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Rumor has it that the Columbus Zoo will be bringing a pair of penguins to the event, and that this year's after party will have free beer. There is a BLOG online this year, which has information about the event at http://penguin.ohiolinux.org/blog/.
Better yet, explain to your boss that it would cost thousands of dollars to attend Linuxworld to get the same value, and this is right in your home-town. Unless you work at Burger King, there is a pretty good chance there is some relevant content for you.
Or, just call in sick.;)
I'm one of the organizers this year, and I wanted to make sure that the following useful information made it out to people who are considering attending. We have worked our tails off this year to make sure that Ohio Linuxfest 2005 will be the best Linuxfest yet. So here are some things that you need to know to take full advantage of everything that we are providing.
1. 16 Hours of Fun (8:00 AM to Midnight) - Doors open at 8:00 AM, and the post-conference reception starts at 8:00 PM, complete with food and beverages (of the sudsy variety) generously provided by our Sponsors. Froggy, from http://www.notacon.org/ will be our DJ this year. Consider safety first! If you plan on drinking, don't drive. Consider one of the fine Hotels in the area, which brings us to...
2. Hotel Accommodations - http://www.ohiolinux.org/hotels.html. The Drury Inn Suites, directly attached to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, is the the official Ohio LinuxFest 2005 hotel. A group rate is available for limited number of rooms. BOOK EARLY! DO NOT WAIT!
3. Schedule - http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html. There are now THREE conference tracts to choose from. Take some time and figure out what you want to attend in advance.
4. REGISTER NOW! - http://www.ohiolinux.org/register.html. The event is free, and registration is free, but onsite donations are encouraged and appreciated to help defray expenses. We need to know roughly how many people plan on attending (for Insurance and Legal reasons) and we also need to be able to let you know about new developments as they, well, develop!
5. Food - http://www.columbusconventions.com/food_food.htm. You will be within walking distance of a ton of options for Lunch and Dinner. The schedule allows for plenty of time to eat and socialize.
6. Spread The Love - http://www.ohiolinux.org/promotion.html. Get the word out! Aside from the regular contingent of Linux techies, we want to reach out to the educational and business worlds and help EDUCATE them about Linux and the Linux Community. Please help us as much as you can. Tell a friend, hand out some flyers, get your LUG involved!
7. Get Involved - http://www.ohiolinux.org/getinvolved.html. It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to organize an event of this magnitude that can be enjoyed by so many, and we can use all the help we can get. It really is a labor of love. Join up with the Ohio LinuxFest team to participate in organizing this year's event, and help shape an event that will be remembered by many for years to come. To sign on with the team, please send a note to team@ohiolinux.org and introduce yourself!
"the telcom admin of a large corporation isn't going to want to look at a text file to figure out his dialplan or use some arcane interface when on a more mature system he can use a simple command like 'display dialplan'."
Hmmm.. You know.. you are absolutely right. Using "display dialplan" on a more mature solution is infinitely easier than using the "show dialplan" command that is found in Asterisk.
asterisk*CLI> help show dialplan Usage: show dialplan [exten@][context]
Show dialplan
I think you are inept. I've built RH2.1 AS kernels before. Specifically, I've build i386 and i586 optimized ones, because RedHat doesn't release prebuilt ones for anything earlier than a Celeron.
Several weeks ago, I submitted an article to my Local LUG on the Actiontec Dual PC modem and the fact that it ran uClinux. It worked it's way up the chain until it got Slashdotted. Since that time, Actiontec has embraced the community and opted to take part in the process. They are not only releasing all source code, but the tool chain, recovery utilities and daughterboards to allow additional development on their platform. They have also hired a consultant to help ensure the Open Source community gets solid documentation and has someone to represent them that understands our needs. The Actionhack mailing list archives can be viewed here. What they will be releasing can be viewed here. Linksys could do well to realize that their actions are pointing the way for other more nimble competition to take advantage of their ill advised behavior.
Both sound like good ideas. I'm in favor of finding out more about the platform, and seeing if a completely customized uClinux can be made to boot on the box. If so, then everything else becomes easily possible.
The short answer is "no, you do not need a Windows PC to configure this thing".
