From mikemol at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 15:04:46 2014 From: mikemol at gmail.com (Michael Mol) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 15:04:46 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Friday After Five Message-ID: We here at Virtual Interconnect are hosting the Grand Rapids Linux User's Group for weekly socials. Kyle and myself serve as anchors; at least one of us will be here during the event. Time: 5PM-7PM Fridays, every week Location: 315 Richard Terrace, Grand Rapids MI 49506 (Not handicapped-accessible, sorry.) Google Street View: http://goo.gl/maps/CDOzO Commute: Parking is on the south side of the building, and The #6 bus route runs right in front of us, the #5 and #19 come close. Nearest stops: http://bit.ly/QyS7RY Food: Popcorn and water are free. Anything else is BYOB (No alcohol), although something else may be arranged for in the future. Entry: The door is always locked, unless it's propped open. Ring the doorbell if it's shut. Loitering: When Kyle and I have to go, we have to go. There are restaurants, cafes and bookstores all around, though. -- :wq From mikemol at gmail.com Tue Aug 12 14:43:19 2014 From: mikemol at gmail.com (Michael Mol) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:43:19 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Friday After Five Message-ID: We here at Virtual Interconnect are hosting the Grand Rapids Linux User's Group for weekly socials. Kyle and myself serve as anchors; at least one of us will be here during the event. Time: 5PM-7PM Fridays, every week Location: 315 Richard Terrace, Grand Rapids MI 49506 (Not handicapped-accessible, sorry.) Google Street View: http://goo.gl/maps/CDOzO Commute: Parking is on the south side of the building, and The #6 bus route runs right in front of us, the #5 and #19 come close. Nearest stops: http://bit.ly/QyS7RY Food: Popcorn and water are free. Anything else is BYOB (No alcohol), although something else may be arranged for in the future. Entry: The door is always locked, unless it's propped open. Ring the doorbell if it's shut. Loitering: When Kyle and I have to go, we have to go. There are restaurants, cafes and bookstores all around, though. -- :wq From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 16 10:21:33 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:21:33 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines Message-ID: Would like to have a 'user level' backup system for some of our users; rsnapshot is fine for servers, but managing backups and restoring a file is not something for a user. Any recommendations for a 'user friendly' system? Would have to be cross platform, .. and also use our servers for storage. TIA! Lee From brousch at gmail.com Sat Aug 16 10:29:41 2014 From: brousch at gmail.com (Ben Rousch) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:29:41 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Have you looked at CrashPlan? http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:21 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > Would like to have a 'user level' backup system for some of our users; > rsnapshot is fine for servers, but managing backups and restoring a file > is not something for a user. > > Any recommendations for a 'user friendly' system? Would have to be cross > platform, .. and also use our servers for storage. > > TIA! > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Ben Rousch brousch at gmail.com http://clusterbleep.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From slestak989 at gmail.com Sat Aug 16 11:20:00 2014 From: slestak989 at gmail.com (Steve Romanow) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:20:00 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've been wanting to try http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ for a while. It is currently under a rewrite, but I like the idea. I used to be a Crashplan customer, and like it. Especially for home use. Like 14/mo for backup up 5 machines with unlimited storage. Commercial use costs more. Crashplan is a java client if you have older machines. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Ben Rousch wrote: > Have you looked at CrashPlan? http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:21 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > >> Would like to have a 'user level' backup system for some of our users; >> rsnapshot is fine for servers, but managing backups and restoring a file >> is not something for a user. >> >> Any recommendations for a 'user friendly' system? Would have to be cross >> platform, .. and also use our servers for storage. >> >> TIA! >> >> Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > > -- > Ben Rousch > brousch at gmail.com > http://clusterbleep.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 16 11:32:23 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:32:23 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Ben Rousch wrote: > Have you looked at CrashPlan? http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ > Would prefer not to use a commercial product, .. if we went that way, StoreGrid/Vembu would be a more flexible choice. Lee From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 16 11:36:12 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:36:12 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Steve Romanow wrote: > I've been wanting to try http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ for a while. > > It is currently under a rewrite, but I like the idea. > Interesting possibility, but it appears to be a 'local only' solution for Windoze machines (using SMB for data transfer), .. also NO current Windoze support. I guess one could build a Cygwin installation? Lee From slestak989 at gmail.com Sat Aug 16 12:31:41 2014 From: slestak989 at gmail.com (Steve Romanow) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:31:41 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I wouldn't consider this for any type of cold iron or system state backup. I would just use this for application level backups. Not sure why Cygwin would be needed, the linux server would