Starting a new thread by replying [was: (unable to start a new discussion)...] but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread tomas
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 12:25:00PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: [...] > Guilty as charged. :-( > > > Using Thunderbird, clicking "Reply List" and changing the Subject to > "new subject [was: old subject]" is NOT the way to do it. Clicking > "Write", and cutting and pasting the Subject and/

New thread vs. changed Subject line (was Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...)

2021-09-17 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-09-17 at 15:25, David Christensen wrote: > On 9/17/21 1:46 AM, Brian wrote: > >> However, a new discussion should be started in a*new* thread, not >> plonked willy-nilly into an existing thread. This is the second >> time recently that someone has done that. The first time it >> involved

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread David Christensen
On 9/17/21 1:46 AM, Brian wrote: However, a new discussion should be started in a*new* thread, not plonked willy-nilly into an existing thread. This is the second time recently that someone has done that. The first time it involved an experienced user! Guilty as charged. :-( Using Thunder

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> edges of text characters. So if showing a screen full of text to show > the error, smunch the daylights out of it, it will still be readable. Whatever happened to the idea of citing the actual text rather than using an (unreadable) image? Stefan

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 September 2021 09:10:01 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > edges of text characters. So if showing a screen full of text to > > show the error, smunch the daylights out of it, it will still be > > readable. > > Whatever happened to the idea of citing the actual text rather than > using an (unr

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 17 September 2021 04:46:20 Brian wrote: > On Thu 16 Sep 2021 at 21:48:55 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:46:43 -0300 > > > > Dedeco Balaco wrote: > > > Why am i unable to start a new discussion? I have sent 4 messages! > > > They have one attachment that is less

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-17 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 Sep 2021 at 21:48:55 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:46:43 -0300 > Dedeco Balaco wrote: > > > Why am i unable to start a new discussion? I have sent 4 messages! > > They have one attachment that is less than 150KiB - so, they are not > > considered big, for the li

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread tomas
On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 09:48:55PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:46:43 -0300 > Dedeco Balaco wrote: > > > Why am i unable to start a new discussion? I have sent 4 messages! > > They have one attachment that is less than 150KiB - so, they are not > > considered big, for the

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:46:43 -0300 Dedeco Balaco wrote: > Why am i unable to start a new discussion? I have sent 4 messages! > They have one attachment that is less than 150KiB - so, they are not > considered big, for the list, right? I consider 150 KiB to be monstrous. Have you tried sending a

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 sep 21, 11:19:11, David Christensen wrote: > On 9/16/21 12:40 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Mi, 15 sep 21, 17:48:39, Hans wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: > > > Hi, > > > > > > got the same problem, when the ethernet interface is up, too and

Re: (unable to start a new discussion) Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 07:46:43PM -0300, Dedeco Balaco wrote: > Why am i unable to start a new discussion? I have sent 4 messages! They > have one attachment that is less than 150KiB - so, they are not > considered big, for the list, right? I don't know what the maximum allowed attachment size is

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread David Christensen
On 9/16/21 12:40 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 15 sep 21, 17:48:39, Hans wrote: Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: Hi, got the same problem, when the ethernet interface is up, too and I am on wifi. This a problem with the gateway settings. Unless my understandin

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 17:48:39, Hans wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: > Hi, > > got the same problem, when the ethernet interface is up, too and I am on wifi. > This a problem with the gateway settings. Unless my understanding of local networks is wrong, the ga

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread David Christensen
On 9/15/21 7:41 AM, nimrod wrote: Hi, my devices (pc, laptops, smartphone) all can surf the internet without problems. So one would say that the router is working properly. But computer A cannot access computer B via SSH as it's alwais being doing for years, and viceversa. They cannot even ping

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread James Wallen
On 9/15/21 10:51 AM, nimrod wrote: Hi, my devices (pc, laptops, smartphone) all can surf the internet without problems. So one would say that the router is working properly. But computer A cannot access computer B via SSH as it's alwais being doing for years, and viceversa. They cannot even

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread IL Ka
> > My solution is remove the kernel module (in my case it is ath5k.ko, as it > is > an Atheros card). Removing it with "rmmod ath5k", and when I need to use > it > again, I restart it using "modprobe ath5k". > > If you are wired connected, you can try "ifconfig eth0 down" or whatever > your > ethe

