KCLUG May 2008

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18 discussions

Free to good home -- retro server
by Greg Brooks 16 May '08

16 May '08

Free to good home: Older (circa dotcom 1.0) 4u (maybe 3u... to lazy to measure) Dell server with dual processors and 2gb (I believe) of RAM. RAID 5 config with three 9gb SCSI drives. Boots to windows 2k, but I don't have the logons/passwords. Weights approximately 10,000 lbs and sounds like a jet engine. May be used to effectively anchor mid-sized military vessels. Floppy, CD and three drive bays (hot-swappable) on the front. Rackmount form factor. May not have faceplate (I need to see if I can find it). Downside: It's in Plattsburg, MO, which is a solid 35+ miles north of downtown. (Think: halfway between KC and St. Joseph) Contact me directly at gregb(a)west-third.com if you'd like it. To be considered, your reply must have a two-sentence statement of advocacy for your favorite *nix OS and why I should be using it. Greg

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by VIAGRA � Official Site 15 May '08

15 May '08

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NUI Kansas City lunch meeting - WED. May 21st, 12n-1:30pm
by Alex Monteiro 14 May '08

14 May '08

As usual, KCLUG members are invited to our Novell User Group meeting. =========================================== All- Please join us for another NUI Kansas City lunch meeting. We hope you can make it! When: Wednesday, May 21st - 12:00-1:30pm. Where: Metropolitan Community College Facility Services Building - 1601 Prospect Ave. Kansas City, MO. 64127 Why: NUI Kansas City meeting RSVP: alexm(a)kiscc.com - we need a headcount for lunch. Agenda: * Technical presentation on differences between Netware & Linux, management of OES2 Linux with remote manager, iManager, File & Print, and Migration experiences (By Josh Bergland from Armed Forces Banks). * Discussion on vendor sponsorship for June and August meetings. * Summer Event - will NUI-KC have one? * Roundtable Thanks! Alex -- Alex Monteiro Business Development Manager KIS Computer Center - Kansas City o. 816-373-9900 (vmail ext. 7554) f. 816-373-9912 m. 650-279-1909 www.kiscc.com - alexm(a)kiscc.com

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UNIX notes- or how the ancestry of Linux came to be.
by Oren Beck 14 May '08

14 May '08

http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/notes.html -- Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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DSL link aggregation?
by Greg Brooks 11 May '08

11 May '08

Anyone successfully used link aggregation to combine two ADSL lines for greater outbound bandwidth? Because it's asymmetrical bandwidth, I'm fine for inbound speed. but I need to regularly move large files to FTP, and it's becoming an issue. So, if I'm moving data from a single user (me) to a single point (an FTP site), does link aggregation double my bandwidth? I understand how it would work in multi-users-to-the-net environments, but can't quite get how (or if) it would work in this scenario. I really don't want to pay the $1025/mo for a T1 line to the house, but it's my only other option. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Greg

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RE: DSL link aggregation?
by Jonathan Hutchins 07 May '08

07 May '08

On Wed, May 7, 2008 11:10, James Nelson wrote: > Multiple modems work because the ISP can simply set a bonding option in > radius. One would think so, but we had connections through two different ISP's and Windows was able to "bond" them together into a single pipe for FTP. We were very surprised when we tried it and it just took off. > DSL is different and requires special modems at both ends of the > connection. Wouldn't surprise me if that were true, but also wouldn't surprise me if there were a software-workaround if you were running pppOe, just because I've seen it work with ppp before. Still, I would speculate (as I chide others for doing) that the shared-bandwidth nature of DSL would probably make this less useful than discrete phone line ppp bonding.

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Fwd: DSL link aggregation?
by James R. Sissel 07 May '08

07 May '08

Take the file and reverse it so the last bit is the first and the first bit is the last. Then your DSL will think it is downloading the file when you upload it and you'll get faster speed. ;) >Because it's asymmetrical bandwidth, I'm fine for inbound speed. but I need >to regularly move large files to FTP, and it's becoming an issue.

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Giving away / Selling old stuff
by Jeffrey Watts 01 May '08

01 May '08

A lot of stuff moved quickly, but I still have about half of it left. Here's what I still have. Sorry to impose again on the list. Jeffrey. 785 dash 550 dash 5689 > STUFF I'M ASKING MONEY FOR > > --- PC systems --- > * Dual PentiumII 300mHz SMP system, Tyan Thunder 2 S1696D motherboard, > Adaptec PCI SCSI card, Trident ISA video card, has memory but not sure > how much, SCSI CDROM, two internal PATA hard drives (one is a WD, > other is a Seagate I think). This was my server for a long time, was > a really sweet system back when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Floppy > drive, midtower case with 235W PS. $15 > > --- Sun Microsystems --- > * Sun SPARCclassic $10 > * Sun SPARCstation IPX $10 > * Sun SPARCstation IPX $10 > * Sun SPARCstation 5 $20 (with free Sun oddball keyboard) > * Sun model 411 external hard drive enclosure, 50pin HD scsi > interface, has ST31200N 1.2gb Seagate hard drive inside. $10 > (I believe all of the systems above can run Linux without problems) > > --- Silicon Graphics, Inc --- > * Indy Workstation $25 > * Indy Workstation $25 > * Indy Workstation $25 > * Indy Workstation $25 > * Two SGI serial mice, two SGI keyboards (normal PC layout), one > Indycam - free to the first people to buy Indys. > (The Indys can run Linux, but I don't believe they can run X) > > --- Workstation monitors --- > * SGI labeled grey 17" Sony Trinitron monitor. This uses the RGB > interface that the Indys and Suns use. Very nice CRT, Trinitrons > rule. Matches the Indys. $15 > * Unmarked beige 17" Sony Trinitron monitor. This uses the RGB > interface that the Indys and Suns use. See above about ruling. > Neutral in color, matches the Suns. $15 > > --- SCSI --- > * Buslogic BT-958 SCSI-3 internal PCI adapter. Fully supported Linux > back before it was cool to do so, not like those Adaptec a-holes. > SCSI-3 and SCSI-2 internal jacks, 68-pin external. $5 > > > FREE STUFF BELOW > > --- Optical Drives --- > * Acer 50x CDROM > * Sony CDU701 CDROM > * Toshiba TXM3501E1 EXTERNAL SCSI CDROM. Uses cartridges, Centronics > interface. > > --- Modems --- > * Actiontec 56k PCI Call Waiting modem (Linux fully supported, not a winmodem) > * US Robotics 128k ISDN modem - also does 56k - EXTERNAL, serial > interface. Comes with all cables and power supply. Really slick > modem, fully works under Linux, as it's external and speaks AT. > > --- Speakers --- > * Altec Lansing 4:1 speaker system (left, right, 2 satellite, subwoofer). > > --- Networking --- > * 8-port 10baseT hub (not switch, hub) with power supply > * 3Com EtherLink III 3C509-TPO ISA 10baseT networking card. Very nice > ISA networking card. > * 3Com EtherLink III 3C509-TPO ISA 10baseT networking card. Very nice > ISA networking card. > > --- Graphics --- > * Matrox Mystique PCI graphics adapter > * Cirrus Logic GD5422 ISA graphics adapter. Great for old systems > where you need a console, but not X. > > --- Oddball --- > * CueCat barcode reader, apparently has been hacked to work under Linux. -- "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine -- "He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine

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