grab what files were selected via smb. On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > Interesting possibility, but it appears to be a 'local only' solution for > Windoze machines (using SMB for data transfer), .. also NO current Windoze > support. > > I guess one could build a Cygwin installation? > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 16 12:36:32 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:36:32 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Steve Romanow wrote: > Not sure why Cygwin would be needed, the linux server would grab what files > were selected via smb. > For ssh, of course, .. how else would you get a connection to a remote machine without SMB/CIFS? Lee -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 16 12:38:48 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:38:48 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Steve Romanow wrote: > > > Not sure why Cygwin would be needed, the linux server would grab what files > > were selected via smb. > > The other problem I saw is that it has not been tested with any newer Windoze product than XP - a major showstopper. I don't like Windoze, and will not get roped into debugging the crappy permission structure in Win7! Lee From awilliam at whitemice.org Sun Aug 17 17:43:50 2014 From: awilliam at whitemice.org (Adam Tauno Williams) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:43:50 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1408311830.1901.5.camel@linux-vojw.site> On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 11:38 -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Steve Romanow wrote: > > > Not sure why Cygwin would be needed, the linux server would grab what files > > > were selected via smb. > The other problem I saw is that it has not been tested with any newer > Windoze product than XP - a major showstopper. I don't like Windoze, and If it is using Cygwin it doesn't much matter - the software runs on Cygwin, it only sorta runs on Windows. rsync works just fine on Windows 7. If you just need to blast files off to somewhere you could use WinSCP. > will not get roped into debugging the crappy permission structure in Win7! Eh? Windows 7 *fixed* a great deal of permissions/access issues; it just happened there is/was a great deal of [poorly written] software that silently depended on things being broken. That does not make Windows 7 broken. From lvl at omnitec.net Sun Aug 17 18:20:12 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:20:12 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: <1408311830.1901.5.camel@linux-vojw.site> References: <1408311830.1901.5.camel@linux-vojw.site> Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Aug 2014, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > If it is using Cygwin it doesn't much matter - the software runs on > Cygwin, it only sorta runs on Windows. rsync works just fine on Windows > 7. > The point was to *avoid* installing a lot of tools, .. > > will not get roped into debugging the crappy permission structure in Win7! > > Eh? Windows 7 *fixed* a great deal of permissions/access issues; it > just happened there is/was a great deal of [poorly written] software > that silently depended on things being broken. That does not make > Windows 7 broken. > Win7 is he only Windoze platform I have seen where rsync will not run due to permissions, .. Lee From micah.rairdon at gmail.com Sun Aug 17 21:29:31 2014 From: micah.rairdon at gmail.com (Gmail) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:29:31 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <1408311830.1901.5.camel@linux-vojw.site> Message-ID: Would something like http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ work for you? -tiberriver256 Sent from my iPad > On Aug 17, 2014, at 18:20, "L. V. Lammert" wrote: > >> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> >> If it is using Cygwin it doesn't much matter - the software runs on >> Cygwin, it only sorta runs on Windows. rsync works just fine on Windows >> 7. >> > The point was to *avoid* installing a lot of tools, .. > >>> will not get roped into debugging the crappy permission structure in Win7! >> >> Eh? Windows 7 *fixed* a great deal of permissions/access issues; it >> just happened there is/was a great deal of [poorly written] software >> that silently depended on things being broken. That does not make >> Windows 7 broken. >> > Win7 is he only Windoze platform I have seen where rsync will not run due > to permissions, .. > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From lvl at omnitec.net Mon Aug 18 10:20:14 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:20:14 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <1408311830.1901.5.camel@linux-vojw.site> Message-ID: On Sun, 17 Aug 2014, Gmail wrote: > Would something like http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ work for you? > Neat product, but with the newest Windoze system support at XP, a non-starter. Lee From topher at codeventure.net Mon Aug 18 13:45:05 2014 From: topher at codeventure.net (Topher) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:45:05 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem Message-ID: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 From richardnienhuis at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 13:52:10 2014 From: richardnienhuis at gmail.com (Richard Nienhuis) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:52:10 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> Message-ID: Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: > Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: > > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Find out at http://www.whatistaxed.com From micah.rairdon at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 13:55:31 2014 From: micah.rairdon at gmail.com (Micah Rairdon) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:55:31 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> Message-ID: Yep those work pretty good. Just don't touch the wireless gateways. