Re: Cable Modem related questions

From: Crashdamage (03z1krd7_at_nospam.invalid)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:31:22 GMT

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:45:28 GMT, Jabali Pragya <jabali@XSPAMfreeuk.com> wrote:
> I have just got cable modem installed which came with an USB connection
> but I have now installed an ethernet connection myself. I am running
> Mandrake 10 Official with kde 3.2.3.

> Since the cable connection was installed all applications including kde
> is taking just a bit longer to load. Once loaded I don't think they are
> running any slower than before. Is this normal or have I been intruded by
> a hacker? I have Iptable running,thus reasonably (I assume) protected.

You should be pretty well protected if you configured iptables
correctly. I'm not sure why things should take longer to load now.
Maybe a problem with your internet config, like a DNS thing...? Maybe
you have something running that's eating CPU cycles?
And is it slower since the change from USB to ethernet, or since the
change from whatever-you-had-before to cable?

> Secondly, I have win98SE running under win4lin. I don't normally connect
> to internet from win98se, but on rare occasions when the site won't run
> without windows specific plug-ins, I connect through the windows side. Do
> I need to set up another firewall for win98se or is it protected by
> Iptable ?

You Linux box will protect your Win4Lin installation as far as
firewalling goes, so no need for ZoneAlarm or anything like that. You
still need to run Windoze anti-virus and anti-spyware apps like Norton,
Panda, SpyBot, etc. Linux can't protect Win98s tender ass from that
stuff. 

-- 
Registered Linux user #266531

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