Re: Modem MACs and how ISPs view them, was Re: on the verge of …

2021-03-09 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, March 09, 2021 03:54:18 PM David Wright wrote: > On Tue 09 Mar 2021 at 08:12:47 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have DSL service, and a spare modem that I've occasionally put in > > service (for testing the "main" modem) and have not had to notify the > > ISP. (They were both

Re: Modem MACs and how ISPs view them, was Re: on the verge of …

2021-03-09 Thread IL Ka
t with PPP on top of it). PPPoE. In bridge mode you run PPP on your PC and MAC address may be important (sometimes it is not not, if your ISP uses PAP or CHAP to authenticate you). In router mode PPP runs on your modem and PC MAC address is irrelevant. Most ISPs in my country prefer to run

Re: Modem MACs and how ISPs view them, was Re: on the verge of …

2021-03-09 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
My sanity requires top-posting: See your very last sentence: You go to an HTTP port at a non-routable address which should be on the box. Usually on a yellow sticker. Now I've never tried to program that interaction but I bet it could be done. For comparison, biggish Juniper routers are configured

Modem MACs and how ISPs view them, was Re: on the verge of …

2021-03-09 Thread David Wright
Change of topic overdue: On Tue 09 Mar 2021 at 00:12:40 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > David Wright composed on 2021-03-08 22:37 (UTC-0600): > > On Sun 07 Mar 2021 at 21:37:37 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Having != connected. The extras are spares. :) > > > I realise that, but if your servi

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
On 16/10/2020, Brett Gilio wrote: > "Susmita/Rajib" writes: > >> So far as I am concerned I have temporarily put the thread to rest. > > Stay well, these are hard times. We only have each other. > > Best ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ...

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: Dan Ritter , debian-user@lists.debian.org "Susmita/Rajib" writes: ... ... [snipped] ... ...

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Brett Gilio
"Susmita/Rajib" writes: > So far as I am concerned I have temporarily put the thread to rest. Stay well, these are hard times. We only have each other. Best -- Brett M. Gilio bre...@gnu.org https://brettgilio.com/ E82A C026 95D6 FF02 43CA 1E5C F6C5 2DD1 BA27 CB87

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Brett Gilio
"Susmita/Rajib" writes: > Having studied physics I have come across many epoch-making twists > when established mathematicians of their eras have been dethroned by > new experiments and subsequently new invention/discoveries. > > I continue to remember that we are only slightly evolved irrational

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Dan Ritter Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:16:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Dan Ritter
... > > But Sir, I have a living example in openwrt and routers based on it. > Also dispatch-proxy as a crude first step. And they work for multiple > ISPs and VPN. If they could do it, then why not GNU/Linux including > Debian? We could have software routing devices

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Dan Ritter Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:54:29 -0400 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Dan Ritter
ndow is not in seconds, but in packets. > Next: > [Quote] > ... A virtual packet-holding > memory defined in systems to have the packets fit in their intended > places. > [/Quote] > This part must surely need improvement. Otherwise, restrictions of > data transmission spee

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
he idea of "TCP window" would have been non-existant... Next: [Quote] ... A virtual packet-holding memory defined in systems to have the packets fit in their intended places. [/Quote] This part must surely need improvement. Otherwise, restrictions of data transmission speeds over mult

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Dan Ritter
or destroy it. If the packet goes to the best available path, it is now the next inspector's problem. If the packet goes to a siding, it may be put on the right path soon, but if the siding fills up, it will be destroyed. The destruction of the packet is the second source of packet loss

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- From: Dan Ritter Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:42:45 -0400 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org On 15/10/2020, Dan Ritter wrote

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > -- Received message -- > From: Dan Ritter > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:46:25 -0400 > Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster > internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed > Lap- /Desk- t

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread tomas
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 09:04:47AM +0100, Tixy wrote: [...] > I just put these things down to cultural differences [...] Exactly. This mailing list's cultural scope is broad, to put it mildly. I, for my part, am reminded how rude "our" (some non-exclusive, but also non-exhaustive subset of time

