FREESCO FAQ

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• is IRC supported?
  IRC (Internet Relay Chat) should work just fine through FREESCO. If you are having problems it may be down to one of a few things ...
• is Netmeeting supported?
  Due to Netmeeting's reliance on the H.323 protocol, which isn't well supported on Linux 2.0.x and therefore FREESCO, Netmeeting doesn't have the full complement of ...
• Is PCMCIA supported?
  Officially not for FREESCO 0.2.7. However, there's a compiled non-package of the PCMCIA card services. This can be found on your local FREESCOSoft mirror. Here ...
• is PCMCIA supported?
  Not by default for FREESCO 0.3.x, but a PCMCIA ZIP archive can be found on FREESCOSoft (or one of it's mirror sites).This ZIP archive contains ...
• Installing network interface cards
  The latest version of this article can be found at http://bakskuru.se/fredrik/freesco/ This article focuses on FREESCO 0.3.x but also contains usefull info for FREESCO 0.2.7 because ...
• I've forgotten my root password! Now what?
  You can change it back to the default password or no password, but it will require rebooting a floppy FREESCO and mounting the hard drive. Then you ...
• Is a 3rd party web control panel available?
  The built-in web control panel that comes with Freesco v0.3.x is nice and compact, but it lacks a few key features.http://freesco.blitzaffe.com/fp/ has a replacement web control ...
• I boot up on the floppy and am asked to logon as root. What is the password?
  See this FAQ ...
• I have vmware installed on my Dell laptop, and want to run multiple freesco machines in order to play with router configuration. The problem is that I do not have a floppy drive available. Can I install from cdrom? How can I install freesco without a floppy being available?
  There is a posting on Dingetje's FREESCO Portal "Howto make FREESCO 03x boot from CD, by tom" with the proedure to follow.But actually its much ...
• i want to work with freesco in the office as a router and am wondering if i can install it on suse 9.2? i wouldn't want to have a separate router from my workstation, it would make me work while watching the network stats without switching between monitors. is this possible. am new to linux.
  Freesco is an operating system that runs on hardware. Freesco therefore does not run like an application on an operating system. Just create the freesco floppy ...
• I have vmware installed on my Dell laptop, and want to run multiple freesco machines in order to play with router configuration. The problem is that I do not have a floppy drive available. Can I install from cdrom? How can I install freesco without a floppy being available?
  Under VMware (Workstation or Server) it is a very simple task to install Freesco using the distribution files. It does not matter if your ...
• Is it possible to run FREESCO as mail server?
  Yes it is possible to make FREESCO run a mail server, with exim, spamassassin and antivir. For more information, have a look at this howto. ...
• I need an LPD client for my Win9x client(s), where can I get one?
  Try one of these clients: http://www.utexas.edu/academic/otl/software/lpr/ http://www.freescosoft.com/home/0.2.7/download/other/ibmlpr.exe http://www.freescosoft.com/home/0.2.7/download/other/lpr_100.exe ...
• I can't get printerserver to work with my Epson Stylus printer!
  Lightning: Epson uses there own printer spooler and it is incompatible with using any LPR client. However there are two ways around it. The best ...
• Is there a howto somewhere for the FREESCO firewall?
  Checkout this site: http://thasaidon.homeip.netLook under FREESCO and then FIREWALL. ...
• I'm paranoid, I need a stronger firewall!
  There's a 3rd party firewall for FREESCO, see this site: http://4096k.net/BHNet/index.shtml ...
• IPFWADM mini-howto
  IPFWADM Mini-howtoIntroductionFREESCO uses the IPFWADM firewall, which has a lot of options and could be tricky to configure.Here is a list of all commands: ...
• Is there a way to add a site to the Ban List for incoming connections only ?
  I need to block a server from scanning my network, but I still need to be able to connect to it.Add these firewall rules in your ...
• I know nothing about TCP/IP, where can I find a tutorial?
  The TCP/IP Primer is quite good. ...
• Is there another mail package for FREESCO 03x besides exim + teapop?
  eXtremail has just been ported to 03x, see hereeXtremail is easier to configure then exim, but is not sendmail compatible. This breaks some PHP scripts. ...
• Is there some GUI to help configure SAMBA?
