[plug] Hi, Newbie here. Got some questions, please.

[Lee Jamieson]

At 06:17 AM 19/05/2004 +0800, you wrote:
>Hiya all,
>
>Hey mate, welcome

Thanks!


> > I have just installed Mandrake 10.0 and the install went well.  I was a
> > WinXP user but now, after that relatively pain free installation, will use
> > Linux more and more.
>
>Good to see, of course having your cake and eating it too is what I
>have: Dual Boot: Windows XP (Gaming) Linux Mandrake 10 Official
>(Everything else that is not gaming)


I understand that :)


>It's easy in Mandrake, click the star > system > configuration >
>configure my computer.
>In this program find "Security" and click that, In there, there is an
>option called "Firewall" pretty easy.
>You will then need to enable your ports you want traffic to get through.
>There are check boxes, tick what you want. To enable specific ports,
>click "Advanced" (i think) and a bar will come up, type your ports in
>like this 5900/tcp [This says that port 5900, using TCP/IP protocol is
>letting traffic through].


Cool, I think I have that done...  I just checked some boxes, I'll see what 
happens when I eventually get the internet running, which I am still having 
problems doing.

Hopefully I'll get it running tonight.

Lee