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-15 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2020-10-14 at 17:55 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 14 oct 20, 15:31:14, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > > To, > > The Team User, > > debian-user@lists.debian.org, > > Debian.org > > > > My dear illustrious Team User Leaders, > > > > Good afternoon, leaders. > > Hello, > > The debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Dan Ritter Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:46:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Nicholas Geovanis Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:57:41 -0500 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib , Debian Users ML

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Recieved message -- From: Andrei POPESCU Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:55:33 +0300 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
different ways than you will. On Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 9:21 AM Susmita/Rajib wrote: > -- Received message -- > From: Dan Ritter > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:17:25 -0400 > Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster > internet access, using in parallel mul

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
olleague, not a superior). Addressing us with such formality is... hilarious :) > My post at the Debian Forums may please be perused here: > Faster internet access by parallelly using multiple ISPs > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=147081#p727593 > > There's a softwar

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Dan Ritter
Susmita/Rajib wrote: > -- Received message -- > Wow! Unbelievable, Dr. Ritter, but I understood your line of reasoning. I don't think my family has a Dr. Ritter in it, although several of my cousins have doctorates (medical, ceramic engineering, physics...) > Okay, but then some

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Dan Ritter Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:17:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops? To: Susmita/Rajib Cc: debian-user

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Dan Ritter
ve multiple USB ports in our laptops/dektops, and smartphones > with USB ports and opportunity for USB tethering and internet access > from the smartphone's mobile Network provider using SIM cards. > > I wish to use two ISPs, i.e., two snartphones in USB teethering, and > com

Re: Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
-- Received message -- From: Nicholas Geovanis Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:22:56 -0500 Subject: Re: Has Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops To: Susmita/Rajib , Debian Users ML Debian

Re: Has Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops

2020-10-14 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
e Team User, > debian-user@lists.debian.org, > Debian.org > > My dear illustrious Team User Leaders, > > Good afternoon, leaders. > > My post at the Debian Forums may please be perused here: > Faster internet access by parallelly using multiple ISPs > http://forums.d

Have Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops?

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
To, The Team User, debian-user@lists.debian.org, Debian.org My dear illustrious Team User Leaders, Good afternoon, leaders. My post at the Debian Forums may please be perused here: Faster internet access by parallelly using multiple ISPs http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14

Has Debian developers contemplated means of faster internet access, using in parallel multiple ISPs from Debian installed Lap- /Desk- tops

2020-10-14 Thread Susmita/Rajib
To, The Team User, debian-user@lists.debian.org, Debian.org My dear illustrious Team User Leaders, Good afternoon, leaders. My post at the Debian Forums may please be perused here: Faster internet access by parallelly using multiple ISPs http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14

dispatch-proxy : a means of faster internet access using multiple ISPs from laptops -- has anyone used it?

2020-10-06 Thread Susmita/Rajib
To, The Team User, debian-user@lists.debian.org, Debian.org My dear illustrious Team User Leaders, Good afternoon, leaders. My post at the Debian Forums may please be perused here: Faster internet access by parallelly using multiple ISPs http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14

Bonding of two or more DSL connections, possibly multiple ISPs with a data center grade endpoint

2011-08-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I'm considering options to bond multiple DSL connections. I'm not looking at load balancing, but true bonding. This is a link that describes what I would like to be able to achieve: http://www.fusionbroadband.com.au/virtual_fibre.php - refers to a bonding link as part of this What I

Re: 2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box

2008-04-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:26:22PM +0800, John Marvin L. Magsino wrote: > i have 2 ISPs ( 2 routers which act as a gateway) and a debian Box running > Apache + PHP + Mysql. what i wanted to do is to make the debian box port > forwarded to both the ISPs.

Re: [OT] openWRT (was: 2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box)

2008-04-23 Thread Alex Samad
it should have a look here for a list http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 03:37:53PM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > biaAlex Samad wrote: > [snip] > > I would also suggest make the adsl modem (routers?) in bridged mode

[OT] openWRT (was: 2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box)

2008-04-23 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 biaAlex Samad wrote: [snip] > I would also suggest make the adsl modem (routers?) in bridged mode and > firewall up the debian box and do it all there. Similiar to what I have done. > The only > difference right now is i use openwrt (linux distro for

