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Kevin, diald needs to be reconfigured because XP is quite promiscuous! Without hacking the diald configuration, my ISP is being dialed as soon as it goes down. Auto dialing from the XP does not do this, presumably because it is already configured properly. I will need to sniff the packets to see what is going across my network, as all I have turned on is TCP/IP. Can't think what XP is doing, other than trying to find a way home... Cheers, Matthew kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx> on 19/01/2002 18:46:07 Please respond to list@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Re: [LUG] Just Curious? hi matthew, what needs configuring RE diald - is it because the XP box does not fire up the link? as a quick answer - i downloded the dial control panel from debian called dialdcost - then i made this available via a vnc session to anyone on the network - it works fine because you can set it to dial on demand - or force it up continuously - or quickly shut the link etc. HTH kev matthew.gibbons@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Kevin, We're actually using Office 2000 with XP, but that is only because I didn't
have
the installables for Open Office 6.0. I actually use Open Office on my laptop (which is running Linux - my own distribution). I take your point about connecting XP direct to the internet, but needs must at the moment. I run diald on my firewall, and this works fine when only running Linux, but needs to be reconfigured because of the XP box. I need to do some packet analysis - anyone know of some good tools? Cheers, Matthew kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx> on 15/01/2002 21:00:17 Please respond to list@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: Re: [LUG] Just Curious? hi mathew, even if your wife is only happy with XP you could still benefit from open source software - i'd be interested to know how openoffice 6 for windows compares. be careful about connecting the XP machine directly to the internet - see http://grc.com/default.htm BTW - there are two great tools on the site for testing firewalls under the shields up link - i managed a clean sweep - nothing to show [for now anyway :o) ]. i'd be interested in anyone else's firewalls results - or any windows machine's results. i'll test out the firewall at work (windows SBS) and post the results, kev matthew.gibbons@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Small network, Frodo: 750MHz Athlon, 768MB, 40GB, DVD, CD/RW, Windows/XP Bilbo: 166MHz Pentium, 64MB, 4GB, My own Linux 2.4.8, CVS, DHCP, DNS, FTP (ProFTPd), HTTP (Apache), NNTP, SMTP (Qmail) Sting: 166MHz Pentium, 64MB, 4GB, My own Linux 2.4.8, NetFilter, PPP, Squid, Diald Smaug: 750MHz Pentium Laptop (Toshiba Tecra 8100), 256MB, 10GB, DVD, My own Linux 2.4.17 Yes, I did buy Windows/XP Home Edition, and to be honest, I really like it.
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that is a high accolade, considering my feelings about free software. My wife can't run Linux. I've tried everything I can to get her to use it, but italwayscauses a problem somewhere along the line, which she is unable to cope with.
It
is not that she couldn't learn, she just doesn't have the time. She's a user, and Windows/XP is a user's operating system. If anyone is interested, I might post a review of Windows/XP. Flames? :-) Cheers, Matthew -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.-- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.
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