Not slow for me anymore either. Thanks for the links John Seth wrote: Personally, I'm not seeing any slowness at all. Check the local CentOS mirrors? Granted, the mirrors don't mirror the actual website but they'll get you ISO's or packages if needed. http://mirrors.easynews.com//linux/centos/ http://centos-distro.cavecreek.net/ hth, Tony Evans Phoenix Wing Interactive johnseth@phoenixwing.com http://www.phoenixwing.com/ keith smith wrote: > Please no flames.... > > A week or so ago I tried to download http://www.xubuntu.com/ and it was > taking a thousand years so I quit. > > Today I go to http://www.centos.org/ and the site will not load .. or > is extremely slow. > > I was able to download Fedora w/o issue.... > > Anyone else seeing http://www.centos.org/ as slow? > > Keith > > > > */"Eric \"Shubes\"" /* wrote: > > Hey Keith, > > Before you get too far down the road with your new server, I'd highly > recommend using CentOS (RHEL clone) instead of FC if you're looking > for high > reliability and low maintenance. The bleeding edge (FC) can be fun for a > while, but it gets old rather quickly. FC is fine for workstations, but > CentOS is better suited for servers. FWIW. > > keith smith wrote: > > Hey Thanks, > > > > Samba showed as trusted. I turned the firewall off altogether. Now I > > have access. I'll see how I can configure it to work. > > > > Thanks again, > > Keith > > > > */jd@twingeckos.com/* wrote: > > > > Check the firewall settings on the Linux box. > > Likely Applications -> System Settings -> Security Level > > If Samba isnt in the trusted services add 139:tcp, 445:tcp to the > > Other Ports. > > Make sure you set the samba server to only allow connections from > > your subnet/etc. > > > > JD > > keith smith wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hey Everyone, > >> > >> I finally got Fedora Core 5 to install on my AMD 500 ... added > >> some ram and it is faster. > >> > >> Running it as a server mostly. X running. > >> > >> I used the Samba tool under Gnome to configure Samba. System > > >> Administration > Server Settings >Samba > >> > >> added a share under me as the user, making it visible and read/write. > >> > >> added a user - me not root. used the win name on my xp laptop. > >> > >> On the Xp I can right mouse click start, click explore, select my > >> network places at the bottom of the list, click entire network, > >> click microsoft windows network, click the workgroup, click the > >> link to the Samba server. > >> > >> I can see the share. Login form appears. I enter the UN & PW I > >> put into the Samba config. > >> > >> I get a message the path is "not accessible" that I might not have > >> permissions .... the network path was not found > >> > >> > >> Any help much appreciated, > >> Keith > >> > >> > >> - - - - - - - > >> Keith Smith > >> - - - - - - - > >> > http://travelingcheese.com/search_engine/increase-search-engine-traffic.html > >> - - - - - - - > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! 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