  Yes, there is. It's called SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool), I believe it's now part of the latest samba package for FREESCO by NachoMan77Check out ...
• Is there a howto somewhere to setup a development environment for FREESCO packages?
  Yes, there is, check it out in this DokuWiki article ...
• I got this FREESCO One-Floppy thing and now I am wondering - can I get a one-floppy stand alone FTP server, without any routers, HTTP servers etc. So, my wishes are. - FTP Setup floppy (1.44 Mb) - This FTP Server shuld be based on any Linux / Unix distribution - Server shuld be supporting TCP/IP - Server shuld be based on stand alone system (Like FREESCO Router)
  Freesco has an FTP server built in. Yes the server can be configured to be a stand alone FTP server without the other services. ...
• I don't want to learn all those mySQL commands, isn't there a nice frontend?
  Yes, there is, have a look at http://www.mysqlfront.de/, a very good windoze mySQL admin tool. Make sure to read their FAQ on the forum howto ...
• I get 'mysql: No such file or directory'?
  When you've installed the mySQL package on FREESCO 0.3.x the mysql command is not in the search path. This means you'll have to go to ...
• I have installed Apache and iptotal but the page isn't working?
  The IPTOTAL page is a so called CGI generated page and thus the iptotal directory must be granted CGI execution rights, otherwise you'll get:Forbidden You don't ...
• Is it possible to run FREESCO as mail server?
  Yes it is possible to make FREESCO run a mail server, with exim, spamassassin and antivir. For more information, have a look at this howto. ...
• Is a 3rd party web control panel available?
  The built-in web control panel that comes with Freesco v0.3.x is nice and compact, but it lacks a few key features.http://freesco.blitzaffe.com/fp/ has a replacement web control ...
• Is there a howto somewhere for the FREESCO firewall?
  Checkout this site: http://thasaidon.homeip.netLook under FREESCO and then FIREWALL. ...
• I'm paranoid, I need a stronger firewall!
  There's a 3rd party firewall for FREESCO, see this site: http://4096k.net/BHNet/index.shtml ...
• Is there some GUI to help configure SAMBA?
  Yes, there is. It's called SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool), I believe it's now part of the latest samba package for FREESCO by NachoMan77Check out ...
• I don't want to learn all those mySQL commands, isn't there a nice frontend?
  Yes, there is, have a look at http://www.mysqlfront.de/, a very good windoze mySQL admin tool. Make sure to read their FAQ on the forum howto ...
• I get 'mysql: No such file or directory'?
  When you've installed the mySQL package on FREESCO 0.3.x the mysql command is not in the search path. This means you'll have to go to ...
• I've downloaded this real cool linux tool, but when I try to start it I get 'no such file or directory'?
  FREESCO needs so called libc.so.5 binaries because of it's 2.0 kernel. Modern linux binaries are made for libc.so.6 or better. Unfortunally these binaries are not ...
• is USB supported?
  Nope, FREESCO is using a 2.0 kernel and as you can see at http://www.linux-usb.org/ the first kernel with USB support is 2.2.18: Kernels since 2.2.18 have ...
• Is disk quota supported?
  AFAIK there's no true quota support built in the FREESCO kernel (see this HOWTO what steps are required), but there's this FAQ, which doesn't describe ...
• I've downloaded this really cool xyz.tar.gz file, but it contains only .c, .h files and other crap?
  What you have there is a so called source tarball. This type of package needs to be compiled to be able to use it. FREESCO ...
• is multi-link supported?
  No.Modem multilink is the process of connecting over more than one modem and phone line simultaneously in an attempt to increase bandwidth. This requires advanced routing (iproute2) ...
• I'm asked for a username or password but I haven't yet set one and don't know what to type?
  Depending on where you are asked, it will be one of the two default passwords. If you are trying to access the web control panel, ...
• I have 100Mb/s network cards, but FREESCO shows 10Mb/s?
  When you look at the output of ifconfig a 100Mb/s network card will always show as 10Mb/s. However, the card will correctly run at 100Mb/s ...
• Is it possible to use freesco with a windows 2000 domain, which is offering DNS and DHCP, just using freesco as a firewall and gateway?
  Yes. Just make sure to disable the DNS and DHCP services in FREESCO setup and enable NAT/firewall.Of course you must configure your current DHCP server ...