--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2300001 Date: 01/31/98 From: PAUL CLARKE Time: 10:17am \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 3 times) Subj: Windows 95 Network logon Hi Mike Bilow, hope you are having a nice day 25-Jan-98 04:30:11, Mike Bilow wrote to Paul Clarke Subject: Windows 95 Network logon MB> Paul Clarke wrote in a message to All: PC>> "Shut down - close all programs and log on as another user", then PC>> it will ask me for my name and password. MB> Delete all *.PWL files in WINDOWS\SYSTEM. -- Mike ohhh I've done that too! but its fixed. My version of Windows that came with my computer wasnt complete. So I borrowed a friends CD and all was well.. Ta Ta For Now! |) |aul Clarke -=> Sysop of the Black Hole BBS Link 2 --- Terminate 5.00/Pro * Origin: The Black Hole BBS [Link-2] (01204) 430315 (2:250/151.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400000 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:38pm \/To: JOHN W CAMPBELL (Read 3 times) Subj: W95 Network Problem Hello John! On Tue 27 Jan 1998 at 07:24 you wrote the following to William Hargrave: JWC> Thank-you for your help, your first suggestion was correct. When I JWC> checked the resistance of the cable it was 50ohm. When I moved one of JWC> the terminators, it reduced to 25. I guess cheap JWC> terminators/connectors tarnish. Glad you solved the problem :) Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: I don't who you are anymore. (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400001 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:39pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 3 times) Subj: TCP/IP, NT server and RAS Hello Mike! On Thu 29 Jan 1998 at 19:51 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: WH>> I suppose you could always put smbmount on the floppy, and WH>> mount it first... MB> Right. But Debain can even be installed over FTP and other non-NFS MB> protocols. Fine then :) Can't say i've ever used Debian. Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: You want to recreate it. (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400002 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:40pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 3 times) Subj: Upgrade Hello Mike! On Thu 29 Jan 1998 at 19:52 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: NC>> Do what I'm doing. Go to 16meg Token ring. =o) MB> I really hope that was a joke... Might as well go 100BaseTX... NC>> Anyone care to work out the theoretical and practical NC>> improvements in performance of 16meg Token Ring over 10base2 NC>> Ethernet? MB> Only until the bills arrive. Plus, IIRC the Linux support ain't great :-) Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: I'll take you over, there (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400003 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:47pm \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 3 times) Subj: TCP/IP, NT server and RAS Hello Mike! On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 20:52 you wrote the following to LEE ARONER: MB> If you are asking whether a particular distribution supports MB> installation onto a umsdos filesystem, then ths short answer is that I MB> don't know. The Debian installation utility is extremely flexible, so MB> I would not be surprised. I'm not a great fan of umsdos anyway. People should use a proper unkludged fs... Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: I'll take you over (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400004 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:49pm \/To: NEIL CROFT (Read 3 times) Subj: Upgrade Hello Neil! On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 07:15 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: WH>>>> Arcnet is very robust. It's not inherently unreliable. NC>>> It's still generally a co-ax. WH>> Yes, but any old coax will work over short distances.... NC> I've never seen a coax fail in the middle. I've seen dozens that fail NC> at the ends. I've seen coax fail in the middle when it was shut in a door.... ;-) NC>>> Do what I'm doing. Go to 16meg Token ring. =o) WH>> Apparently Arcnet was available in 100mbits??? NC> Pass. I know IBM are working on kilobit TR. Whoosh. I looked at the Arcnet specs, and it will go for miles, especially the twisted pair variety. Low speed backbone, anyone? ;-) WH>> Depends a lot on usage, I would think. NC> 3 or 4 PCs. IBM 16/4 ISA cards. AT&T Cat 5 wiring (No rubbish here NC> matey), vs 3Com Combo cards and a rough bit of coax I put in. No reason why the token ring shouldn't technically win I suppose. But on a cost basis? :-( Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: Here comes the flood (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400005 