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2021, 16:41:21 CEST schrieb nimrod: Hi, got the same problem, when the ethernet interface is up, too and I am on wifi. This a problem with the gateway settings. My solution is remove the kernel module (in my case it is ath5k.ko, as it is an Atheros card). Removing it

Re: Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread IL Ka
> > Computer A can ping computer C instead, and viceversa. No PC can access > the printer website nor print any more. Nor can I scan documents as I could > before, because the scanner is part of the printer. > > Please show "ip addr" and "ip nei show" from all Linux machines and "ipconfig" and "arp

Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread nimrod
Hi, my devices (pc, laptops, smartphone) all can surf the internet without problems. So one would say that the router is working properly. But computer A cannot access computer B via SSH as it's alwais being doing for years, and viceversa. They cannot even ping each other. No firewall on them at

Can surf the internet, but not my home network...

2021-09-15 Thread nimrod
Hi, my devices (pc, laptops, smartphone) all can surf the internet without problems. So one would say that the router is working properly. But computer A cannot access computer B via SSH as it's alwais being doing for years, and viceversa. They cannot even ping each other. No firewall on them at

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-15 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, April 15, 2018 12:48:35 PM Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 08:05:12AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > > > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > > > It was very straightforward

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-15 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 08:05:12AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > > configuration - two W

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-15 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, April 14, 2018 03:57:08 AM Reco wrote: > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > configuration - two WiFi APs with the same SSID ('AP name' in layman > terms), each brigded to the same wired

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-15 Thread Dan Purgert
Reco wrote: > Back in the day I used two Raspberry Pi for improving WiFi coverage. > It was very straightforward, although somewhat unconventional > configuration - two WiFi APs with the same SSID ('AP name' in layman > terms), each brigded to the same wired VLAN. Worked better than I was > anticip

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-15 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> Well, nice that they're starting to do that ... it's still a Linksys, so >> (not having any experience with it either), I'd lean toward it not being >> that great of a device. > > That's a shame. I was moving toward

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-14 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 09:17:06AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > > Celejar wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the s

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-13 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 Apr 2018 at 10:21:46 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the same > >> channel as the upstream AP. It *cannot* use a different channel. > >> > >>

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-09 Thread Dan Purgert
Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: >> If you have a device repeating a WiFi signal, it *will* use the same >> channel as the upstream AP. It *cannot* use a different channel. >> >> In the event you have a dual-band AP, and the following conditions are >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-09 Thread Dan Purgert
Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 10:00:31 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) >> > Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> >> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other client

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-08 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 00:32:05 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> David Wright wrote: > >> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> >> > >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it mea

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-08 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 6 Apr 2018 10:00:31 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> Yep, you've got the terms right. > >> > >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it? > >> or is it

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >> > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 20:17:56 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> > >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. > >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> It's a nuance in the semantics of what it means to "repeat" wifi. >> Suffice to say, in order to "repeat" wifi, you have one radio splitting >> its time between pretending to be an AP for a client device, and >>

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-07 Thread David Wright
On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 16:26:47 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Celejar wrote: > >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > >> > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> >> [...] > >> >> > >> >> Yep, you've got the terms righ

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-06 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) >> > Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> >> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other client

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-06 Thread David Wright
On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 10:00:31 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> Yep, you've got the terms right. > >> > >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it? > >> or is it J

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-06 Thread Dan Purgert
Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: >> [...] >> >> Yep, you've got the terms right. >> >> Does the buffalo also provide wifi access to other clients close to it? >> or is it JUST trying to pretend that it's a client device to the >> TP-Link? > > I'm no

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-05 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 11:30:24 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) > > Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Joe wrote: > >> > [...] > >> > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > >> > with multiple Ethernet ports are swi

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-04-03 Thread Dan Purgert
Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) > Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Joe wrote: >> > [...] >> > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices >> > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. >> > Indeed, many routers can be configur

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-30 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:13:30 - (UTC) Dan Purgert wrote: > Joe wrote: > > [...] > > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. > > Indeed, many routers can be configured as VLANs. > > Hubs pr

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-19 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 13:09:00 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >> > >> > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> > Content-Disposition: inline >> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> > >> > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), D

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 12:49:16 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run > > > on the hardware, they should support bridging. > >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 16 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run > > on the hardware, they should support bridging. > > I can make sure the router I buy can run openwrt or ddwrt, but it >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > 1: I suppose there might be some network hardware which doesn't > > > support actual bridging of wired interfaces, but I've

