KCLUG January 2011

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Re: Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive Mobile Hotspot
by Jonathan Hale 22 Jan '11

22 Jan '11

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Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive Mobile Hotspot
by Jim Herrmann 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

I got my Overdrive hotspot tonight, and I promised to write up an impression. So far, it's so so. I had to charge it all the way before it would come on. That's OK as it charged pretty fast. I followed the start up instructions and got the network and password changed, the software updated, no problem. The web interface is pretty nice. When it first came up it would only connect to 3G. I had to get into the setup and tell it to connect to 4G Only, and then it found a 4G connection. I started doing bandwith tests at speedtest.net using the KCMO server. The first one was pretty miserable, at 0.73MB up and 0.48MB down. That was lame. I put the modem in the window a little further, and I got it to do 1.3M up and 0.92 down. I plugged it in and the speed jumped to 3.5M down but 0.6M up. So, it really helps to have it plugged in and in the window. I'll let you know more once I try it out in some various locations. OBTW, I tested my RR connection to compare and I got 4.5M down, but only 0.29M up. So the 4G is better on the upload. That's all for now, Jim

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4G Cards
by Jim Herrmann 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

What Spring 4G cards work with Linux? I am making the bold assumption that there must be someone on here that knows this off the top of their head. :-) It appears that 3G is well supported, albeit with some USB tweaks. But I'm not hopeful from what I've found for drivers getting 4G speeds being supported on Linux. Help me choose. Thanks, Jim

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Re: 4G Cards
by Jonathan Hale 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

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Re: 4G Cards
by Jonathan Hale 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

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Re: 4G Cards
by Jonathan Hale 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

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robots.txt question
by Jonathan Hutchins 17 Jan '11

17 Jan '11

I'm wondering about the syntax. The example file from drupal uses the format Disallow: /aggregator However, it says in the comments that only the root /robots.txt file is valid. >From my understanding of the syntax, /aggregator does not block /foo/aggregator, so I need to either prepend "/foo" to everything, or use wildcards per the new google/webcrawler extensions to the protocol. If anybody can cite an on-line example that explains I'd be grateful.

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Looking for a Systems builder
by Michienne Dixon 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

We are looking to replace our mail appliance. I am currently taking bids on a new mail server and LDAP system that will be a Xen guest in a clustered environment. Please contact me off list for more information. - Michienne Dixon Network Administrator liNKCity 312 Armour Rd. North Kansas City, MO 64116 www.linkcity.org <http://www.linkcity.org/> (816) 412-7990

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new supercomputing metric: gigaflops per watt
by David Nicol 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

The air force has wired together almost two thousand playstations at wright-pat. The article doesn't say what OS they're using, or if they're running code on the graphics chips. http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/12/air-force-playstation-3-supercomp… -- “The aeroplane is fatally defective. It is merely a toy—a sporting play-thing. It can never become commercially practical." -- Nikola Tesla

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