wireless networking problem
by Gerhard Magnus
I'm at my wits end trying to solve what I keep thinking is a simple
problem.
My old DSL modem doesn't have a wireless interface. It's connected to a
router (the LAN gateway) which then has ethernet connections to my
boxes. All of these computers use static IP addresses. The DSL modem is
assigned a dynamic IP address by my ISP.
I recently added a DIR-615 D-Link wireless router which connects to the
gateway router. I also have a netbook which I first configured with a
static IP address and the IP address of the gateway router. This worked
fine -- but, of course, I mostly use the netbook away from home, so I
reconfigured it to accept a dynamic IP address from whatever Starbucks
wireless network I'm connected to.
So now the netbook works fine, as long as I'm NOT connected to my own
LAN. When I'm at home connected to my LAN on the netbook I can get to
all the local computers fine -- but I can't reach the Internet.
The wireless router has an Internet --> WAN page in its setup that
includes a choice of Internet Connection Types: (1) Dynamic IP (DHCP),
which I can't use since the DSL modem has already taken the one IP
address assigned by my ISP;
(2) Static IP; (3) PPPoE; (4) PPTP; and (5) L2TP
Will any of these work? I'd appreciate some advice before I rush in and
start changing things without knowing what I'm doing...
13 years, 9 months
Processor Scalability and Linux
by Joshua C.
Hi,
I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take.
We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and
linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then
intel might have the lead. When it comes to scalability then amd is on
the move. You can check some recent reviews between i5–750/760 and
1055t/1090t for this. I DO NOT want to start a one–is–better
discussion here.
We know that in the windows world most of the apps aren’t optimized
for multicore processers. I think the windows OS isn’t optimized
either. Therefore the discussion goes down to “what are you going to
do with it? If you work with video (photoshop) then amd, else – maybe
intel”.
However I want to ask how well linux scales on multicore processors. I
know that maybe more that 90% of all internet servers are running with
some version of linux. But this doesn’t mean that linux scales better
than windows, because maybe the costs are at play here – Free (as in
Freedom) vs. $$. Most of the linux apps are compiled with GCC 4.xx.
Therefore it goes down to how well GCC is optimized for a multicore
processor.
My machine also must satisfy some other criteria:
1.) future–proof (that’s why an amd 6–core ???)
2.) must be environmental friendly (less watts) (that’s why an intel)
3.) good linux support (I’ll put intel here because I think their
overall support is better than amd. Remember the SB850 and how fast
amd responded? What about ati?)
Therefore I’m asking if a 6–core amd makes more sense in linux than in
windows? How well does linux scales?
--Joshua
PS. I’ll be happy to see some links with some results to support your answers.
13 years, 9 months
List of compatible USB-Audio devices
by Sam Varshavchik
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x319.html helpfully says:
"USB audio systems such as speakers normally comply with the USB audio class
specification. If your audio device does not comply with the specification,
it will not work with Linux at this time."
Googling doesn't help me finding an up to date list of USB audio hardware
that will play after I plug it in. Can someone share their recommendations
for something that I can plug into my USB port, and show up as a regular
audio device, usable by ALSA, Flash, etc… I need both audio in and audio
out.
Thanks!
13 years, 9 months
F13: Thunderbird 3.1.1 crashes alot, especially when it's idle?
by Dan Thurman
Seems there are quite a few bugs reported, but I
am not sure if I should send abrt bug reports or just
ignore it (clear the crash data) and wait for an update?
Anyone experiencing TB crashes, if so, is it often?
So far today, it crashed at least 8 times over a
couple of hours...
FWIW,
Dan
13 years, 9 months
Hi
by Árpád Attila Bakos
Hi!
I'm Arpad Attila Bakos, 25 years old guy interested in open-source software
and hardware,from Hungary.
Working as a repair technician at a world leader mobile phone company I've
met a Fedora ambassador, who adviced me to join FEL.
13 years, 9 months
GPM usage during system installation?
by Joachim Backes
Hi,
If installing fedora, it would be very helpful in some situations
(producing bug reports,...) if I could use GPM for copying the contents
of console windows -otherwise a painful typing for collecting text is
needed-. But I miss such a feature, especially if no camera is available.
Somebody has a solution for this problem?
--
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes(a)rhrk.uni-kl.de>
http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
13 years, 9 months
Converting flac to wav
by JD
Hi All,
I want to burn a bunch of flac files to a vanilla audio CD.
Is there a qualitative audio difference in the resulting wav file
if flac is decoded and encoded to wav by ffmpeg
or some other decoder/encoder?
Thanx.
JD
13 years, 9 months
an Offline yum upate
by mike lan
Hello
I would like to update a machine offline after a f12 kde livecd default
install
i.e 200 mb or more of packages update
is there a way to save the "yum cache", the .drpm and stuff and copy that
onto on a newly f12 default install, to make update offline ?
thanks
13 years, 9 months