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > 1: I suppose there might be some network hardware which doesn't > > support actual bridging of wired interfaces, but I've yet to see > > such an example. > > I think the router I've been usi

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 08:48:50 (+), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 13:09:00 (-), Dan Purgert wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > >> On We

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 23:26:38 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that a

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread Dan Purgert
Joe wrote: > [...] > I'd have thought that hardwired hubs are long gone, that all devices > with multiple Ethernet ports are switches and therefore software-based. > Indeed, many routers can be configured as VLANs. Hubs pretty much are. Not entirely sure where you're thinking switches are "softwa

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread Dan Purgert
David Wright wrote: > > --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: >> > When you reprogram routers with dd-w

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 16, 2018 08:53:00 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I haven't had the need to do that, and I'm not quite sure how I would go > about it, but (thinking on the fly now), I might try putting a switch > immediately after the modem, with two routers plugged into that, then a > router and o

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, March 16, 2018 04:48:50 AM Joe wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: ... > > I haven't paid attention to this thread from the beginning, but > > looking at the sketch, I'm wondering what the purpose of the 2nd > > router is? Why not instead of a route

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-16 Thread Joe
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:26:38 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that a

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-15 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, March 15, 2018 09:42:25 PM David Wright wrote: > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > > > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's fo

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-15 Thread David Wright
On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's formware doesn't allow > > for that? > > openwrt and dd-wrt both allo

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote: > When you reprogram routers with dd-wrt, does that allow it to do, say, > wired bridging even though the manufacturer's formware doesn't allow > for that? openwrt and dd-wrt both allow wired bridging[1] (or pseudo-bridging by routing if your wireless hardw

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 14 March 2018 22:24:26 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 09 Mar 2018 at 12:31:35 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > > For many years I have used my desktp

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-14 Thread David Wright
On Fri 09 Mar 2018 at 12:31:35 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server > > > with two interfaces one facin

Re: Help needed with home network configuration:[SOLVED]

2018-03-10 Thread Joe
On Fri, 9 Mar 2018 23:22:36 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > Thanks again for all the inputs. > > I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. > > Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't > understand why I could not > get it working with Shorewall which I have use

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 11:06:12AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I see I have broken the thread by adding [SOLVED] to the subject. But only because gmail is a broken mail user agent: it seems to have dropped the In-Reply-To header. The change of subjec

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-10 Thread Johann Spies
I see I have broken the thread by adding [SOLVED] to the subject. Just to keep it in this thread: I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't understand why I could not get it working with Shorewall which I have used fo

Re: Help needed with home network configuration:[SOLVED]

2018-03-09 Thread Johann Spies
Thanks again for all the inputs. I have tried a third option: arno-iptables-firewall. Now I can reach the internet from the local network. I still don't understand why I could not get it working with Shorewall which I have used for many years. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loya

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-09 Thread john doe
On 3/9/2018 3:30 PM, Johann Spies wrote: For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the local network. Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be available in parallel. I

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 09 March 2018 10:18:23 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server > > with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the > > other the local network. > > >

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-09 Thread Dan Purgert
Johann Spies wrote: > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with > two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the > local network. > > Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be > available in parallel. > > I have deci

Re: Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:30:53PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with > two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the > local network. > > Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both conn

Help needed with home network configuration

2018-03-09 Thread Johann Spies
For many years I have used my desktp as a network/firewall server with two interfaces one facing the internet (through ADSL) and the other the local network. Now I have a fibre connection and for a month both connections will be available in parallel. I have decided to use my Raspberry Pi3 as the

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-02 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Curt wrote: >> > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >>> >> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the >> >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN spee

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread メット
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2017年6月1日 20:21:51 JST, Mark Fletcher wrote: >On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Curt wrote: >> > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >>> >> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing >t

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 10:39:07AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Curt wrote: > > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: > >>> > >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > >> Haven't even got t

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 05:08:16PM +, Curt wrote: > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > > It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > > internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > > Haven't even got the length of worrying about

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-06-01 Thread Dan Purgert
Curt wrote: > On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >>> >> It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the >> internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. >> Haven't even got the length of worrying about internet speeds yet, since >> there are so m

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-27 Thread Curt
On 2017-05-26, Mark Fletcher wrote: >> > It seems like you read my original problem as slowness accessing the > internet. That isn't the problem, I'm concerned about intra-LAN speeds. > Haven't even got the length of worrying about internet speeds yet, since > there are so many variables that

