do any of you ever use something besides 255.255.255.0 for your private lan subnets? after reading this:
http://www.more.net/technical/netserv/tcpip/subnet.html
im wondering if there would be any speed increase by using something like 255.255.255.248, what are they good for anyway...
I have a samba server on the LAN with no domain. just a workgroup.
-set up a user called 'dave' with password 'blah' on samba machine and on xp machine. same passwords on both.
-dave can successfully get into share when I'm logged in as dave in win xp
Heres the problem. when im not logged...
on debian, im trying to make my teamspeak server start by itself after reboot. i installed samba, and i noticed it starts exactly where i wanted it to, before someone even logs in. is there a way to make the teampseak server start in the same fashion?
its weird, i swear when i first installed debian, i could ping the hostname and it would resolve to the IP.now its not doing it anymore after ive been installing things. the computer is on the network, it got a dhcp address, and i just got SSH working with it, so connectivity is there.
but...
during install it asked me if i wanted to install SSH. i said yes, thinking, how convenient.
so install completes i get login prompt. so i get into putty on my XP pro machine, i connect successfully and get the prompt for user/pass. but after i type root's password, putty simply closes...
everyone on the LAN has windows xp PRO, and one machine has windows server 2003.
theres one computer(PC A) where if you type in the UNC address, it takes about a half a minute for it to arrive at the shares. every other computer can instantly arrive at the shares using UNC addressses, even...
I didn't find the answer i was looking for yet because many people asking are looking for a distro that is like windows, user-friendly. that isn't important to me so much as getting the best performance possible with the slow computer ill have at my disposal(pentium I/II 200-400, with not a lot...
im testing out different traffic shaping settings on my firewall to see how gaming pings react with different levels of uploading. im wondering if there is such a tool as one that lets you specify a download or upload speed, then it artificially transfers that as if you are really downloading...
i remember a while back I got a hold of a program that had all kinds of voice tweaking options, like a singing girl, old woman etc, and you could type a line of text and it would play it back. does anyone know about the program im talking about? i actually remember having to email someone to get it.
warning, linux noobness ahead.
im running m0n0wall, a linux firewall on an old athlon rig. its very nice, im wondering if this install of linux is capable of letting me install additional things like a linux teamspeak server, a print server, and a file sharing server too? or are linux...
anyone know what this means here?
BLOCKED: LAN 192.168.1.2, port 1191 - > 64.164.108.165, port 80 TCP
this is what my firewall said(m0n0wall). that wan address is: 64-164-108-165.deploy.akamaitechnologies.net
if you go to the address in your web browser, it just says its invalid...
i know its probably really easy, but my googling came up with nothing, all the documents assume you know how.
when i was testing VPN in IPCop, i looked in the interface list later, and there were 10 copies of ipsec(ipsec0, ipsec1), how can i remove these? thanks
tcp,6881,30,on
tcp,6882,30,on
tcp,6883,30,on
tcp,6884,30,on
tcp,6885,30,on
tcp,6886,30,on
tcp,6887,30,on
tcp,6888,30,on
tcp,6889,30,on
for instance, I'm looking for a program that will accept 4 inputs and output the data in a copyable format, be it in a window or to a file.
inputs...
i thought this had more to do with software than networking, so. i don't know much about linux. but im using a really good linux firewall called IPCop. there are addons for this firewall i want to try here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/firewalladdons/
i know that i have to install the...
im trying out a firewall called m0n0wall. and its not letting incoming mail in, everyones getting failed send.
I made a NAT rule to let port 110 come in to my address. but its still not working. outgoing mail works fine though.
any ideas? but even if this does work, how is this firewall...
you have to restart your steam client to see it, but its announced here:
http://www.halflife2.net/
that should be nifty, wonder what framerate will be like though with HDR on.
not getting much help from the ircop irc channel.
i have ipcop working fine, except for a couple things. the dynamic dns feature isn't working yet. i have a dynamic dns account with freedns.afraid.org, and ipcop has them in their drop down box of supported dynamic dns proviers. yeay. but its...
ive used refreshforce for a long time. it worked well, but about a year ago it stopped working with the more current ATI drivers. then i started using ati tray tools. worked perfectly. till i restart today.
for some reason, no refresh rate sticks anymore. after i restarted i found that...
im sure many of you have seen the dlink DGL-4100 gaming router.
http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=371
im wondering if anyone knows a piece of software that can prioritize gaming packets in the way this router can? this techonlogy isn't some big secret right?
i know this same thing has been asked before, but i can't find a thread discussing it after searching.
HD crashed somehow, can't boot from windows, but need files from docu and settings/myusername, but of course access denied when accessing it from another computer. is there a fix for this...
i think you will like
http://s11.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=C5AD438A0A2011052F98DB921866A412
(takes place near the beginning in the apartments where combine break down that door, but this time with people flying out of windows with souped up manipulator etc) and it goes in your...
im trying a new router, its a dlink DI-624. anyway, ive used a linksys before, i got by, but i dont know how exaclty and its irked me to no end, there were two sections, the UPNP port section where you could specify one port to be opened, and the applications section to specify port ranges. now...
-using soundstorm(onboard nf7-s)
-nvidia 5.10 chipset driver set(audio driver version 4.42)
-windows xp pro sp2
now when i go to the nvidia systray audio prog, i select the speaker wizard, it plays sound individually in all 4 speakers perfectly. and it then sets my mode to 4 speaker mode in...
ok i don't actually have this pc with me, but my friend recently got this m/b with an athlon 64 2800+.
we couldn't get it to post at all, until he took out the cmos battery, put it back in. it then posted, but after he saved some bios options, it shut off, and then he can't get it to post...
wow, just got it, and it is indeed all that and a bag of chips like everyones been telling me. 1600x1200@85hz is great. text is sharp, gaming is amazing. and the cabinet itself has nice curved corners that i dig. and its not too big either when playing competitive games. found it for $300 off...
my uncles computer is strange. he has a 9800pro(128bit bus) 128mb with a 930sb, no matter what refreshrate program i use, be it refreshforce, rivatuner, or ati refresh tool .0997 the following are true:
-in call of duty(opengl) all hz are 60.
-in direct3d games the max hz is 85hz for all...
helping a friend get a system, trying to fit it into his tight budget and still get an a64 system, so im thinking a64 2800+(754), but can anyone recommend a m/b that's under $100? doesn't need to have many bios features, onboard sound and lan are only requirements. im still looking, but haven't...
i have my box sitting in my closet with extension cords coming out to periphereals on desk which is about 15 ft away..(for noise reasons).
im wondering, what kind of device can i construct that lets me turn the computer off/on via a wire going into my closet? i know i need to disconnect the...
i can't seem to get above 525 core stable. would flashing to an XTPE bios help do you think? im trying to find a visiontek xtpe bios, but haven't been able to. i can't seem to find any xtpe bios that i can flash this card with actually
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=325
so basically you can buy hl2 packages tomorrow, you can actually play CS:S starting tomorrow, the other parts will come eventually, most likely by late november.
90 smackers for the gold edition argh!
-its a powercolor 9700 regular which i flashed to pro
-it runs without a hitch. haven't tried any extreme overclocking.
-fan is as quiet as when i got it.
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