December 2007 - KCLUG

Hardware for sale - 1U servers and maybe more
by Jon Pruente 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

I need to sell off some stuff to make a house payment. I need to sell before New Years. Up for sale is a pair of those 1U servers that have been going around for a bit. They're configured with Celeron D 320 2.4GHz CPU on Biostar U8668-D mobos with 80GB IDE drive and 512MB RAM in SuperMicro SC512L-260B 1U cases. I can sell them for $200 each, non-negotiable unless you'd like to give me more for some reason. ;) I also have an old HP Pavillion 4453 with an AMD K6-380 and 6-8GB HDD (I'll check if anyone is interested) with the matching 15" CRT monitor. It's got the stock 64MB DIMM in it, but I have extras so I can throw in a 128MB DIMM or two if interested too. An old Monorail workstation with a Tyan Tigercub 100 ( S1894) and a Celeron 400. I also just put together a tower with a Tualatin P3-S 1.26GHz on a DFI CM33-TL Rev C mobo if there is interest for it (48-bit LBA and USB booting) 512MB w/ 20GB IDE & CD-ROM. The Tualatin would match/beat most early P4 systems and use less power/put out less heat; it would make a fine setup to put a 1U hs/fan on and stick in a 1U case for a low power sever. Reasonable offers please. Thanks, Jon.

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T series laptop for Linux- which model between T40 or T41?
by Oren Beck 27 Dec '07

27 Dec '07

Of the ballpark Ebay range $350-400 T40 and T41 models- which is best suited for Linux? Comments? TIA -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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OT: Current List admin?
by Jack 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Can the current list admin contact me off-list, or any person capable of modifying historical list posts. Many thanks, Brian Jack

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falback routers
by Jonathan Hutchins 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Has anyone actually read the diald howto at http://tldp.org?

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didn't someone tell me that telco equipment had 40vdc racks once?
by David Nicol 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

I've been suggesting this kind of thing for years http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9835281-54.html?part=dtx&tag=nl.e433 -- Looking back, I realize that my path to software as a career began at the age of seven, when someone taught me to count in binary on my fingers.

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It's nearly Christmas
by Julie 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

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It's nearly Christmas
by Julie 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

Leroy the Redneck reindeer MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL If this doesn't make you want to dance, nothing will....Turn up your speakers! http://home.att.net/~solos_holiday/_up01/003/leroy_redneck_reindeer.htm *********************************************************** MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Click > Santa's Jigsaw --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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RE: I need a router with Dial-On-Demand, can Ubuntu Server do it?
by Dale Beams 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

IPCop will do just this. IPCop is setup for a firewall, but will do DOD, as I have done it myself for this purpose. More importantly, IPCop has squid, and a proxy cache which should cache webpages for you to speed browsing on a modem. You can catch me on IRC as well. Dale Beams PO Box 62 Osborne, KS 67473 1-785-346-4352 _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec

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I need a router with Dial-On-Demand, can Ubuntu Server do it?
by Leo Mauler 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I'm getting conflicting answers off Google so I thought I'd see if anyone here has done anything like this with Ubuntu Server. Basically I'd like to add a kind of "load balancing" router to the home network. The ice storm over the last two days knocked out the cable internet, but left the telephone lines intact. This has been true of my home in every major ice storm in the past ten years. It would be nice to have a router which had the option of sharing a dial-up connection when the cable internet went out. I have a Linux-friendly prepaid Internet service provider for when I travel ("Budget Dialup" in case anyone is looking for Linux-friendly prepaid Internet), so there's a dialup option available for home use. What I'd like to do is stick a Linux router between the cable modem and the existing wireless router. The new Linux router would take Internet access from the cable modem, have a regular dialup modem setup for emergency Dial-On-Demand, and then share out the Internet (from whatever source) to the home network. The modem wouldn't have a phone line plugged into it unless there was an actual cable outage, so there would be no risk of accidentally using up the prepaid minutes. I want to have web and DNS caching to minimize bandwidth usage during dialup periods, though they wouldn't be a bad idea even with the cable Internet. I haven't done anything like this in awhile, so if you know what I should be looking for, it would be much appreciated. I would like to use Ubuntu but I have read in various forums that the Dial-On-Demand function I need may not be possible using Ubuntu's versions of pppd and other software. If you know of a better solution then I'm interested. I have looked at Smoothwall but it doesn't seem to have the D-O-D function. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Running Linux
by djgoku 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I received a long time ago a copy of this from Oreilly for review purposes. I was wondering if anyone would like this to read/write a review. I don't know the revision/version, but I think it was the most recent. Jonathan

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