RE: [MLUG] network cables?

[Neil Bradshaw <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

This thread is way off topic. Can we move it to the discussion list? The
last post didn't mention *anything* about network cables. /me not trying
to be a hard ass.

Regards,
Neil Bradshaw	
		
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ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Michael wrote:

> It has source available but I've never seen it used on anything but
> Mandrake but since Mandrake is RedHat derived I'd imagine it might
> work. You might have to play with expected paths and such but I think it
> is mostly GUI glue to simplify what is already there so it shouldn't be
> that complex a program. Is meant to look/work similar to the little
> settings folder in Windows. Each utility under the folder is it's own
> module I think.
> 
> *^*^*^*
> Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
> you. -- Albert Einstein
> 
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Rick Buford wrote:
> 
> > Is source available, or is this a Mandrake only program? How difficult would
> > you estimate it to be to port this over to Redhat?
> > 
> > Rick 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Michael
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:41 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG] network cables?
> > 
> > 
> > No worse than any other 10base solution I've seen. I've been transfering
> > gigs upon gigs of files and it is going at the expected speed and without
> > any faults. At times like this when I'm moving huge amounts of data
> > 100base would be nice but honestly 10base should be fine for pulling data
> > from the cable modem and most LAN uses. I mounted up a bunch of NFS shares
> > from the machine I added the 60GB hdd too and was able to move a couple
> > gigs of files at a time at speeds pretty close to maximum drive speed
> > (these are old computers mostly so they are a little slow) and still
> > browse the images and play MP3's from the shares at the same time.
> > 
> > As a side note I happened to try DrakConf's 'Share DSL/Cable Modem'
> > program in Mandrake 7.2 to configure my machine plugged into the cable
> > modem so any other machines on the LAN could access the Internet. With
> > literally three clicks everything works great. I've never even seen a
> > Windows program make it this easy. :)
> > 
> > *^*^*^*
> > Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape
> > you. -- Albert Einstein
> > 
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, McNutt, Justin M. wrote:
> > 
> > > Brand name (just out of curiosity)?
> > > 
> > > When it comes to getting that much use out of $40 plus saving a lot of
> > > running around, I'm with you.  Grab the gear and go home.  I'm still
> > curious
> > > about how well they perform though, professionally speaking.  People ask
> > me
> > > stuff all the time like, "What do you know about XYZ Corp.'s new
> > 10BaseBlast
> > > card?"
> > > 
> > > --J
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michael [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:18 AM
> > > > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > > > Subject: RE: [MLUG] network cables?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > $40 for two cards (PCI NE2000) 10baseT cards and a 5 port hub w/
> > > > cables. Was all they had at Sams and I didn't feel like going anywhere
> > > > else to look.
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