When you plug it in, it defaults to 192.168.0.1 (and 2) and if you setup your PC to pull an address from DHCP, you'll get and address from the box. Then, you can simply http://192.168.0.1 from a Mozilla (or whatever flavor browser you like) and configure it.
They ship this stupid piece of software called "Router Buddy" which has these lame graphics, opens a Web Browser session for you and then adds a Toolbar link to XP so that you can easily connect to the router with a single click.
I see many posts referencing some misguided, lame comments that the article is hosted on a 56k modem. That is just plain stupid. It's hosted on a server, sitting in a datacenter, running Apache under User Mode Linux. In fact, when the article was posted, the bandwidth usage climbed up to 8 Megabits / Second without much impact. The pictures are sitting on a separate server managed by the UML Coop. This just goes to show that UML is up to the task of Slashdot!
The box already runs the Boa webserver. Follow my directions in the article, and you can add static HTML pages (and even your own CGI's if you get a cross compilation environment going) onto the box.
If we got a kernel with NFS support onto the box, it would trivial to mount your Webpages off of a remote NFS server.
Actiontec's naming is a bit deceptive. When I picked up the box, I had to read it several times to really decipher what the hell this thing was. The "Dual PC" in "Dual PC Modem" is intended to mean "Two PC's can share a single Dial Up connection through the onboard modem".
In any case, I slapped one of the ethernet ports into a Wireless access point and now my Mom can surf for recipes on her Laptop in the kitchen.
The Actiontec already runs Boa as a webserver. Provided you have simple, static HTML pages, it would be simple to modify the Actiontec to serve your content. I'm not sure how SMART this would be, but it is certainly possible. The entire configuration interface is Web based. If you wanted to try this out you can follow the directions in my article for modifying the filesystem, add your pages and re-upload the new image to the router.
That would be cool. I think the first goal, however, is to get a really good handle on the platform, find out what it is capable of and how to manipulate it. For example, most embedded platforms have some method for recovering from a corrupt flash and I'm betting that this board does too. However, there is no documentation that I've seen yet that will confirm this. I suspect that the 10 pin jumper is an additional serial port that can be used as the console, but I haven't ripped my parent's modem apart yet to find out. It's too busy actually doing what it was originally designed for (with minor modifications) and I haven't been able to get my hands on another one to play with yet.
In any case, my short term goals for the box are to see if I can get access to the boot-loader firmware, identify a specific uClinux port that can be loaded on the thing and see if I can get a custom kernel to load. Once that is done, then I'll see if I can get and NFS root filesystem working so I can use the box to function as a development platform for itself.
All of this is widly speculative, and not really important to me other than for the simple reason that it might be possible and therefore it is a challenge. I'm sure that a lot of other people out there are going to be hacking on these things and far surpassing my initial investigation and experimentation.
The purpose of the article was to demonstrate how the box can be modified to fit your own needs with the hopes that others will take the initiative and explore. This box is an awesome introduction to embedded computing platforms at nearly 1/4 the price of DIY boards. The fact that it actually is usable as a gateway is not really relevant, nor is the comparison of adding a modem to a Linux box. You won't learn a thing about embedded Linux by adding a modem to your box.
Because it is more educational to hack something, learn about it, learn what is neccessary to cross compile and boot a new platform etc.. The purpose of my experimenting with this device was simple curiosity. The merits of doing something with it are left up to more imaginative people that I.
Actually, the server that is serving the article is running under User Mode Linux, sitting in a data center with 345 megabits of upstream capacity. The images are being served off of another User Mode Linux server (running on the UML Coop Project). When the story hit at 4:30 AM, bandwidth utilization jumped to 8 megabits per second). That is peanuts, and this is now the second time that UML has proven itself Slashdot Worthy.
You might want to re-read the article. I purchased the router for my parents to use at their home, not to serve as a gateway for a webserver. Their major purpose is sending E-mail, so 56K is more than adequate for their needs.
Slashdot Mirror
Rumor has it that the Columbus Zoo will be bringing a pair of penguins to the event, and that this year's after party will have free beer. There is a BLOG online this year, which has information about the event at http://penguin.ohiolinux.org/blog/.