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:53pm \/To: NEIL CROFT (Read 3 times) Subj: RJ-45 # or Cond ? Hello Neil! On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 07:19 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: WH>> Fibre is so expensive at the moment though... NC> Fibre patches are absolutely obscene in price. I wonder how many you'd NC> have to use to warrant buying the kit to make your own. Even just the connectors - a bit of plastic - cost about 30 quid... WH>> ISTR FDDI is /another/ token ring type protocol... NC> It is indeed a token based system. I don't think it's a protocol NC> though. What's the layer above transport in the ISO OSI model? Uh. Don't know. But anyone here ever used CDDI? Just interested :-) Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: I don't know what I'm hungry for. (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400006 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 07:55pm \/To: NEIL CROFT (Read 3 times) Subj: X Hello Neil! On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 07:22 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: WH>> Pots. It would work considerably better over, say, 10 kilostream WH>> lines reverse multiplexed :) NC> I'm currently a fan of Frame Relay although 16meg SMDS looks quite NC> nice albeit v. expensive. Interesting fault yesterday. One of the FR Frame relay sounds interesting. Haven't got any info on it though. Linux has limited support, apparently. NC> links went down at work. C&W swore blind they had no alarm up but I NC> couldn't get the router paths up regardless of what I did. I even NC> went NC> and checked that no-one had pulled the cable out. NC> Turns out someone at C&W had re-assigned the bandwidth. Nice. We've currently got a situation with a new phone system - lines from C&W where modems will not connect... :( Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: I can't look it in the eyes (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400007 Date: 02/03/98 From: WILL HARGRAVE Time: 08:00pm \/To: NICHOLAS COAD (Read 3 times) Subj: TCP/IP, NT server and RAS Hello Nicholas! On Fri 30 Jan 1998 at 22:28 you wrote the following to Will Hargrave: WH>> I'd wait until you get the distribution - many will include these WH>> packages... NC> I figure I'll grab everything off the internet and try to install NC> across my lan. Know of a fast site where I can get the various NC> distributions. Depends where you are geographically, really. Check www.linux.org (IIRC) for starters. But if you're over a modem, a CD may be a better option. WH>> They can be network installed...but only if you have an nfs WH>> server in general (although some might support ftp) NC> nfs = novell file server ?? I'm only running a peer network here NC> without NT server (which would be replaced by Linux). NFS = Network File System. UN*X system for mounting drives etc. over a network. Usually over UDP/IP. WH>> This is Unix, it doesn't by default support featureless protocols WH>> designed for low powered DOS machines... ;-) NC> :) Right now I'm in the process of setting up my own DNS server to NC> host my domain (erkware.com). Thus far it seems fairly easy in NT SRV NC> 4, is it especially difficult with Linux? I can't compare the two, as I have never used NT4's DNS. But I don't think you'll have many problems, just copy the examples in the named manual page and/or the Linux Network Administrators Guide, and alter them. I didn't have many problems. As a top level domain, I think I'm right in thinking that you'll need two DNS servers. That said, there's nothing to stop you using IP Aliasing to run both on the same machine ;-) Will ====== Dave Carter for REC! ====== --- FMailX32 1.22 * Origin: 'You're so bitter,' your complaint (2:254/211.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 193 LAN Ref: F2400008 Date: 02/03/98 From: NEIL CROFT Time: 06:44am \/To: MIKE BILOW (Read 3 times) Subj: Upgrade Hiya Mike, On 01-02-98, whilst lying in the gutter of the information super highway, I heard Mike Bilow whispering to Neil Croft about Upgrade, MB> It's also far more expensive. It's very hard to make a business case MB> for it. "Well Boss, see that IBM 3174 over there...." =o) NC>> Total cost to me. Zilch. Nada. Nowt. Nothing. =o) MB> Well, that's an unusual case, then. Quite. NC>> True if I had to buy it it would be V. Expensive. MB> That's all I was saying. The fellow you to whom you wrote may not MB> have realized this rather critical bit of information. He would as soon as he spoke to the shop. Then again, what's that old saying? Nobody ever got sacked for buying IBM. =o) /| / neil.croft@capgemini.co.uk / |/eil =o) 2:250/410 @ fidonet --- * Origin: The Pillarbox BBS +44-1709-517224 (2:250/410)