Dell Conexant Modem Driver for Linux(Debian, Redhat)

Dell has released a version of HSF Modem Driver for linux that is fully compatible with dell laptops.

You can download the driver here .

But if you upgrade an Ubuntu 7.04 installation to Ubuntu 7.10, your modem will no longer work.

But take it easy download the new driver hsfmodem_7.60.00.18oem_i386.deb, which has been tested and qualified for Ubuntu 7.10. If you upgraded from Ubuntu 7.04, uninstall the linux-backports-modules package or the driver will not work; linux-backports-modules was installed in Ubuntu 7.04 to provide a fix for a different issue and is not required in Ubuntu 7.10.

• NOTE: After installing the modem driver, you might get a pop-up window telling you that the Volume Control has quit unexpectedly and asks you to reload (or not reload) the panel. Click on Reload. Afterwards, the sound icon on the top right corner of the screen changes to “mute”, but sound should be OK. A logout/login or GDM restart clears the issue. This issue happens because the modem driver lays down its own set of sound codecs and unloads the snd-hda-intel module during the installation process.

Solution to FTP Upload Problem with ISA Server 2004

As a new user of ISA, I had a very annoying problem. I was unable to upload any file from my new website using FTP. I kept getting Error 550, Access denied. every time I tried to create a new folder or upload a file using SFTP or FTP.

Finally, it turns out that ISA Server 2004 has an option to restrict FTP uploads. Unfortunately this option has been set for both directions (FTP sessions initiated from both inside and outside the internal network).

To find that (somehow hidden) option that enables the restriction was another issue. Here is how to fix it:

1. In the console tree of ISA Server Management, click Firewall Policy.
Where?

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004
Server_Name
Firewall Policy
2. In the details pane, click a server publishing rule or access rule that applies to FTP traffic.
3. On the Tasks tab, click Edit Selected Rule.
4. On the Traffic tab (for a server publishing rule) or on the Protocols tab (for an access rule), click Filtering, and then click Configure FTP.
5. On the Protocol tab, select Read Only, if FTP uploads should be blocked. Otherwise make sure the checkmark is removed(FTP filtering is set to Read-only by default!).