Re: 2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box

2008-04-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 08:55:40AM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > > * From: "John Marvin L. Magsino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > would there be a way for me to serve my debian box application using the > > 2 public IPs > > search the net for lartc > > (for example, you could use two diffe

Re: 2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box

2008-04-21 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
> * From: "John Marvin L. Magsino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > would there be a way for me to serve my debian box application using the 2 > public IPs search the net for lartc (for example, you could use two different ip on the debian box and use source routing) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

2 ISPs ( 2 gateways) and a Debian Box

2008-04-21 Thread John Marvin L. Magsino
J, thanks for the rep. It worked for now... i'm still monitoring the anacron you told me. anyways, i was wondering if anyone can help me again with another problem i have right now. i dont know if somebody Did this. i have 2 ISPs ( 2 routers which act as a gateway) and a debian Box ru

Re: Exim4, ISPs and headers

2008-02-26 Thread cothrige
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have a look at my headers, should be the same (I am using a similar > setup with postfix). Didn't have any troubles so far (though I am > subscribed to the whitelist for Debian lists). Cool. I guess I picked the wrong week to clean out my mailboxes

Re: Exim4, ISPs and headers

2008-02-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 06:24:32PM -0600, cothrige wrote: [...] > Should I be concerned about these headers? If so, how can I address > changing this behaviour. Should exim4 be hiding the local address even > in these rather than just the from? Have a look at my headers, should be the same (I

Exim4, ISPs and headers

2008-02-26 Thread cothrige
I recently took a look at the headers of some of my mail I sent to my yahoo account from my ISP mail account, and saw some odd stuff which made me wonder if perhaps my setup is goofed up. I am curious if perhaps something like this may cause my mail to be seen as spam or the like, and thought I w

exim.conf for the man with two ISPs

2002-10-22 Thread Dan Jacobson
at second ISP has no SMTP server, so I thought of a neat rule that would cover both ISPs: first try to deliver an email directly, then if rejected ("we don't accept mail from known dialups", etc.), try thru myisp.com... how does one write that? BTW, my setup is fine but sometimes

RE: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-11 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| Cox Cable did the same thing with port 80 soon after Code Red | struck. Yet another reason why I hate MSFT and lusers. | | At the same time, they decided to be really anal and block port | 25, too. Bah! | >From the COX support pages FAQ Question: What ports do you block? Answer: We blo

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-10 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Gerald Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 10 October 2002, 04:35 PM -0500): > On 10 Oct 2002 11:24:36 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 14:22, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:13:42 +0200 > > > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445? - att

2002-10-10 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya attbi is trying to prevent users from running servers at home ( think its a hopeless problem but they can keep trying i say, sooner or later, tv signals from lot more tv viewers will pay the price since they all share the same cable... ( another il-concieved idea?? - good enough for now

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 04:35:36PM -0500, Gerald Livingston wrote: > Time Warner blocked 80 here but they are polite enough to scan 25 for > open relays. From the rejected messages in Exim it appears that if they > find one they will at least inform you before locking it down. (Messages > deleted

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-10 Thread Gerald Livingston
On 10 Oct 2002 11:24:36 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 14:22, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:13:42 +0200 > > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I know it's rather silly to reply on your on post, but I did some > > more research...

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 14:22, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:13:42 +0200 > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This is slightly offtopic, but I didn't got a relevant answer in other > > places, so I thought lets ask my debian friends ;) > > > > I had my apache

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-09 Thread Michael Heironimus
$ products are so enlightend to choose a blank admin password, this > is a security issue. Right, I think it's SMB file sharing without NetBIOS. Some ISPs block off the netbios ports for the same reason. I don't know of any other standard services running on those ports, so it&#

Re: ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-09 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:13:42 +0200 Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is slightly offtopic, but I didn't got a relevant answer in other > places, so I thought lets ask my debian friends ;) > > I had my apache listening on port 445 for https connections, this > worked perfect

ISPs are blocking port 445?