Yes.. that would be awesome to have this renew a week before the conference!
Hmmmm... Linuxfest. Octoberfest. Same weekend. Coincidence? I think not!
Better yet, explain to your boss that it would cost thousands of dollars to attend Linuxworld to get the same value, and this is right in your home-town. Unless you work at Burger King, there is a pretty good chance there is some relevant content for you. Or, just call in sick. ;)
I'm one of the organizers this year, and I wanted to make sure that the following useful information made it out to people who are considering attending. We have worked our tails off this year to make sure that Ohio Linuxfest 2005 will be the best Linuxfest yet. So here are some things that you need to know to take full advantage of everything that we are providing.
1. 16 Hours of Fun (8:00 AM to Midnight) - Doors open at 8:00 AM, and the post-conference reception starts at 8:00 PM, complete with food and beverages (of the sudsy variety) generously provided by our Sponsors. Froggy, from http://www.notacon.org/ will be our DJ this year. Consider safety first! If you plan on drinking, don't drive. Consider one of the fine Hotels in the area, which brings us to...
2. Hotel Accommodations - http://www.ohiolinux.org/hotels.html. The Drury Inn Suites, directly attached to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, is the the official Ohio LinuxFest 2005 hotel. A group rate is available for limited number of rooms. BOOK EARLY! DO NOT WAIT!
3. Schedule - http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html. There are now THREE conference tracts to choose from. Take some time and figure out what you want to attend in advance.
4. REGISTER NOW! - http://www.ohiolinux.org/register.html. The event is free, and registration is free, but onsite donations are encouraged and appreciated to help defray expenses. We need to know roughly how many people plan on attending (for Insurance and Legal reasons) and we also need to be able to let you know about new developments as they, well, develop!
5. Food - http://www.columbusconventions.com/food_food.htm. You will be within walking distance of a ton of options for Lunch and Dinner. The schedule allows for plenty of time to eat and socialize.
6. Spread The Love - http://www.ohiolinux.org/promotion.html. Get the word out! Aside from the regular contingent of Linux techies, we want to reach out to the educational and business worlds and help EDUCATE them about Linux and the Linux Community. Please help us as much as you can. Tell a friend, hand out some flyers, get your LUG involved!
7. Get Involved - http://www.ohiolinux.org/getinvolved.html. It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to organize an event of this magnitude that can be enjoyed by so many, and we can use all the help we can get. It really is a labor of love. Join up with the Ohio LinuxFest team to participate in organizing this year's event, and help shape an event that will be remembered by many for years to come. To sign on with the team, please send a note to team@ohiolinux.org and introduce yourself!
See you on October 1st!
"the telcom admin of a large corporation isn't going to want to look at a text file to figure out his dialplan or use some arcane interface when on a more mature system he can use a simple command like 'display dialplan'."
Hmmm.. You know.. you are absolutely right. Using "display dialplan" on a more mature solution is infinitely easier than using the "show dialplan" command that is found in Asterisk.
asterisk*CLI> help show dialplan
Usage: show dialplan [exten@][context]
Show dialplan
NEXT!
I think you are inept. I've built RH2.1 AS kernels before. Specifically, I've build i386 and i586 optimized ones, because RedHat doesn't release prebuilt ones for anything earlier than a Celeron.
Several weeks ago, I submitted an article to my Local LUG on the Actiontec Dual PC modem and the fact that it ran uClinux. It worked it's way up the chain until it got Slashdotted. Since that time, Actiontec has embraced the community and opted to take part in the process. They are not only releasing all source code, but the tool chain, recovery utilities and daughterboards to allow additional development on their platform. They have also hired a consultant to help ensure the Open Source community gets solid documentation and has someone to represent them that understands our needs. The Actionhack mailing list archives can be viewed here. What they will be releasing can be viewed here. Linksys could do well to realize that their actions are pointing the way for other more nimble competition to take advantage of their ill advised behavior.
Both sound like good ideas. I'm in favor of finding out more about the platform, and seeing if a completely customized uClinux can be made to boot on the box. If so, then everything else becomes easily possible.
