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<H3 align="left"><img src="../../gx/dennis/qbubble.gif"
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>Networking in an Alternate Universe</H3>
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<p><strong>From Michael Havens
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<p align="right"><strong>Answered By Feather, Tuxedo T. Herring, Wizard's Hat, Swirl, Digital Surfboard, and the Scissors
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<P><STRONG>
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Could someone bring kpppconfig to bandersnatch? It won't unpack when I put
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Mandrake 9.0 back on my box. If someone would be willing to bring me every
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thing to do with kppp it would be even better. kpppconfig is what I know
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is missing (via Hans) but there may be more. It would be terrific if that
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someone could give me a call and I could getit before Bandersnatch but if
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noone is willining to do that then Bandersnatch will work for me
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</STRONG></P>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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Is it a message from Mars? Is it an attempt to mix Klingon with Medu
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Neter?
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Feather]
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Actually Mars is in San Francisco, the beer there is pretty good, the
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food edible and unlike the Bandersnatch below there is no connectivity.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockquote><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Scissors] Mars also has an alternate transport landing zone in
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New York. No connectivity there either, but pretty good food at an
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underground colony beneath the red sands.
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</blockquote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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Is it a misdirected message?
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Feather]
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I can only think that Michael misaddressed this. He is a member of the
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Phoenix AZ lug and the bandersnatch is a local bar the part of the lug
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meets at monthly.
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Not quite sure how he managed to get this so misaddressed.
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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Tune in next time when our querent
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<blockQuote><ol>
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<LI>turns off the weird MIME characters by reading the pointer to expita.com
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in our knowledgebase.
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<LI>(possibly) explaining what the heck he needs in understandable terms,
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</ol></blockQuote>
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(The only "Bandersnatch" I know of is a 58' ferrocement boat about 200
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yards away from mine ...
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [WizHat]
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A couple years ago there used to be a Bandersnatch Pub in Tempe
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Arizona, right near the University. It was a microbrewery with
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a free Internet drop. I used to go there frequently during the
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six months or so that I was "wastin' away in Motorolaville" (working
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on a <A HREF="http://www.linuxcare.com/">Linuxcare</A> contract at the Motorola Computer Products division
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helping them with their HA-Linux project).
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Wow! Of all the gin joints in the world --- who'da thunk that
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three people on this list would all be aware of the same Bandersnatch pub
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in a place like Arizona! (BTW: Tempe and Phoenix are essentially one
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urban area --- I thought Bandersnatch was in Tempe, but that point is moot).
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Feather]
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Right you are Jim. It is in Tempe. The LUG here is known as PLUG
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(Phoenix LUG) but they really cover the metro area include Tempe,
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Scottsdale, Glendale, etc.
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</blockQuote>
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As a gin joint they have good beer, food is edible and the connectivity
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pretty good.
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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... (they've even got a cat named Frumious).
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Swirl]
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Does it get the bowsprit mixed with the rudder sometimes?
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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<sadly> It wouldn't matter if it did. "the Man at the Helm shall speak
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to no one.", so remonstrance is impossible.
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(To those of you who are confused, see Lewis Caroll's "The Hunting of
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the Snark" (An Agony, in Eight Fits.) Hint: you're <em> _supposed</em> to be
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confused.
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=":)"
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height="24" width="20" align="middle">
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Surfboard]
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is <EM>that</EM> where "Fit the First" comes from. People look at me <EM>so</EM>
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weird...
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Tux]
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It was a
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bit startling to see someone talking about "bringing $X to
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Bandersnatch"; I got Norm converted to Linux a while back, and was
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wondering if he was asking for help here.
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT=":)"
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<blockquote><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Scissors] So in conclusion: Frumious had no problem teleporting
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a copy of kppp wherever it needed to go, the Mandrake was advised to avoid
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the jub jub bird while reconfiguring, and no boojums were harmed in the
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drawing up of this column. Lewis Carroll is welcome to join the Answer Gang
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at any time, provided he can get away from his mathemagical textbooks.
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Other ppp configurators include: xisp, wvdial, debian's "pppconfig" and
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a few dockapps. I believe gkrellm also has simple plugins for this
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feature.
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