2002-10-09 Thread Tim Dijkstra
Hi, This is slightly offtopic, but I didn't got a relevant answer in other places, so I thought lets ask my debian friends ;) I had my apache listening on port 445 for https connections, this worked perfectly for a long time. Today I got a message from a user stating that he couldn't get a con

Re: sending mail when connected via different ISPs

2002-05-08 Thread Dougie Nisbet
> > Great. This will be simple. > It's looking good. Thanks for the tips. If this message works, then it's looking very promising. Dougie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sending mail when connected via different ISPs

2002-05-08 Thread dman
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 05:40:01PM +0100, Dougie Nisbet wrote: | My ISP (uklinux) allows me to send mail via their servers when | logged connected from a different ISP, as long as I provide | authorisation. Great. This will be simple. | I can't figure out how to set things up to do this. I

sending mail when connected via different ISPs

2002-05-08 Thread Dougie Nisbet
thost smarthost: driver = domainlist transport = remote_smtp route_list = "* mail.btinternet.com bydns_a" end BTInternet is my usual connection, but now I'm connecting a lot more to different ISPs. I would like to set things up to always send mai

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-31 Thread Brad
On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:00:13AM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > > I'd be interested to see what they plan on doing. If it's as simple > as 'startx -- :1' to get rid of the advertisements, how can they > convince their advertisers that the ads will be seen? Nah, have some fun with it! Install blas

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 09:24:03PM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: > Keep an eye on this site. > > http://beta.freei.net/ > > Click on beta release. Not sure how soon they'll have a linux port to > test. > > fred > > -- > > Using Linux > > > >

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread John Bagdanoff
Keep an eye on this site. http://beta.freei.net/ Click on beta release. Not sure how soon they'll have a linux port to test. fred -- Using Linux

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 09:53:37AM -0700, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > --- Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 04:48:16AM -0700, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > > > > > As for Freewwweb, STAY AWAY. They have no clue how to run a SMTP > > > server. I get ALL of my ma

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread Jonathan Markevich
--- Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 04:48:16AM -0700, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > > > As for Freewwweb, STAY AWAY. They have no clue how to run a SMTP > > server. I get ALL of my mail bounced back to me because they > don't > > have a record of valid dial-up IP

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread Chris Gray
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 04:48:16AM -0700, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > As for Freewwweb, STAY AWAY. They have no clue how to run a SMTP > server. I get ALL of my mail bounced back to me because they don't > have a record of valid dial-up IP assignments. (e.g. This message was > cut and pasted

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-30 Thread Jonathan Markevich
> I just subscribed to this list about five minutes ago, because I need to get > a free ISP account going under my Debian Slink. I don't care who it's with > (excite, xoom, etc), as long as I can get it to work. I think the problem is > that I need the DNS nameservers (or at least with PPPconfi

Re: Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-27 Thread Kent West
Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > I just subscribed to this list about five minutes ago, because I need to get > a free ISP account going under my Debian Slink. I'm not sure how subscribing to this list helps you get a free ISP account going, unless all you need is the answer to finding the

Getting free ISPs to work

2000-05-27 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I just subscribed to this list about five minutes ago, because I need to get a free ISP account going under my Debian Slink. I don't care who it's with (excite, xoom, etc), as long as I can get it to work. I think the problem is that I need the DNS nameservers (or at least with PPPconfig)

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-12 Thread jchristensen
On 11 Mar, Joel Roth wrote: >> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Jason Christensen wrote: >> >> Then I would be upset with my provider, as much of my mail would never be >> delivered. Most of the net will refuse to propogate mail from a non-secure >> server. (I've had this experience before) > > I don't under

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-12 Thread Joel Roth
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Jason Christensen wrote: > > Then I would be upset with my provider, as much of my mail would never be > delivered. Most of the net will refuse to propogate mail from a non-secure > server. (I've had this experience before) I don't understand what your problem is with using

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-11 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Jason Christensen wrote: > Do you know for a fact that the SMTP servers at both your ISPs are > configured to NOT relay mail. Perhaps one of the servers will work for > both connections. Then I would be upset with my provider, as much of my mail would never be

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-11 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, David Wright wrote: > > Is there anything to prevent you running two instances of Pine, one > pointing to each ISP's server? > If you run two instances of Pine on the same mailbox, one or both get forced into read-only mode, so you can't reply :-( Luck, Dwarf

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-10 Thread Jason Christensen
Do you know for a fact that the SMTP servers at both your ISPs are configured to NOT relay mail. Perhaps one of the servers will work for both connections. It's not necessarily a good thing as it indicates that one or both of your ISPs are not spam conscious, however it would save you a l