It has one modem and two ethernet ports. The "Dual PC Modem" is intended to connotate two PCs sharing a single modem connection.
Misleading, but accurate nonetheless.
The short answer is "no, you do not need a Windows PC to configure this thing".
When you plug it in, it defaults to 192.168.0.1 (and 2) and if you setup your PC to pull an address from DHCP, you'll get and address from the box. Then, you can simply http://192.168.0.1 from a Mozilla (or whatever flavor browser you like) and configure it.
They ship this stupid piece of software called "Router Buddy" which has these lame graphics, opens a Web Browser session for you and then adds a Toolbar link to XP so that you can easily connect to the router with a single click.
I see many posts referencing some misguided, lame comments that the article is hosted on a 56k modem. That is just plain stupid. It's hosted on a server, sitting in a datacenter, running Apache under User Mode Linux. In fact, when the article was posted, the bandwidth usage climbed up to 8 Megabits / Second without much impact. The pictures are sitting on a separate server managed by the UML Coop. This just goes to show that UML is up to the task of Slashdot!
The box already runs the Boa webserver. Follow my directions in the article, and you can add static HTML pages (and even your own CGI's if you get a cross compilation environment going) onto the box. If we got a kernel with NFS support onto the box, it would trivial to mount your Webpages off of a remote NFS server.
Actiontec's naming is a bit deceptive. When I picked up the box, I had to read it several times to really decipher what the hell this thing was. The "Dual PC" in "Dual PC Modem" is intended to mean "Two PC's can share a single Dial Up connection through the onboard modem".
In any case, I slapped one of the ethernet ports into a Wireless access point and now my Mom can surf for recipes on her Laptop in the kitchen.
The Actiontec already runs Boa as a webserver. Provided you have simple, static HTML pages, it would be simple to modify the Actiontec to serve your content. I'm not sure how SMART this would be, but it is certainly possible. The entire configuration interface is Web based. If you wanted to try this out you can follow the directions in my article for modifying the filesystem, add your pages and re-upload the new image to the router.
That would be cool. I think the first goal, however, is to get a really good handle on the platform, find out what it is capable of and how to manipulate it. For example, most embedded platforms have some method for recovering from a corrupt flash and I'm betting that this board does too. However, there is no documentation that I've seen yet that will confirm this. I suspect that the 10 pin jumper is an additional serial port that can be used as the console, but I haven't ripped my parent's modem apart yet to find out. It's too busy actually doing what it was originally designed for (with minor modifications) and I haven't been able to get my hands on another one to play with yet.
In any case, my short term goals for the box are to see if I can get access to the boot-loader firmware, identify a specific uClinux port that can be loaded on the thing and see if I can get a custom kernel to load. Once that is done, then I'll see if I can get and NFS root filesystem working so I can use the box to function as a development platform for itself.
All of this is widly speculative, and not really important to me other than for the simple reason that it might be possible and therefore it is a challenge. I'm sure that a lot of other people out there are going to be hacking on these things and far surpassing my initial investigation and experimentation.
The purpose of the article was to demonstrate how the box can be modified to fit your own needs with the hopes that others will take the initiative and explore. This box is an awesome introduction to embedded computing platforms at nearly 1/4 the price of DIY boards. The fact that it actually is usable as a gateway is not really relevant, nor is the comparison of adding a modem to a Linux box. You won't learn a thing about embedded Linux by adding a modem to your box.
Because it is more educational to hack something, learn about it, learn what is neccessary to cross compile and boot a new platform etc.. The purpose of my experimenting with this device was simple curiosity. The merits of doing something with it are left up to more imaginative people that I.
Actually, the server that is serving the article is running under User Mode Linux, sitting in a data center with 345 megabits of upstream capacity. The images are being served off of another User Mode Linux server (running on the UML Coop Project). When the story hit at 4:30 AM, bandwidth utilization jumped to 8 megabits per second). That is peanuts, and this is now the second time that UML has proven itself Slashdot Worthy. You might want to re-read the article. I purchased the router for my parents to use at their home, not to serve as a gateway for a webserver. Their major purpose is sending E-mail, so 56K is more than adequate for their needs.