<div>Hi all<br></div><div><br></div><div>This is a first-time reply for me here so I may not be using the correct format :)</div><div><br></div><div>Alex... </div><div>Have you considered a 3G router (£30-£40)? or just use the linux box as a router and connect it to your switch.</div>
<div>Found a couple of articles that should help...</div><div>Ubuntu: <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/sharing-internet-connection-in-ubuntu.html">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/sharing-internet-connection-in-ubuntu.html</a></div>
<div>Fedora: <a href="http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php">http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php</a></div><div><br></div><div>David.</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 May 2011 13:00, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scarborough-request@mailman.lug.org.uk">scarborough-request@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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1. How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit? (ALEX ARMANI)<br>
2. Re: How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?<br>
(Ross Kendall)<br>
3. Getting three machines online at the same time using one<br>
mobile broadband dongle. (ALEX ARMANI)<br>
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 15:48:59 +0100<br>
From: ALEX ARMANI <<a href="mailto:alex.armani@live.co.uk">alex.armani@live.co.uk</a>><br>
Subject: [SLUG] How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?<br>
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How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?<br>
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Hi folks. I've got an install of Ubuntu 1o.1o Maverick on my laptop but<br>
don't remember if it's a 32 or 64 bit install. Is there an easy way to<br>
find out?<br>
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'uname -a' returns:<br>
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Linux Anna 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux<br>
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Am I correct in thinking that the i686 indicates it is a 64 bit installation?<br>
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Tia, from Alex.<br>
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:18:18 +0100<br>
From: Ross Kendall <<a href="mailto:ross@rosskendall.com">ross@rosskendall.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64<br>
bit?<br>
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Hi Alex,<br>
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You are very close there. /uname -a/ (or /uname -m/) will tell you if<br>
it's 32 or 64 bit and the bit at the end before GNU/Linux is the<br>
indicator. However /i686/ shows it is 32bit, if it was 64bit it would<br>
have /x86_64/.<br>
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Another command you can use is:<br>
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|getconf LONG_BIT|<br>
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(the answer being 32 or 64)<br>
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It is possible to run 32bit Linux on a 64bit CPU. The above commands<br>
will only tell you about the currently installed Linux not if the<br>
processor will support 64bit.<br>
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If you want to know about the physical processor instead of the current<br>
operating system run:<br>
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cat /proc/cpuinfo<br>
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(if the list of 'flags' has /tm/ it is a 32 bit processor, if the flags<br>
have /lm/ it's 64bit)<br>
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Hope that helps.<br>
Cheers,<br>
Ross.<br>
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On 20/05/11 15:48, ALEX ARMANI wrote:<br>
> How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?<br>
><br>
> Hi folks. I've got an install of Ubuntu 1o.1o Maverick on my laptop<br>
> but don't remember if it's a 32 or 64 bit install. Is there an easy<br>
> way to find out?<br>
> 'uname -a' returns:<br>
> Linux Anna 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC<br>
> 2010 i686 GNU/Linux<br>
><br>
> Am I correct in thinking that the i686 indicates it is a 64 bit<br>
> installation?<br>
> Tia, from Alex.<br>
> --<br>
> Alex Armani - Digital Musician<br>
> +44 775 459 5449 - <a href="http://Www.Matrixism.Me.UK" target="_blank">Www.Matrixism.Me.UK</a><br>
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Subject: [SLUG] Getting three machines online at the same time using<br>
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Getting three machines online at the same time using one mobile broadband dongle.<br>
Hi all. I've recently moved to a house which doesn't have a landline, so I bought a 3 Mobile Broadband dongle as a temporary measure. 30 day contract 5 gigs a month for ?15.99 (which is the same as I was paying madasafish in my last place, and amazingly, it gives about the same performance to! ~ 6.7 Mbps. ) and it works fine with Linux. BT have said that they would like to install a landline for me for ?122.50, so I'm thinking to maybe I'll stay with 3, but how do I connect my 2 towers to my laptop and have them all online at the same time? Laptop's running Windows 7 and Ubuntu, both towers running Ubuntu. Would my old wifi router be okay to do this? Also, all the machines have bluetooth, so maybe it would be easier to connect all 3 machines using bluetooth?<br>
Any help appreciated, tia form Alex.<br>
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