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-10 Thread John Hasler
Jason Christensen wrote: > The script could look at another file (/etc/resolv.conf maybe) for domain > info that was set by your connection software. I know that dhcpcd sets > the domain in my resolv.conf. I'm not sure what pppd does as it has been > a couple of years since I have used it. Pppconf

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-10 Thread David Wright
Quoting Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > This is "last resort" as I don't want to have to restart pine every time > the link changes. > Switching back and forth between the two ISPs, while not difficult is a > bit obnoxious. It would be much nicer to ha

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
gives me a configuration for my EarthLink account, while loging in as dwarf gives a pine that uses the server at TalStar. Whichever account the machine is currently logged into, that user's pine will function correctly while the other one will not. Switching back and forth between the two IS

Re: Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-09 Thread Jason Christensen
How handy are you with text processing scripting languages (i.e. Perl, awk, etc.)? My thought is that you could create a script that edits your .pinerc file prior to starting pine. The script could look at another file (/etc/resolv.conf maybe) for domain info that was set by your connection softwa

Configuring Pine for multiple ISPs

2000-03-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
I just added a second ISP to my resources, and I can seem to manage everything but smtp for pine. In the pine configuration there is a slot to put the smtp server, but I can only use the server provided by the ISP that I am logged into at the time, as neither one allows relays. I can reconfigure ev

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-09 Thread Nitebirdz
Jan, The first IP address worked fine for me. I did not try the second one though. You can give it a try yourself. Go to the command prompt, and enter this: nslookup [ENTER] server 193.189.224.2 [ENTER] www.yahoo.com [ENTER] The abovementioned DNS server (193.189.224.2) will

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-08 Thread Joe Block
le slower at first than using a forwarder, but the entries you use will stay in cache and you won't have to deal with the hassles of screwed up setups at your isp. Just make sure you have a valid root cache file (which was installed when you installed bind iirc) and you should be fine. I st

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread John Hasler
ice, though, your old ISP's servers will work fine with the new ISP. Just leave them as is until you decide what you are going to do. > I am wondering if there are other people who have had to keep two (or > more ISPs) and what other things they have had to configure, setup, > etc. f

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Jan Ludewig
On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 09:13:14AM -0600, Nitebirdz wrote: > Salman, > > As far as I know, DNS servers are public. In other words, you can > contact them to resolve domains no matter which ISP you are connecting > with. I have been configuring my resolv.conf for DNS servers that do not unf

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Nitebirdz
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > I am currently in the process of evaluating a new ISP. The problem I am > > having is with the nameserver settings in /etc/resolv.conf. > > Ok. > > > Currently there are two entries in

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-11-07 Thread Nitebirdz
f but only two of them > are "valid" depending on which ISP I am connecting to/from ?? > > I am wondering if there are other people who have had to keep two (or more > ISPs) and what other things they have had to configure, setup, etc. for the > different ISPs ?? >

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Eric G . Miller writes: > Before filing a bug, make sure one of the two ISP configurations is named > "provider". That would not cause a segfault. If it did it would still be a bug. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 10:38:11PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Salman Ahmed writes: > > /usr/bin/pon: line 2: 1890 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call > > ${1:-provider} > > Exit 139 > > You should file a bug against ppp. Before filing a bug, make sure one of the two ISP configurations is

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread aphro
you can add the other ips, i think you can have a max of 4. but unless the isps are controlling access to their DNS (most don't for normal queries) there's no need to add the other ips if your just using as a temp measure. nate [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Salman Ahmed writes: > /usr/bin/pon: line 2: 1890 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call > ${1:-provider} > Exit 139 You should file a bug against ppp. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread John Hasler
ISP I am connecting to/from ?? Just leave your resolv.conf as it is while you evaluate the new ISP. Only the first nameserver that works will be used, and the resolver won't pay any attention to any after the first three in any case. > I am wondering if there are other people who have had to

Re: managing multiple ISPs

1999-10-29 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I am currently in the process of evaluating a new ISP. The problem I am > having is with the nameserver settings in /etc/resolv.conf. Ok. > Currently there are two entries in /etc/resolv.conf for my present ISP > (Interlog). > > Shoul

