[ubuntu-in] Sify - getting online ...

[Ravi Shanker]

I too used to have sify, but then changed to Airtel. The same problem
with me, log into windows client and then come back to Linux. Also, sify
wont ever upgrade the Linux client. Anyway, I dont have any good
solution for you, but maybe here this trick work (just thought, its no
where stated or tested I think)..

Install wine, and then install their client in Linux using wine. You
need their windows client software (here may be break, as i remember
they used to check many things like antivirus and other stuff in
system).. If it installs, then try logging into.. When i was analyzing
what sify client sends to server, it was login packets with ethernet
address, so maybe that will work for you.

Else, there are some projects called Easy Linux (I think).. try tht

On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 04:18 +0530, Sanjay Bhangar wrote:
> Hey all,
>  
> I continue to face the problem of not being able to login to Sify
> through Ubuntu. What I land up having to do is login through windows,
> then restart in Ubuntu without logging out from Sify. This is a mega
> pain.
>  
> If someone uses Sify and has figured out a way to login through
> Ubuntu / any Linux OS, please tell? ((Please only reply if you
> actually use Sify and are currently managing to login through Ubuntu
> and dont send me web-links of How-To's, etc. I'm not going to get into
> the complicated reasons and history of why none of them work right
> now, but they dont. Ok I will get into some history -- basically what
> happened was that once upon a time Sify had a working login client for
> Linux. Then they decided to upgrade their Windows client. After this,
> when you tried logging in from the Linux client, it would ask you to
> upgrade your client. But, tada!, there was no upgrade for the Linux
> client on the Sify page. Hence the suffering
> started ........................... of course, Sify is really really
> retarded, so not logging out and quickly restarting my machine works,
> but it still pains me to have to start Windows each time ... ))
>  
> I will be highly grateful if there is a solution.
>  
> Thanks much,
> Sanjay
>  
> p.s. got the 7.04 CD from Preshit -- thanks much, dude and this list
> rocks. Anurag, thanks for the offer, but I really think we should be
> able to download our own software by now and not need it shipped from
> the States .... well, I hope :- ). The offer of DVDs does sound
> tempting tho:- ). If the list feels that might be useful and people
> volunteer to help distribute, I think how-to-burn them can be figured
> out fairly easily. I know for 6.10 you could download the repositories
> onto DVD, not sure if they have that for 7.04 yet. Anyways....