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 10:09:08AM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > > >> > > Channel selection is automatic -- shouldn't it pick the clearest one? > > Also I am curious as to why sele

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Mark Fletcher wrote: >> > >> > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one >> > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 May 2017 04:17:10 Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:38:21AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > Couple things here. I have no such problems. My routing is from the > > cable modem, to a buffalo netfinty router ru

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > > laptop that is connected only

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:49:43AM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote: > > > > On May 20, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >> On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > >> > >> Hello! > >> > >> I have some dou

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:38:21AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > > Couple things here. I have no such problems. My routing is from the cable > modem, to a buffalo netfinty router running dd-wrt, so I need no > firewall. dd-wrt has very sharp

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 06:17:41AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 01:41:20 AM Mark Fletcher wrote: > > What is the laptop using--802.11a, b, g, n, or ac? It's a high-end couple-of-years-old Toshiba laptop sold in Japan. It'll be either N or AC. I believe the router

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-26 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 09:29:12AM +0200, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote: > 2017-05-20 07:41 keltezéssel, Mark Fletcher írta: > > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on here, why the transfer > > was so slow. Any recommendations for tools I should research? I am very > > willing to read man pages e

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-24 Thread Brian
On Tue 23 May 2017 at 22:32:52 -, Dan Purgert wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > > > >> Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". > >> TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) >

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 02:18:06PM -, Dan Purgert wrote: > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > > laptop that is connected only

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread Dan Purgert
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". >> TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) >> than just having it transmit, due to the fact that your client dev

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-23 Thread rhkramer
On Monday, May 22, 2017 08:28:54 AM Dan Purgert wrote: > Probably WPA2-PSK ("Pre Shared Key") -- just means "password auth". > TBH, not having the SSID transmitted is actually LESS secure (overall) > than just having it transmit, due to the fact that your client devices > (phone, laptop, etc) have

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Kent West
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This IoT stuff is way too damned close to 1984, the book. > > http://anonymous-news.com/11-year-old-shocks-cybersecurity-experts-anything-wi-fi-can-weaponized/ -- Kent West<")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.b

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 22 May 2017 08:28:54 Dan Purgert wrote: > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > >> You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > >> children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and > >> subject to

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-22 Thread Dan Purgert
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: >> You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have >> children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and subject >> to being used by the neighbors as I found my net usage after the

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 May 2017 12:58:05 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > > children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and > > subject to being used by the neighbor

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:38:21 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > You'll note no mention of wifi here as its turned off unless I have > children visiting with their smart phones. wifi is slower, and subject > to being used by the neighbors as I found my net usage after the kids > had been in was up abou

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-21 Thread Dan Purgert
Mark Fletcher wrote: > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one > Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS > laptop that is connected only occasionally, a Windows 8.1 laptop, 3 > iPhones of varying ages, 2 iPads, 1 Android t

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread David Christensen
On 05/19/2017 10:41 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: Hello! Hi! :-) I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX ma

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 20 May 2017 14:41:20 +0900 Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hello! > > I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm > hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. ... > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on he

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Catherine Gramze
> On May 20, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm >> hoping for some advice on tools that mi

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:41:20 Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hello! > > I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm > hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. > > My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one >

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, May 20, 2017 01:41:20 AM Mark Fletcher wrote: > The internet access is via Cable. I run an ethernet cable from the cable > modem to the firewall machine, then from the firewall machine to the > Linkstation's WAN port. The firewall machine's WiFi interface is > disabled (I didn't includ

Re: [A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-20 Thread Nemeth Gyorgy
2017-05-20 07:41 keltezéssel, Mark Fletcher írta: > I'd like to be able to diagnose what's going on here, why the transfer > was so slow. Any recommendations for tools I should research? I am very > willing to read man pages etc, but am a bit lost where to start. Google > gave me a lot of Window

[A bit OT] Diagnosing home network

2017-05-19 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello! I have some doubts about the throughput of my home network and I'm hoping for some advice on tools that might help me diagnose it. My home network consists of 2 Debian machines, one Jessie and one Stretch, an LFS mini-ITX machine acting as my firewall, another LFS laptop th

Re: Creating a home network

2016-05-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 5/12/2016 6:23 PM, メット wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016年5月13日 3:03:06 JST, Richard Owlett wrote: On 5/12/2016 9:20 AM, mett wrote: [snip] did u see debian wiki about creating a router with a pc? No. I did a "title" search for "router" got 3 hits (all rele

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