From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in article
, Adam wrote:
>Still sick -- out of breath if I walk from one room to another. Ugh.
You've managed to get an appointment for Monday? Most of the doctors
offices are closed here - got to get to the President's Day car sales.
>Moe Trin wrote:
>> were both of those finding the right driver?
>No, the problem was getting 'ifup wlan0' to connect consistently.
??? No, not finding the right driver (in which case TJ's suggestion
sounds right) or no, not the problem - it was getting a link - which
might be marginal effective signal strength (due to echos of the
direct signal or something similar)
>"helot" now consistently gets assigned 192.168.1.61. The only
>difference is "connection type" depending on the distro.
OK, is this with both Debian and CentOS or only one
>>> If so, there's something in the Debian
>> DHCP client setup asking for an address
>I dunno -- Debian seems a bit quirky to me.
I don't know it as quirky, but more as diversified. There are all
kinds of features that are available. At comparable dates, Debian
has always offered more packages - a note from one of the developers
at the end of June 2009 spoke of "more than 20,000 packages, many
mutually exclusive" while the "then current" Fedora 11 had 2300
semi-official packages, and an additional 4600 community supplied
packages. Debian is somewhat looked down upon by the Linux Standard
Base group - the LSB standard package manager is rpm, not the slightly
older dpkg and friends.
>I'm putting my effort (what little I can summon up) into CentOS there,
>and ignoring Debian for now. Seems like the main task is getting rid
>of all netstat "listening" ports (except for SSH), or am I forgetting
>something?
That sounds reasonable. How much is open still?
>Do I really need two different security settings, one for "home" and
>one for "away"? Or will leaving it on "away" settings be adequate?
I essentially don't want _anything_ open when it's away (even if I do
get a non-RFC1918 (or non-RFC5735) address while away, what could I be
wanting to serve to anyone?), and yet I do want (at least) SSH access
at home, and maybe even some file transfer mechanism. It's security
by obscurity, but you could move your SSH daemon to an uncommon port
and then set your firewall allow access to that port from "everywhere"
as a single setup - the trade-off is PROBABLY acceptable if the SSH
server demands a certificate or similar level of security. I don't
use IPv6, and so block all such access.
[router]
>> 224.0.0.0/3 (which includes 239.255.255.250) is for multicast
>> [...] You purchased a spare router last year - have you looked at
>> that to see if it's similar?
>No, but when I did have it hooked up I don't recall any differences.
Do you recall looking at that? I must confess I'd never look that
high. Minor correction - 224.0.0.0/4 is for multicast. 240.0.0.0/4
is "reserved" (except for 255.255.255.255 which is a broadcast to all,
normally used by DHCP clients or similar, which have no initial idea
of what addresses might be in local use).
[printing]
>> I can believe that - but I was in Costco yesterday, and they had a
>> "twelve-pack" of HP60 black cartridges for $94
>Wow! Staples wants $15 or 2 for $27.
Friday afternoon - they weren't there any more. Normal
>I got to the Costco in La Mesa (near San Diego) a few times, and was
>generally impressed with their prices, plus all the free food
>samples. None around here, though -- just BJ's and Sam's.
The two I normally visit (phone book lists 15 in the county) are
relatively large (perhaps 400 x 500 feet or 200kft^2), but the
selection is often limited, and transient. Customer service is very
limited. What they have is almost always priced well, but it's that
availability issue. Sometimes quantities may also be larger than
desirable, which is OK for non-perishables if you've got the space.
>Output quality doesn't seem to vary much throughout the price range
>(until you get to the professional printers) -- the differences seem
>to be mainly speed and cost per page.
and the availability of Linux drivers.
[homemade laptop desk: "_laptop_]" ]
>> I always use a carpenters "white glue" (Borden's, Elmer's, WeldWood
>> or similar) - clamp the joint for about 30 minutes
>Is that the Elmer's that's a light yellow-brown?
I'm used to it being more cream colored
>> indestructible after 24 hours.
>"Indestructible" means that under stress, another part will fail
>first.
Pretty much so - though as TJ mentions it's not an outdoor glue (I do
very little outdoor wood work, so not a big deal for me), and thus it
doesn't handle water that well. I make sure I don't have a glue
over-run, and then seal/finish things which improves the water
resistance. Watch the over-run, as a surface smear of glue won't
finish in the same color as wood (that is able to absorb the finish).
>Probably almost any kind would do, width same as the desk, thickness
>1/2-3/4", length (height) TDB as below. I doubt I'll stain anything
> -- don't want to make it look too tempting to others.
-) As I said - I like the color of an oak or walnut, so I tend to
stain. To prevent water damage, I almost always put "something" over
the wood - usually a polyurethane or similar.
>> I'd even consider [a small UPS] one for the eris and helot in the
>> bedroom. Laptops don't really need a UPS (surge protection alone
>> should be enough), but I don't like to be interrupted in the middle
>> of a massive file transfer or similar.
>"eris" is up for, on average, a few hours once a week. Its surge
>protector power strip just has the tower plugged into "master" and
>the monitor into one of the "slave" outlets. A surge protector for
>helot would be good eventually if I can find one that's not an entire
>power strip.
Fry's Electronics was advertising a 350 VA APC "Battery Backup" unit
two weeks ago for $35. All of our computer stuff are on UPS, and the
"good" entertainment center is on an industrial surge protector (we
discussed this 2-3 years ago). My wife carries a small surge
protector with her laptop - it's a small inductor, and two metal
oxide varistors (General Electric or Harris MOVs) and a 3AG Normal
fuse in a container about 1 x 1 x 4 inch in size - no name on it.
A lot of the details of spike/surge suppression depends on where you
are. I'm in a mainly residential area, and most of the crap on the
power lines is spikes probably related to air conditioners starting
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