FSGS runs on windows and linux, it is also more than just a battle net clone. It covers a lot of games that dont use battle net. Downside is no access to source code and a serious lack of documentation.
Since of course they based it origional of the bnetd code, I wouldent be surprised if they are issued with a shutdown order something in the near future.
A while ago they implimented a test usage monitor and asked for feedback on it. It worked on the principle of a green, orange or red "Light" for daily usage, which was defined as 10 times the average usage. orange lights were 80% of daily limit, red was over. 4 red lights in a *Thinks* I think it was two month period and you got kicked. This wasen't realy useful as the "Lights" wern't always up to the current date (I have a personal theory that it gathers the usage to create the lights when you disconnected, if you dont disconnet, no lights for the day until you do)
Many people emailed them (Myself included) to tell them this "Light" crap was exactly that, crap, and to tell us what 10 times the average daily usage was.
10 times the average use was ~1 gig.
I emailed and asked for numbers instead of lights.
One point that isnt mentioned is that they arent supplying users with the ability to monitor their own usage. They obviously monitor how much a user uses, but they wont tell you. They say in their FAQ http://www/cable/support/aupfaq.htm and I quote
"How can I find out my exact usage?
Telstra is investigating providing access to the usage meter for all Telstra BigPond broadband cable and ADSL customers.
For other ways to monitor your usage up to the 3GB level, please inquire at the relevant newsgroups for available software. Telstra does not support nor recommend these software applications. Telstra also does not recognise the accuracy of these usage monitoring software programs."
Which is IMHO a large steaming pile of horse shit.
the nameserver propagation may not be the only problem, at current I cant reach it by the ip, nor can I get to www.microsoft.com *Smiles* What a wonderful day it seems to be.
Even thought I dont live in the us, and I over 18 I felt the urge to enter their contest anyways, here was my entry.
Dear Inteligent Non-Earth based life,
Please allow me to apologize in the upmost for any further unsolicited spam that you may receive from our planet.
Any such messages should not be taken as a representation of inteligence on our planet.
If you find the said messages annoying, feel free to stop by and prosecute the people who sent the message, most of the planet would be quite happy to help.
Please dont decide to stop the spam by destroying our planet (Althought vapourizing those who sent the message might win you world wide gratatude).
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FSGS runs on windows and linux, it is also more than just a battle net clone. It covers a lot of games that dont use battle net. Downside is no access to source code and a serious lack of documentation.
Since of course they based it origional of the bnetd code, I wouldent be surprised if they are issued with a shutdown order something in the near future.
does optic fibre use repeaters on long hauls? if so, no, you couldn't use this to check if someone had spliced that cable.
WERE using transparent proxies. No longer, they died under the load so telstra stoped.
This is a miss representation of the facts.
A while ago they implimented a test usage monitor and asked for feedback on it. It worked on the principle of a green, orange or red "Light" for daily usage, which was defined as 10 times the average usage. orange lights were 80% of daily limit, red was over. 4 red lights in a *Thinks* I think it was two month period and you got kicked. This wasen't realy useful as the "Lights" wern't always up to the current date (I have a personal theory that it gathers the usage to create the lights when you disconnected, if you dont disconnet, no lights for the day until you do)
Many people emailed them (Myself included) to tell them this "Light" crap was exactly that, crap, and to tell us what 10 times the average daily usage was.
10 times the average use was ~1 gig.
I emailed and asked for numbers instead of lights.
One point that isnt mentioned is that they arent supplying users with the ability to monitor their own usage. They obviously monitor how much a user uses, but they wont tell you. They say in their FAQ http://www/cable/support/aupfaq.htm and I quote
"How can I find out my exact usage?
Telstra is investigating providing access to the usage meter for all Telstra BigPond broadband cable and ADSL customers.
For other ways to monitor your usage up to the 3GB level, please inquire at the relevant newsgroups for available software. Telstra does not support nor recommend these software applications. Telstra also does not recognise the accuracy of these usage monitoring software programs."
Which is IMHO a large steaming pile of horse shit.
the nameserver propagation may not be the only problem, at current I cant reach it by the ip, nor can I get to www.microsoft.com *Smiles* What a wonderful day it seems to be.
Even thought I dont live in the us, and I over 18 I felt the urge to enter their contest anyways, here was my entry.
Dear Inteligent Non-Earth based life,
Please allow me to apologize in the upmost for any further unsolicited spam that you may receive from our planet.
Any such messages should not be taken as a representation of inteligence on our planet.
If you find the said messages annoying, feel free to stop by and prosecute the people who sent the message, most of the planet would be quite happy to help.
Please dont decide to stop the spam by destroying our planet (Althought vapourizing those who sent the message might win you world wide gratatude).
Yours Truely.
Nocturnal.
(A concerned resident of Earth)