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Please help us by filling out the 2005 WLUG Survey
by Craig Box 27 Aug '05

27 Aug '05

Hi everyone, If you have some spare time over the weekend, please consider filling out the WLUG survey at http://survey.wlug.org.nz/ We have had around 20 submissions so far, and we have received some excellent feedback on what we should be doing differently. Some of the suggestions will be brought in from as early as the AGM. There are over 150 people subscribed to this list. It would be great to end up with a similar number of responses, so we can be sure that the overall answers are representative of the opinions of everyone involved with WLUG. Remember, all people in any way associated with WLUG, paid members or not, are encouraged to fill out the survey. Everyone who fills in the survey and then signs up or renews their membership at the AGM is in the draw to win a $100 Dick Smith Electronics voucher! No personal information is collected and all responses are totally anonymous. That URL again: http://survey.wlug.org.nz/ Regards, Craig WLUG Secretary

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wlug server moving
by John R. McPherson 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi, the wlug server (hoiho) will be moving location and changing IP address either today or tomorrow, and obviously this will affect connectivity such as the wlug website and email to @wlug.org.nz addresses. If at some stage you notice you can't reach the server, Don't Panic. This because our hosts are changing premises. John

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Open source equivalent to Maple/Mathematica
by Ian McDonald 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Folks, Does anybody have personal experience of open source equivalents? I see Maxima, Mathomatic and mupad on the web but wondering if anybody has used... I am looking at packages that do algebraic manipulation, solving and 3D graphing. On the surface Maxima looks quite good for this. Ian

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RSS feed off RecentEdits page on WLUG wiki
by Ian McDonald 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

There is an RSS feed mentioned on this page with the URL below: http://www.wlug.org.nz/RecentEdits?format=rss It doesn't give anything though... Can this be fixed or removed? Regards, Ian

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Transparent bridge ADSL modem
by Craig Box 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi all, I am looking for a reliable, good quality ADSL device that can be used as a transparent bridge to a Linux machine. Some of the Linux machines we have run as IPSEC heads, and by far the best way to make sure that the device correctly forwards packets on certain protocols (not ports) would be to have it transparent. Ultimately what I want to have is this: internet -- adsl modem -- [linux (eth1: public IP) ] [linux (eth0: internal IP)] - nat The closest I've got to this before is the M1122 on PPTP, but I would rather the bridge was at ethernet level if possible. Can anyone make any recommendations on devices that do this? Reliability is far more important than price (these will be for business customers) and I would prefer something that has firmware upgrades available without a support contract. Thanks, Craig

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Re: [wlug] Transparent bridge ADSL modem
by Pete 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi Craig, > internet -- adsl modem -- [linux (eth1: public IP) ] > [linux (eth0: internal IP)] - nat > > Can anyone make any recommendations on devices that do this? > Reliability is far more important than price (these will be for > business customers) and I would prefer something that has firmware > upgrades available without a support contract. > We use an Alcaltel SpeedTouch-Home DSL modem to get a real-world-IP on our eth1, but it too uses a PPP-to-PPTP relay like the Nokia M1122 you mentioned. I am not aware of any DSL modems that do PPP-to-Ethernet relaying. I'm not even sure how you would implement this in the DSL modem. I guess the eth interface of the DSL modem would have to emulate the IP of the upstream side of the PPP link, and provide some sort of DHCP server to assign that IP as default-gateway to the downstream client). Regards, Pete

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Knoppix 4 DVD
by Camster342 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Does anyone here play with Knoppix? The Knoppix 4.0 DVD is out on various bittorrent sources, but they're all international. Does anyone know of a NZ-only torrent or even ftp source to get it from? -- Cameron

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 26 September
by Craig Box 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 26 September, 2005, at 7pm, at the regular meeting location of room LitB at the University of Waikato. New committee ============= All WLUG members are encouraged to stand for election onto the WLUG committee for 2006. The charter currently specifies the committee as consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and five general committee members. Because of the relatively large size of the committee compared to the organisation's membership, the outgoing committee intends to propose a change to the charter at the AGM. We wish to call for a vote on modifying Rule 7 to require only three general committee members, not five, and modifying Rule 6 such that the quorum for committee meetings is four, not five. To stand for the committee, please email secretary(a)wlug.org.nz. If you wish to nominate someone, please contact them and ask if they are willing to stand; if you would rather not contact them yourself, feel free to email me and I will pass your request on for you. People with uncertain futures (who may be leaving the Waikato) are encouraged not to let this stop them standing for election, but please only stand if you are committed and prepared to take on a relatively small workload. To be granted voting rights at the meeting, you must have been a paid member for 2004-2005, and signed a new membership form for '05-'06. (Remember, you have 90 days to pay.) Survey ====== I would also like to announce the first annual WLUG survey, and the chance to win a $100 Dick Smith Electronics voucher! All people associated with WLUG, paid members or not, are encouraged to fill out the survey at http://survey.wlug.org.nz/. No personal information is collected and all responses are totally anonymous. At the end of the survey you will be given a token; bring this to the AGM and sign up for the '05/'06 year, and you will be in to win the $100 voucher. Regards, Craig WLUG Secretary

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Some Ubuntu synaptic ftp sites no longer available on my machine
by Roderick Aldridge 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

When I start Synaptic I get the following message on startup: W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net stable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nerim.net testing/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) How do I restore these? I expect I missed updating something during the Debian update. Roderick Aldridge

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Anyone in the need for any Digium X100P Cards ?
by Drew Broadley 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I'm going to make an order soon, $40 each. Cheers, Drew

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