Especially considering the Raite and APEX DVD/MP3 DVD players. I have a Raite model (bought at Fry's, Sunnyvale) that plays my DVDs, plain olde CDs and burned CDs (with MP3s or Audio tracks, no difference) just fine and dandy.
Perhaps it is an issue with the laser pickup on the DVD player? I don't know the technology to that depth, but perhaps some EE could enlighten (please no pun) us....
I have built an OpenBSD Firewall, and it has been chugging away on a $10.00 salvage 486 with two spare NICs for a few months now. OpenBSD uses the IPFilter packet filtering program for firewalling, and for Network Address Translation (having multiple machines share a single IP), you have IPNAT.
Both are included in the base install of OpenBSD, but need to be activated. From the OpenBSD FAQ at http://www.usa.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.ht ml#6.2 you can check out the IPFilter and IPNAT sections - this helped me to get running from practically step zero. The MAN pages in OpenBSD are also the best in the business, with example code and config files, and they are consistently getting better with each release.
To develop your rule base for IPFilter, you can't beat the IPFilter HOWTO located at http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/. This has everything you need to know about creating a solid firewall without being an expert in TCP/IP packet routing.
So since you can get all the info for free, try downloading OpenBSD 2.7 and give it a shot. When it works for you WAY easier than you expected, take the cash that you would have spect on the firewall book and purchase the CD (and yes, mine is on the way...)
Nothing against the creators of the site, but you all on SlashDot should know that the Enlighten Distributed Systems Management tool runs on SuSE, RedHat and a couple of other distros.
BTW - It's actually a pretty cool product - you can manage (add users, change configs, etc) several hundred boxes covering a couple dozen different OS' from a single interface. You can download a copy of it from FreshMeat and try it out on your own distro.
Regarding the site inaccuracy, I don't think it would be appropriate for me (just another *nix whacko) to contact RHINL.org, but my Enlighten Sales Engineer is sending an official response soon.
Kudos to the Palm team for moving to the ARM processor family. Of course, it also runs NetBSD - check out: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm32/
Now all we need is a way to get Ethernet into a Palm to have the ultimate portable rescue device. Imagine coming to rescue a down system and just plugging in your Pilot to restore basic service.
It doesn't get any cooler....
You can be wrong, but don't be bitchy too..
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Please take a second and read T1.413, which is the ANSI standard for ADSL.
OR you could just read Newton's Telecom Dictionary, under Modem: "The term "modem" is also applied (and correctly so, in the purely technical sense) to ISDN TAs (terminal adapters), ADSL TUs(Terminating Units), line drivers and short-haul modems.
Instead of using a shift-keying encoding (typically Quarternary Phase Shift Keying for 28.8kbps and higher) xDSL uses CAP (Carrierless Amplitude Phase) or DMT (discrete multi-tone) to MOdulate the digital signals onto an analog medium and DEModulate the analog signals back into ATM cells or Ethernet frames.
Keep attempting to be technical. We'll all still be here when you get back...
Are you kidding me!?!? Finally someone comes out with a device that actually demonstrates the definitive advantages of MP3 and it costs $800 bucks - WTF?
If someone out there has the embedded systems knowledge, would you please slap a decoder onto a CDROM drive so we can have portable MP3 players using CDs as the delivery mechanism - While it wouldn't be an ass-kickin' 5Gb, by using technology that is extremely cheap (Open Source Decoder, CD-ROM player & disc) you can put this thing out with a low price point and a high enough margin to make it worthwile to manufacture...
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Especially considering the Raite and APEX DVD/MP3 DVD players. I have a Raite model (bought at Fry's, Sunnyvale) that plays my DVDs, plain olde CDs and burned CDs (with MP3s or Audio tracks, no difference) just fine and dandy.
Perhaps it is an issue with the laser pickup on the DVD player? I don't know the technology to that depth, but perhaps some EE could enlighten (please no pun) us....
I have built an OpenBSD Firewall, and it has been chugging away on a $10.00 salvage 486 with two spare NICs for a few months now. OpenBSD uses the IPFilter packet filtering program for firewalling, and for Network Address Translation (having multiple machines share a single IP), you have IPNAT.
Both are included in the base install of OpenBSD, but need to be activated. From the OpenBSD FAQ at http://www.usa.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.ht ml#6.2 you can check out the IPFilter and IPNAT sections - this helped me to get running from practically step zero. The MAN pages in OpenBSD are also the best in the business, with example code and config files, and they are consistently getting better with each release.
To develop your rule base for IPFilter, you can't beat the IPFilter HOWTO located at http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/. This has everything you need to know about creating a solid firewall without being an expert in TCP/IP packet routing.
So since you can get all the info for free, try downloading OpenBSD 2.7 and give it a shot. When it works for you WAY easier than you expected, take the cash that you would have spect on the firewall book and purchase the CD (and yes, mine is on the way...)
Good Luck and Enjoy!
Nothing against the creators of the site, but you all on SlashDot should know that the Enlighten Distributed Systems Management tool runs on SuSE, RedHat and a couple of other distros.
BTW - It's actually a pretty cool product - you can manage (add users, change configs, etc) several hundred boxes covering a couple dozen different OS' from a single interface. You can download a copy of it from FreshMeat and try it out on your own distro.
Regarding the site inaccuracy, I don't think it would be appropriate for me (just another *nix whacko) to contact RHINL.org, but my Enlighten Sales Engineer is sending an official response soon.
Kudos to the Palm team for moving to the ARM processor family. Of course, it also runs NetBSD - check out: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm32/
Now all we need is a way to get Ethernet into a Palm to have the ultimate portable rescue device. Imagine coming to rescue a down system and just plugging in your Pilot to restore basic service.
It doesn't get any cooler....
Please take a second and read T1.413, which is the ANSI standard for ADSL.
OR you could just read Newton's Telecom Dictionary, under Modem:
"The term "modem" is also applied (and correctly so, in the purely technical sense) to ISDN TAs (terminal adapters), ADSL TUs(Terminating Units), line drivers and short-haul modems.
Instead of using a shift-keying encoding (typically Quarternary Phase Shift Keying for 28.8kbps and higher) xDSL uses CAP (Carrierless Amplitude Phase) or DMT (discrete multi-tone) to MOdulate the digital signals onto an analog medium and DEModulate the analog signals back into ATM cells or Ethernet frames.
Keep attempting to be technical. We'll all still be here when you get back...
Are you kidding me!?!? Finally someone comes out with a device that actually demonstrates the definitive advantages of MP3 and it costs $800 bucks - WTF?
If someone out there has the embedded systems knowledge, would you please slap a decoder onto a CDROM drive so we can have portable MP3 players using CDs as the delivery mechanism - While it wouldn't be an ass-kickin' 5Gb, by using technology that is extremely cheap (Open Source Decoder, CD-ROM player & disc) you can put this thing out with a low price point and a high enough margin to make it worthwile to manufacture...
Could we load some distributed projects on this guy, so in the 'downtime' we have it cranking away a few billion RC5 or DES decrypts?
Oh yes, how beautiful indeed.