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Fan-less PC - Proxy Server + Fibre NBN | identify hosts on wireless
by Piers 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

Hi there, I'm looking for a fan-less box to put into my home manage kids' access to the internet. (Internet) --- NBN RJ45 --- [This Box] --- Wireless access point ---- ***clients*** Q1: Any ideas of a good, affordable system Q2: Can I bridge the wireless so I can trace / manage MAC addresses (Or some other solution) Thanks P For the avoidance of doubt - I'm asking technical questions and not ones about kids on the internet.

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Re: Having trouble connecting external USB drive
by Terry Duell 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:01:51 +1000, Timothy Rice <timothy.rice(a)unimelb.edu.au> wrote: >> [ 7413.669770] usb 4-3.1: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 8 using >> xhci_hcd >> [ 7413.682284] usb 4-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, >> idProduct=55aa, bcdDevice= 1.00 >> [ 7413.682285] usb 4-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, >> SerialNumber=1 >> [ 7413.682286] usb 4-3.1: Product: ASMT1051 >> [ 7413.682287] usb 4-3.1: Manufacturer: asmediag >> [ 7413.682287] usb 4-3.1: SerialNumber: 1234567890B7 > > It looks like such devices are a little notorious [1][2] but can be > worked > with using tweaks under /etc/modprobe.d/ [1][3] > > ~ Tim > > [1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237829 > [2] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg109480.html > [3] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg109524.html > Thanks for the advice and info. It's all a bit beyond me at this stage of proceedings, I'll have to spend some time trying come up to understand what it all means. Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell

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Re: Having trouble connecting external USB drive
by Terry Duell 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:30:00 +1000, Rohan McLeod <rhn(a)jeack.com.au> wrote: > Terry Duell via luv-main wrote: >> Hello All, >> I'm running Fedora 30, and have an external USB drive that has been >> used with a Windows laptop to save photos whilst travelling. >> I'd now like to move those files to my Fedora system, but Fedora >> doesn't see the drive. > > You don't say how big the drive is; > > it's definitely not an exFAT issue ? > It's 750GB. I just ran dmesg immediately after connecting the drive and on that occasion the drive mounted and the icon appeared on the desktop, but sadly it isn't repeatable. Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell

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Re: Having trouble connecting external USB drive
by Terry Duell 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:25:04 +1000, Piers via luv-main <luv-main(a)luv.asn.au> wrote: > > On 30/8/19 1:19 pm, Terry Duell via luv-main wrote: >> Hello All, >> I'm running Fedora 30, and have an external USB drive that has been >> used with a Windows laptop to save photos whilst travelling. > > > Does the drive have a propriety connection software (eg: security > system) in Windows? > > Unplug it - plug it in and send the last few lines of (in terminal): > > dmesg OK...that did something! As soon as I ran dmesg the drive icon appeared on the desktop and I can now access all the files...amazing. Not sure why, but it may be a solution. Yet to see if it's repeatable. Here's the last few lines from dmesg... [ 7413.669770] usb 4-3.1: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd [ 7413.682284] usb 4-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=174c, idProduct=55aa, bcdDevice= 1.00 [ 7413.682285] usb 4-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1 [ 7413.682286] usb 4-3.1: Product: ASMT1051 [ 7413.682287] usb 4-3.1: Manufacturer: asmediag [ 7413.682287] usb 4-3.1: SerialNumber: 1234567890B7 [ 7413.683330] usb-storage 4-3.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [ 7413.683393] usb-storage 4-3.1:1.0: Quirks match for vid 174c pid 55aa: 400000 [ 7413.683427] scsi host8: usb-storage 4-3.1:1.0 [ 7414.595778] . [ 7414.724129] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access ASMT 2105 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 [ 7414.724360] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0 [ 7414.725081] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 7415.619771] .ready [ 7415.621258] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 1465149168 512-byte logical blocks: (750 GB/699 GiB) [ 7415.621260] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] 4096-byte physical blocks [ 7415.621357] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off [ 7415.621358] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00 [ 7415.621517] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 7415.621678] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of physical block size (4096 bytes) [ 7415.651278] sde: sde1 sde2 sde3 [ 7415.652518] sd 7:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk [terry@localhost ~]$ Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell

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Having trouble connecting external USB drive
by Terry Duell 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Hello All, I'm running Fedora 30, and have an external USB drive that has been used with a Windows laptop to save photos whilst travelling. I'd now like to move those files to my Fedora system, but Fedora doesn't see the drive. I have no trouble with USB sticks, connect them and they are immediately available, but when I connect the drive I hear a couple 'pings' from the system and that's all. I've spent some time trawling through the various stories on the subject, but all seem to relate to a permanent attachment, suggesting changes to the /etc/fstab to always mount the USB drive. I'm really looking for a 'casual' connection, as and when needed. I know that I've been able to do this in the distant past, i.e. plug in the drive and an icon appears and away I go, but that was a while ago and using earlier versions of Fedora. Any advice and help greatly appreciated. Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell

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VPN Server: Windows + Linux Clients
by Piers 27 Aug '19

27 Aug '19

Hi there, I am looking to set up a VPN server for my cloud VM's. There will be both windows and linux clients - ideally using certificates to login. - What do you recommend (eg: OpenVPN) and are there any licensing requirements for an open source application? - My preference is to avoid installing client's on Windows if the MS network stack will handle it and it is secure - any pointers? Thanks Piers

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Fwd: IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM LINUX JOURNAL, LLC.
by Andrew Pam 08 Aug '19

08 Aug '19

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