Re: ISPs

1999-06-10 Thread Andrew Holmes
Hi, I'm with Force9 and although they don't officially support Linux, they do have an FAQ and several of the users are using Linux. They also have a linux server where you can get a shell and you have a cgi-bin directory to play with. The address is www.force9.co.uk, give them a go. -- Andy Hol

Re: ISPs

1999-06-09 Thread Joey Hess
Robert wrote: > Dont forget your small neighborhood ISP's. The smaller they are the better > the service and the more knowledgeable (most of the time?) the employees. > Robert Tremendously good advice. If you know your ISP's sysadmin, you're set. (If he's a debian developer, you're _really_ set. I

Re: ISPs

1999-06-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 08 Jun 1999, F.P. Groeneveld wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > : Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users? I'm using AOL, > : which doesn't support Linux, and there aren't any Linux ISPs in my area. > : It'd make it a lot easier on me fo

Re: ISPs

1999-06-08 Thread F.P. Groeneveld
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users? I'm using AOL, : which doesn't support Linux, and there aren't any Linux ISPs in my area. : It'd make it a lot easier on me for upgrading if I could get onto the : internet. Does anyone know o

Re: ISPs

1999-06-04 Thread Jonathan Guthrie
On 3 Jun 1999, Colin Marquardt wrote: > Starting with pppd-2.3.7, you don?t even need the DNS addresses. Search > for the option "usepeerdns" in /usr/doc/ppp/README.gz and take a look > at /usr/doc/ppp/examples/scripts/ip-up.local.add This only works if the other end is set up to give you the DNS

Re: ISPs

1999-06-02 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Michael Procario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > support site, but you do not even need those. You need the DNS server > addresses and the phone number. I use wvdial (its comes with Debian) to do > the Starting with pppd-2.3.7, you don´t even need the DNS addresses. Search for the option "use

Re: ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Michael Procario
I use Netcom (now Mindspring) they have pages on using Linux buried in their support site, but you do not even need those. You need the DNS server addresses and the phone number. I use wvdial (its comes with Debian) to do the dialup and it is very simple. _

Re: ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Kent West
Linux. In other words, Mindspring, Concentric, Verio, > >Netcom ... all work just fine. > > > > > > > >On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users? I'm using AOL, > which > >> doesn't s

Re: ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Robert
o >allows their users some access to the internet. > >2. Any ISP that does not require proprietary software to connect should >work just fine with Linux. In other words, Mindspring, Concentric, Verio, >Netcom ... all work just fine. > > > >On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROT

Re: ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Alec Smith
Any ISP which can use plain vanilla Windows Dialup Networking ought to (in general anyway) work. Examples I've used Netcom / Mindspring Earthlink AT&T MCI IBM Baby Bells (regional phone company) On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are there any nationwide ISPs arou

Re: ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 12:42:22PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users? I'm using AOL, which > doesn't support Linux, and there aren't any Linux ISPs in my area. It'd make > it a lot easier on me for upgrading if

ISPs

1999-06-01 Thread Morgoth3
Are there any nationwide ISPs around for Linux users? I'm using AOL, which doesn't support Linux, and there aren't any Linux ISPs in my area. It'd make it a lot easier on me for upgrading if I could get onto the internet. Does anyone know of anything like this? Colin Winters

Re: mutiple isps & proxy

1998-12-11 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > How do I detect which isp I am using, and automatically export the > correct proxy settings?? > > PS: I am not using pon & poff. I use my own dial up scripts... If you want to do it in an ip-up.d script, check the variable PPP_REMOTE. Perhaps something like: =-=-=-= #!/bin

mutiple isps & proxy

1998-12-10 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi all, How do I detect which isp I am using, and automatically export the correct proxy settings?? PS: I am not using pon & poff. I use my own dial up scripts... Thx Regards, Shao.

Re: Xisp and mutiple ISPs

1998-08-31 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
attle, then you need a nice interface to generate these files automatically and copy them to their respective locations before connecting to the desired ISP. And all of this needs to be doable by a user in the proper group, as well as root. Personally I'd have no problem with requiring r

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