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Fwd: [afnog] REMINDER : AFNOG 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT, English
by Michuki Mwangi 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [afnog] REMINDER : AFNOG 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT, English Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:29:48 -0000 From: Nancy Dotse <nancy(a)ghana.com> To: <afnog(a)afnog.org> Hi, This is the First reminder regarding the AfNOG workshop. Please remember to send to various to enable interested participants apply. Best regards Nancy *From:*Nancy Dotse [mailto:nancy@ghana.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 28, 2011 7:08 PM *To:* 'Nancy Dotse' *Subject:* AFNOG 2011 ANNOUNCEMENT, English Hi All, Please find below Announcement for AfNOG 201. Kindly send to various lists. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 25 February, 2011. We sincerely apologise for the late announcement. Regards Nancy Dotse AfNOG Secretariat *AfNOG-12 and AfriNIC-14: Meetings 29 May - 10 June, 2011* The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 12th AfNOG Workshop & Meeting and the AfriNIC-14 Meeting would be held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 29^th May to 10 June 2011. *About the Entire Event* AfNOG and AfriNIC are jointly organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop), several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting, and a two-day AfriNIC Meeting. In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other organizations. *Local Host* The joint Local Host for AfNOG 2011 are Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and Tanzania Network Information Centre (TzNIC) *Timetable* Unix Boot Camp 29 May 2011 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop CERT Training (AAF/AfREN) 30 May ï¿½ 3 June 2011 (Monday - Friday) 30 May ï¿½ 4 June 2011 (Monday ï¿½ Saturday) AfriNIC IPv6 Workshop 4 ï¿½ 5 June 2011 (Saturday - Sunday) AfREN Meeting / AAF 4 - 6 June 2011 (Saturday - Monday) AfNOG Tutorials 5 - 6 June 2011 (Sunday - Monday) AfriNIC LIR Workshop 6 June 2011 (Monday) ISOC Day AfNOG-12 Meeting 6 June 2011 (Monday) 7 June 2011 (Tuesday) AfriNIC-14 Meeting 8- 9 June 2011 (Wednesday - Thursday) AfPIF AFGWG 10 June 2011 (Friday) 10 June 2011 (Friday) *Venue & Hotel* Venue & hotel for the event will be announced shortly. *About AfNOG* AfNOG (See <http://www.afnog.org/>) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event like this one every year since 2000. *About AfriNIC* AfriNIC (See <http://www.afrinic.net/>) is a Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources Management in the Africa region. AfriNIC organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>). *AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology* The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2010 in eleven different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's instructors are an international team with many years of experience operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into Six parallel tracks: * SS-E - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. * SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. * NM ï¿½ Network Monitoring & Management (English) * AR - Advanced Routing Techniques (English) * CT - CERT Training (English) * SI-F - Infrastructure Reseaux IP (en francais), similar to track SI-E, but given in French. *Workshop application information is at *: http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_en.php http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_fr.php * **Workshop Deadline ï¿½ 25 February, 2011* * * *AfREN / Africa Asia Forum* The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) and Africa Asia Forum communityl (AAF) will be holding a three-day meetings /turorials from 4 ï¿½ 6 June 2011. The meeting will discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia, regional RENs etc. Additional information on AfREN /AAF 2011 will be provided shortly. *AfNOG Tutorials* AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2011 Tutorials will be availabe here: <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/tutorial/ <http://afnog.org/afnog2011/tutorial/>> *12th AfNOG Meeting* The 12th AfNOG meeting will be held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 7 June 2011. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2010 conference in Kigali, Rwanda drew over 150 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from national service providers, and members of the research and education community. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here: <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/conference/> *AfriNIC-14Meeting* The AfriNIC-14meeting will be held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania for two days from 8 ï¿½ 9 June, 2011. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describehow Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting. The two day meeting will be preceeded by a two-day IPv6 training. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. There will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges which our region will be facing with IPv4 address space exhaustion. Further information will be available at <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/>. *ISOC **DAY and AfPIFConference* The Internet Society will be organizing an ISOC DAY on 6^th June and African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) on 10th June 2011 in conjunction with the AfNOG 12 and AfriNIC 14 meetings in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The conference will discuss the situation of Internet Interconnection in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including Internet Exchange Points. The meeting agenda will be available shortly. *Visa Requirements* Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enterTanzania. Please check with the Tanzania Embassy or Consulate in your country

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ERP Support contract
by Athar Ahmad Bhatti 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Dear Friends Please could you advise on how you prepare/charge for support contracts especially on ERP. What levels of support and services delivered. I hope this discussion will help a lot of us that are in a dilemma on what to charge and what levels are applicable in the industry. Thanks in advance Athar

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Fwd: Looking for software developers to work in Uganda
by Michuki Mwangi 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

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Grotesque New MacBook ...pretty disturbing
by Imelda Mueni 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

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by Alvin Jason Ochieng 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

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how to use the Orange ZTE modem on openSUSE 11.3 Gnome.
by Joe Mwangi 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

I have been trying for ages to use the Orange ZTE AC2726 USB EVDO Modem on openSuSE Linux 11.3 Gnome to connect to the internet. have edited the /etc/wvdial.conf file as follows [Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 Baud = 57600 Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Init3 = Area Code = Phone =#777 Username =card Password =mypassword Ask Password = 0 Dial Command = ATDT Stupid Mode = 1 Compuserve = 0 Force Address = Idle Seconds = 300 DialMessage1 = DialMessage2 = ISDN = 0 Auto DNS = 1 When I execute the wvdial command on the terminal the following error appears joey-suse:~ # wvdial --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Idle Seconds = 300, disabling automatic reconnect. --> Sending: ATDT#777 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT#777 CONNECT --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Mon Feb 7 22:45:00 2011 --> Pid of pppd: 15599 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> local IP address 10.2.14.203 --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> remote IP address 192.168.2.137 --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> primary DNS address 212.49.70.22 --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> secondary DNS address 212.49.70.23 --> pppd: (?[06][08] --> Script /etc/ppp/ip-up run successful --> Default route Ok. --> warning, can't find address for `www.suse.de` --> warning, address lookup does not work --> Nameserver (DNS) failure, the connection may not work. --> Connected... Press Ctrl-C to disconnect --> pppd: (?[06][08] The /etc/resolv.conf file has the DNS addresses as below nameserver 212.49.70.22 nameserver 212.49.70.23 How do I resolve this and connect to the internet? Thanks. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL

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JOBs
by boniface njoroge 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

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JOBs
by boniface njoroge 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hi Skunks, I believe this shhould be a critical topic we are here to help each other.HAS ANY ONE ACTUALLY EARNED ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE SO CALLED ONLINE JOBS I DOUBT.

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Barrack Otieno via LinkedIn 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Barrack Otieno via LinkedIn 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

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