Bug#320492: ITP: dhcp-helper -- A DHCP relay agent.
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: dhcp-helper Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Simon Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dhcp-helper * License : GPL Description : A DHCP relay agent. Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. It also relays replies from the remote servers back to partially configured hosts. Dhcp-helper requires a 2.2 or later Linux kernel. The "packet socket" facility must be available, either compiled into the kernel or as a module. The "Linux packet filter" is not required, which is the chief advantage of this software over the ISC DHCP relay daemon. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper. 1) Size /usr/sbin/dhcrelay3 size is 157240 octets /usr/sbin/dhcp-helper is 9924 octets 2) Kernel requirements dhcrelay3 needs the Linux Packet Filter Facility available in the kernel, dhcp-helper doesn't. This allows a smaller kernel. 3) Configuration dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests to whole-network broadcast, rather than having to know the IP address of the DHCP server. dhcrelay3 can't. dhcp-helper will work with more than one relay in series, dhcrelay won't. In general, dhcp-helper fits better on embedded-router type systems (which is what it was written for). Embeded Debian is a coming thing. HTH Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
Peter Samuelson wrote: [Simon Kelley] A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper. 1) Size 2) Kernel requirements 3) Configuration Yeah - this is the sort of thing to include in the long description. Except somewhat shorter than your email was. Otherwise none of these things will be obvious to anyone looking for a DHCP relay agent. Peter How about this: Description: A DHCP relay agent. Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. Dhcp-helper is much smaller than the more-common ISC dhcp3-relay package and it does not require the "Linux Packet Filter" facility to be present in the kernel. This makes it a good choice for use on small or embedded systems. Unlike dhcp3-relay, dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests as broadcasts, and does not therefore need to be configured with the IP address of the DHCP server, only the network in which it resides. Cheers, Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#149681: ITP: brag -- a script to download and assemble multipart binaries
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-06-11 Severity: wishlist * Package name: brag Version : 1.2.1 Upstream Author : Akos Polster: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://brag.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : a script to download and assemble multipart binaries Brag collects and assembles multipart binary attachements from newsgroups. This is a robust command-line tool, well suited to run as a cron job. FEATURES * Collects and downloads multipart binary attachements * Supported encodings: uuencode, MIME base64 and yenc * Filters messages using accept/reject patterns * Optionally saves message subjects * Supports NNTP authentication * Supports non-default NNTP ports * Can combine parts from different newsgroups or even different servers * Bulletproof: Restarts from the last successful operation, handles network errors and disk-full situations gracefully -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux desk 2.4.18 #3 Sat Mar 23 19:15:33 GMT 2002 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#248893: ITP: atmel-firmware -- Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: atmel-firmware Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Simon Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel/ * License : Proprietory - binary distribution allowed Description : Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips. The drivers for these chips in the Linux 2.6.x kernel do not include the firmware; this firmware needs to be loaded by the host on most cards using these chips. This package provides the firmware images which should be automatically loaded as needed by the hotplug system. It also provides a small loader utility which can be used to accomplish the same thing when hotplug is not in use. It has not been possible to persuade Atmel to release the source for this firmware, hence it is non-free and not included in the kernel drivers. This package will have to go on non-free for the same reason. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.3 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
