Hi guyz, I stay at mumbai and my cable operator has given me a 64Kbps connection. I use a 24Online client to login. I have dual-booted my system with Red Hat Linux 9. When I contacted him about using his connection in Linux he said that I could use it either in Linux or Windows. So I searched around the net for help when I came upon this mailing list. I have searched the archives and found that I should be using 'linc'. I have downloaded the i386 RPM. But I dont know how to configure it or use it. I am a newbie :). So I was wondering if someone had instructions about using this utility.
Thanx, Dinesh.
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If by any chance the provider has upgraded the server env (Which should be possible case) When you login to the main screen to view usage goto Download client option there you will find the Linux client download natively developed by eLitecore Regards Dinesh Joshi wrote:
So I was wondering if someone had instructions about using this utility.
Sometime Today, S. K Rahman assembled some asciibets to say:
If by any chance the provider has upgraded the server env (Which should be possible case) When you login to the main screen to view usage goto Download client option there you will find the Linux client download natively developed by eLitecore
That isn't very good. the linc client is much better. It follows the ICF model - install, configure, forget.
That isn't very good. the linc client is much better. It follows the ICF model - install, configure, forget.
Yeah ICF...Installed it, Configured it and totally Forgot it.
With the old version eLitecore server I used linc but for some reasons it keeps on disconnecting me from the server, whereas the one that is officially supported by elitecore seems to very stable (if I am not wrong with the recent server versions there is changes in the protocol)
Sorry I do not want to induce falme, I would rather keep this to user discretion what ever works for him would be great and I would update myself on it.
Regards
Sometime Today, Dinesh Joshi assembled some asciibets to say:
using 'linc'. I have downloaded the i386 RPM. But I dont know how to configure it or use it. I am a newbie :). So I was wondering if
I'm not sure about the rpm, I installed from source, but it should be the same. If my instructions don't work, then give me the output of rpm -q linc-daemon
Instructions:
After installing, you should have the following files:
/usr/bin/linc /etc/lincrc
if you do not have /etc/lincrc, then create it using the command:
touch /etc/lincrc
now, edit this file:
vi /etc/lincrc
My file looks like this:
# Config file for linc cablenet client srvaddr = 172.16.1.1 srvport = 6060 username = tellis password = xxxxxxxxxxx hwaddr = 00:E0:4C:00:03:42
you should change the settings to whatever your operator gives you. hwaddr is specific to your machine, you can use the ifconfig utility to find out:
/sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:00:03:42 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
next, you'll need to configure your resolv.conf file to use the dns server that your ISP gives you.
finally, I've attached a linc startup script to this mail. You should copy it to /etc/init.d and run the following commands:
chmod +x /etc/init.d/linc chkconfig --add linc chkconfig linc on
This will ensure that linc connects to the net when your machine boots up. To start linc immediately, run the following command:
/etc/init.d/linc start
to stop linc, run:
/etc/init.d/linc stop
other options can be got by running
/etc/init.d/linc
NOTES:
before you do anything, try and understand how things work. man linc man lincrc will explain a lot
You can also start linc by just running the linc program. This will start linc on the current console, but in the background. You will have to send it signals using the kill command, which IMO isn't very user friendly.
Subscribing to the linc-user's mailing list (on sourceforge) can help.
Philip
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