Re: [techtalk] don't beat me up(:

2000-06-18 Thread Anne Forker
Hi, On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Jeff Frasca wrote: > Just to pick a nit, class A, B, and C address are all valid, however, > you are probably thinking of the reserved ranges within those classes. > > Class A IP Addresses run from 0.0.0.0-127.255.255.255 I think class A is merely the range 1.x.x.x - 1

Re: [techtalk] don't beat me up(:

2000-06-18 Thread Helena Verrill
I don't know much about this kind of stuff, but if you still have email access where you work, can't you use that to access the web? Or do the security measures or whatever prevent that too? There's a web page at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/ explaining how to get

Re: [techtalk] don't beat me up(:

2000-06-18 Thread Jeff Frasca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Anne Forker wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Jeff Frasca wrote: > > > Just to pick a nit, class A, B, and C address are all valid, however, > > you are probably thinking of the reserved ranges within those classes. > > > > Class A

Re: [techtalk] don't beat me up(:

2000-06-18 Thread Clair Mooza
Sounds like they are just using the proxy and not the firewall to restrict access to the web if you have some access to the web and you could surf before the proxy server was installed. I could be wrong though. You said you were using Microsoft. That's easy. Just go to tools (depending on whic

[techtalk] dialup problems RH 6.1, Corel, Caldera

2000-06-18 Thread Carla Schroder
Hello all, I've been testing the above 3 distros, and with every single one getting dial-up networking to work is a serious hassle. KPPP does not do the job, nor does the RH PPP dialer. For every one I have to dig into the guts of the system (hurrah for "Running Linux"!). In RH 6.1 I ha

Re: [techtalk] dialup problems RH 6.1, Corel, Caldera

2000-06-18 Thread Phil Savoie
Hi Carla, To be honest, I have been using RH6.0 through 6.2 and have no problems with ppp. I used the netcfg utility to set up the interface and ensure that iwas configured to come up at boot time. When I belonged to sprint, they would allow unlimited internet access in 5 hour increments. Once

Re: [techtalk] dialup problems RH 6.1, Corel, Caldera

2000-06-18 Thread Glen Strom
At 05:48 PM 6/18/00 -0700, Carla wrote: > As I have finally gotten connected with all 3, I was wondering if anyone >has some insights to offer. Is there a common procedure I am missing? Has >anyone gotten setup successfully just using KPPP or RH PPP dialer? Is it an >ISP thing? I had a t

[techtalk] Permissions

2000-06-18 Thread Carolyn Jarie Getter
Someone please tell me there exists an explanation of file and directory permissions that will make them make sense! I keep thinking that I understand them, but then I find myself in a tangle that I am sure is caused by improper permissions. (I am still -- after three months or so -- trying to

Re: [techtalk] Permissions

2000-06-18 Thread Robert Wade
Yes, Yes, there is =) : First, there are lots of neato tricks that people like us like to use to impress people such as 'chmod ug+rwx file' (which gives yourself and your group read, right, and execute access to 'file') but I'll try and give you some of the basics. btw, I'm not really one of thos