[ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread javadayaz
Hi all, virgin have recently upgraded me to superhub so i now have a wireless router surplus to needs. I was thinking of connecting the surplus wifi router wireless to my hub and then connect to a xbox 360. I saw some tutorial in win7 to create a bridge but id rather run it in ubuntu. I hope th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Colin Law
On 24 November 2012 14:22, javadayaz wrote: > Hi all, > > virgin have recently upgraded me to superhub so i now have a wireless router > surplus to needs. > > I was thinking of connecting the surplus wifi router wireless to my hub and > then connect to a xbox 360. > > I saw some tutorial in win7 t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Matt Wheeler
On 24 November 2012 14:22, javadayaz wrote: > I was thinking of connecting the surplus wifi router wireless to my hub and > then connect to a xbox 360. I assume you mean you want to connect the two routers together wirelessly > I saw some tutorial in win7 to create a bridge but id rather run it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread javadayaz
I have a router upstairs ok..i have a spare router which i want to connect to the 360,..and then use that router to connect to net? make sense now? On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Colin Law wrote: > On 24 November 2012 14:22, javadayaz wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > virgin have recently upgraded

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread javadayaz
ok so this looks like a bit long winded.. can i then, connect my laptop to a 360 with an ethernet cable to use its connection? Im assuming some sort of "share internet" option is available in Ubuntu? Rgs Javad On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Matt Wheeler wrote: > On 24 November 2012 14:22, j

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Colin Law
On 24 November 2012 14:33, javadayaz wrote: > I have a router upstairs ok..i have a spare router which i want to connect > to the 360,..and then use that router to connect to net? > make sense now? Yes, it was the reference to Win7 and Ubuntu that confused me as that doesn't seem to have anythin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Barry Drake
On 24/11/12 14:52, Colin Law wrote: What make/mode/version is it? Have you checked in its manual whether it can operate as a bridge without hacking? With some routers you just have to set it up appropriately. Colin I think I've done what is required. I have two routers. One is connected str

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Matt Wheeler
On 24 November 2012 14:36, javadayaz wrote: > ok so this looks like a bit long winded.. > can i then, connect my laptop to a 360 with an ethernet cable to use its > connection? Im assuming some sort of "share internet" option is available in > Ubuntu? Yes, click on the networking indicator and cl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] creating a wireless bridge

2012-11-24 Thread Alan Pope
On 24/11/12 14:22, javadayaz wrote: I hope this make sense..so can anyone suggest something that will help me here? Not answering your question but if you have a spare wifi access point/router I'd disable the one in the SuperHub because it's utter garbage. Set the SuperHub to "Modem Only" mo

[ubuntu-uk] NFSv4 on new 12.04 server?

2012-11-24 Thread LeeGroups
Chaps, I've recently upgraded my home server and moved to 12.04, but I'm having an issue with NFSv4, in that it's running really slowly, sub 1MB/sec transfer rate... The old server (a little Viglen with an external USB hard drive) averaged 2.9MB/sec, which while a little slow I could live wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NFSv4 on new 12.04 server?

2012-11-24 Thread Simon Greenwood
My immediate response would be to check the speed of the USB drive against a share on the internal disk (assuming you still have the USB drive attached). Also make sure that DNS is resolving correctly and that the Eee knows about the client end. Also check the speed of your network interfaces. s/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] NFSv4 on new 12.04 server?

2012-11-24 Thread Matthew Daubney
Need more information :) How are you connecting to the server (Wired/Wireless N/G), what is the drive you're writing too, how fast does it copy internally? What is the exports line? -Matt Daubney On 24 November 2012 19:41, Simon Greenwood wrote: > My immediate response would be to check the sp