From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:02:03 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 539 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 31 January 2003 Number 539 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 [os2genau] os2site dot com news : Ian Manners" 2 [os2genau] ADSL and SpeedNet : Ian Manners" 3 Re: [os2genau] eCS update : Alan Duval" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:47:01 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: [os2genau] os2site dot com news Hi everyone http://www.os2site dot com http://www. http://www.unixos2 dot org http://www.ecssite dot com are now all on a dedicated 1.0Mb SHDSL line, I have limited download speeds to 100kb per second to ensure everyone gets a fair go. If no one else is on the line then you will only be limited to 256KB per second. The rest of the bandwidth is for my clients. The reason I'm letting this list know is that with the peering here in Australia, especially for those of you whos ISP have a link to connect dot com dot au, download charges for you will be a lot cheaper than if you download from hobbes. Hobbes is mirrored twice daily. To see the os2site dot com directory structure, get http://www.os2site dot com/sw/0.dir.list To see the latest file listing get (updated nightly) http://www.os2site dot com/sw/filepile.zip FTP access information can be found here http://www.os2site dot com/pages/ftp.html Similar information is also applicable to all other sites I host. And a BIG thanks to Telstra for taking the DSL lines down lastnight for 6 hours, 24 hours after the SHDSL was switched in, I spent a nerve racking 20-30 minutes trying to figure out what I'd done wrong before phoning support ! Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Windows is like the weatherman: wrong just often enough to be dangerous. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:02:55 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: [os2genau] ADSL and SpeedNet Hi everyone I now have my own ADSL line at home up and running, and after bitting my nails over the weekend, it wasnt that hard, I was provided with an ADSL router that does it all for me, including my own choice of PPPoE or PPPoA, all I had to do was plug my personal firewall in, after changing the MTU values to 1460 very quickly from 1492. As I was an ISDN user, all my MTU's were originally set for 1500. The router provided is an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro POTS. The ADSL service I chose is the 1.5Mb/256kbps, and I'm going through http://www.connect dot com dot au/ As I have my own IP subnet, all IP's are fixed, also as I'm a manual type of guy, even down to my trusty Olympus OM4Ti. Much thanks to Daryl for relaying his ASDL experience, made me feel a lot better about the switch from ISDN to ADSL over the weekend, Daryl also gave me the biggest piece of information that I think ensured it all went smoothly, the right MTU value, I'd originally set everything up for 1492 only to find it only half worked, I then very quickly switched to an MTU value of 1460 and it all appears to 100% work, Daryl did specify 1454, so I'll keep that in mind if I do start to have problems. I was really expecting to spend hours getting it all to work so it was a bit of a let down to just swap the cables and MTU over :-)) The only problem I know have, is I've now got 100% reliance on DSL for both lines, in the about 3 years I've had the ISDN lines here, not once have I lost the network connection. Um, yes, I know, one outage was my fault, the others were power related or the internet in general ;-) Mental note, always check you have replugged in those cables :-) Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ How do you get your hair to do that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:16:55 -0500 (EST) From: "Alan Duval" Subject: Re: [os2genau] eCS update On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:57:26 +1100 (EDT), Ian Manners wrote: >Hi Alan > >>If we paid for update protection last year will we get the eCS 1.1 update without further cost or do we have to >>order it and pay $145 before 31/1/03 ? > >Mark from Orion Systems is still overseas, I think, probably best to >ask Kim on the Yahoo groups mailing list. Way back in November we said, in clear terms, if you bought eComStation Upgrade Protection .. you get 1.1 and the Application Pack. All UP subscriptions have been extended until we get that done. Regards, Bob St.John ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------