Re: [opensuse] https help - SOLVED
To all those who replied and offered help, I thank you but as you will see, everyone's ideas were wide of the mark. To sum up the problem, when I bypassed my router and connected the ethernet output of the broadband equipment direct to my computer, I could no longer access most https sites. The matter was further complicated by my limited amount of troubleshooting time available. I followed several dead ends but this morning, after a really long sleep, I plugged the cable into the Win7 box and it did the same. Since this action wasn't normal, I finally smelled a giant rat in the form of an ISP and called tech support and the %$#!! first tier tech support dude had a process for that!!! Go figure ... they only authenticate to the first known MAC address in their list, in this case the old router. Well, by the time we were done, my new Asus gigabit router (which hadn't worked when I first tried to use it - HAH!) worked just fine, everything was up and running and my download speed was still sucky but not by as much. Damn their screwy system but at least the problem was solved. Thanks again - Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 16/02/2019 20.58, Stevens wrote:
To all those who replied and offered help, I thank you but as you will see, everyone's ideas were wide of the mark.
To sum up the problem, when I bypassed my router and connected the ethernet output of the broadband equipment direct to my computer, I could no longer access most https sites. The matter was further complicated by my limited amount of troubleshooting time available. I followed several dead ends but this morning, after a really long sleep, I plugged the cable into the Win7 box and it did the same. Since this action wasn't normal, I finally smelled a giant rat in the form of an ISP and called tech support and the %$#!! first tier tech support dude had a process for that!!! Go figure ... they only authenticate to the first known MAC address in their list, in this case the old router.
Argh!
Well, by the time we were done, my new Asus gigabit router (which hadn't worked when I first tried to use it - HAH!) worked just fine, everything was up and running and my download speed was still sucky but not by as much. Damn their screwy system but at least the problem was solved.
But... but... I thought that only https was not working, that other things worked. With MAC authentication *nothing* should be working. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/16/19 2:36 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 16/02/2019 20.58, Stevens wrote:
To all those who replied and offered help, I thank you but as you will see, everyone's ideas were wide of the mark.
To sum up the problem, when I bypassed my router and connected the ethernet output of the broadband equipment direct to my computer, I could no longer access most https sites. The matter was further complicated by my limited amount of troubleshooting time available. I followed several dead ends but this morning, after a really long sleep, I plugged the cable into the Win7 box and it did the same. Since this action wasn't normal, I finally smelled a giant rat in the form of an ISP and called tech support and the %$#!! first tier tech support dude had a process for that!!! Go figure ... they only authenticate to the first known MAC address in their list, in this case the old router.
Argh!
Well, by the time we were done, my new Asus gigabit router (which hadn't worked when I first tried to use it - HAH!) worked just fine, everything was up and running and my download speed was still sucky but not by as much. Damn their screwy system but at least the problem was solved.
But... but... I thought that only https was not working, that other things worked. With MAC authentication *nothing* should be working.
Carlos, I don't claim to know how that $%#@!! ISP works. If I could get away from them and have comparable speeds and latency, I would. It's one of the joys of living the country life: your options are extremely limited. I have toyed with the idea of linking back to town with my ethernet radio and picking up a fiber tap there but that brings a host of other issues to the table so, for now, I grit my teeth and wait for a competitor to appear. I pay a lot of US$ to get 1/3 the speed that costs people in the cities only half as much. Oh, well ... at least I DO have internet. There are some places in this state where the cell phone system is faster than the ISP. Gracias y después, amigo ========= -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 23/02/2019 17.46, Stevens wrote:
On 2/16/19 2:36 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 16/02/2019 20.58, Stevens wrote:
To all those who replied and offered help, I thank you but as you will see, everyone's ideas were wide of the mark.
To sum up the problem, when I bypassed my router and connected the ethernet output of the broadband equipment direct to my computer, I could no longer access most https sites. The matter was further complicated by my limited amount of troubleshooting time available. I followed several dead ends but this morning, after a really long sleep, I plugged the cable into the Win7 box and it did the same. Since this action wasn't normal, I finally smelled a giant rat in the form of an ISP and called tech support and the %$#!! first tier tech support dude had a process for that!!! Go figure ... they only authenticate to the first known MAC address in their list, in this case the old router.
Argh!
Well, by the time we were done, my new Asus gigabit router (which hadn't worked when I first tried to use it - HAH!) worked just fine, everything was up and running and my download speed was still sucky but not by as much. Damn their screwy system but at least the problem was solved.
But... but... I thought that only https was not working, that other things worked. With MAC authentication *nothing* should be working.
Carlos, I don't claim to know how that $%#@!! ISP works. If I could get away from them and have comparable speeds and latency, I would. It's one of the joys of living the country life: your options are extremely limited. I have toyed with the idea of linking back to town with my ethernet radio and picking up a fiber tap there but that brings a host of other issues to the table so, for now, I grit my teeth and wait for a competitor to appear. I pay a lot of US$ to get 1/3 the speed that costs people in the cities only half as much. Oh, well ... at least I DO have internet. There are some places in this state where the cell phone system is faster than the ISP.
Gracias y después, amigo
Understood. Yes, I know people in the countryside that use some kind of long range WiFi to connect. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 02/23/2019 11:06 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yes, I know people in the countryside that use some kind of long range WiFi to connect.
I had a friend who once set up a 15-mile line-of-sight WiFi connection using Pringle cans for antennas. This was around 2008. I didn't personally see it operate, so I am taking his word for it. I don't remember if he had to adjust any of the timing parameters. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2/23/19 1:49 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 02/23/2019 11:06 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yes, I know people in the countryside that use some kind of long range WiFi to connect.
I had a friend who once set up a 15-mile line-of-sight WiFi connection using Pringle cans for antennas. This was around 2008. I didn't personally see it operate, so I am taking his word for it. I don't remember if he had to adjust any of the timing parameters.
Regards, Lew
Lew, I have a pair of Ubiquiti 23 mile 5.8GHz ethernet link radios for the project but am not motivated enough yet to use them. I have seen various homebrew projects that take existing wifi equipment and by adding antennas, extend their range considerably. Ubiquiti and others are so much easier: pay money, get tech support and warranty, install, watch it work. No muss, no fuss. Yes, I have the expertise but no, not the desire. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 23/02/2019 20.49, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 02/23/2019 11:06 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yes, I know people in the countryside that use some kind of long range WiFi to connect.
I had a friend who once set up a 15-mile line-of-sight WiFi connection using Pringle cans for antennas. This was around 2008. I didn't personally see it operate, so I am taking his word for it. I don't remember if he had to adjust any of the timing parameters.
Sure, I have a Pringle antenna I built myself, but I talk of commercial systems, not DIY :-D These are more serious setups. Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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