%% "Jeremy Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jb> We use a Contivity VPN switch where I work. There is a linux jb> client from Apani that works just fine with kernel >= 2.4.21. And jb> they have a beta that works with 2.6.8, but ONLY on jb> RH/Fedora/Suse. When used with Debian, it just causes kernel jb> panics. And the soultion is "Don't use Debian".
jb> So...has anybody used another VPN client successfully with jb> Debian+2.6.8+Contivity? Just go get a Red Hat kernel (I guess from FC3) and build and install it on your Debian box. In the corporate world, unfortunately, there are a number of products that have binary-only kernel modules and 99% of the time they don't support much other than Red Hat. Combined with the fact that Red Hat applies tons of patches to their kernels, most of these KLMs don't work with kernel.org aligned kernels like Debian. But, it's all still under the GPL so you can just go get the source for Red Hat's kernel, unpack it, use kernel-package to build it into a dpkg, and install it. One nice thing about Linux is that the kernel and userspace are almost completely separate. I do it this kind of thing all the time. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
