my apartment
and it can get 200/64.
What if I move to SF duplex at 7000 ft from CO?
\_ if thats what they claim at 7000' then the results of the MLT
must have been pretty bad... ask them what the results look like.
at 7000' you should be able to get their highest service unless
there is something wrong with your copper pair. if thats the case
then even DSL w/ pacbell will be limited.
\_ Why don't you ask Covad about your potential new address?
\_ http://www.dslreports.com/faq/4676
How about Telco ADSL?
\_ Covad routinely lies to get you to upgrade to more expensive DSL |