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis wrote: > Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: > >> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: >> >> >> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Micah Rairdon Rairdon Computer Services (307) 509-0736 micah.rairdon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From topher at codeventure.net Mon Aug 18 14:07:52 2014 From: topher at codeventure.net (Topher) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:07:52 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> Message-ID: <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> I don't follow. Don't use the wireless in this modem? Or don't buy a wireless thing from Motorola? On 08/18/2014 01:55 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > Yep those work pretty good. Just don't touch the wireless gateways. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis > > wrote: > > Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher > wrote: > > Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brousch at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 14:11:38 2014 From: brousch at gmail.com (Ben Rousch) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:11:38 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> Message-ID: I've never used a modem that wasn't provided by Comcast (or ATT). Can you just plug this in and it works, or do you have to call Comcast and have them twiddle some knobs? On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Topher wrote: > I don't follow. Don't use the wireless in this modem? Or don't buy a > wireless thing from Motorola? > > > On 08/18/2014 01:55 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > > Yep those work pretty good. Just don't touch the wireless gateways. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis < > richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: >> >>> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: >>> >>> >>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing list >>> grlug at grlug.org >>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing listgrlug at grlug.orghttp://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Ben Rousch brousch at gmail.com http://clusterbleep.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micah.rairdon at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 14:13:01 2014 From: micah.rairdon at gmail.com (Micah Rairdon) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:13:01 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> Message-ID: Don't buy a SBG (has wireless built into the modem) any of the SB models are just a straight cable modem and work great. Get your own wireless route to hook into the modem. That one you linked to was a SB6121 (doesn't include wireless functionality) and would work great. I mean... that's just my suggestion. You can go with the built in wireless if you want. Just after working for a year at Comcast had not heard many good things from customers on the SBG line. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Topher wrote: > I don't follow. Don't use the wireless in this modem? Or don't buy a > wireless thing from Motorola? > > > On 08/18/2014 01:55 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > > Yep those work pretty good. Just don't touch the wireless gateways. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis < > richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: >> >>> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: >>> >>> >>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing list >>> grlug at grlug.org >>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing listgrlug at grlug.orghttp://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Micah Rairdon Rairdon Computer Services (307) 509-0736 micah.rairdon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Just don't touch the wireless gateways. >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis < >> richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: >>> >>>> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grlug mailing list >>>> grlug at grlug.org >>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing list >>> grlug at grlug.org >>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Micah Rairdon >> Rairdon Computer Services >> (307) 509-0736 >> micah.rairdon at gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing listgrlug at grlug.orghttp://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > > -- > Ben Rousch > brousch at gmail.com > http://clusterbleep.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Micah Rairdon Rairdon Computer Services (307) 509-0736 micah.rairdon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From micah.rairdon at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 14:20:08 2014 From: micah.rairdon at gmail.com (Micah Rairdon) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:20:08 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> Message-ID: or excuse me bootfile not firmware. Haven't been into comcast stuff for awhile now so it's all starting to fade away On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > Gotta have Comcast twiddle the knobs. Call in and give them the MAC > address then the modem gets some modified version of firmware so they can > cap your speed at the mbps you're paying for. > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Ben Rousch wrote: > >> I've never used a modem that wasn't provided by Comcast (or ATT). Can you >> just plug this in and it works, or do you have to call Comcast and have >> them twiddle some knobs? >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Topher wrote: >> >>> I don't follow. Don't use the wireless in this modem? Or don't buy a >>> wireless thing from Motorola? >>> >>> >>> On 08/18/2014 01:55 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: >>> >>> Yep those work pretty good. Just don't touch the wireless gateways. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Richard Nienhuis < >>> richardnienhuis at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Exact same one I have. Works well and supports IPv6 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Topher wrote: >>>> >>>>> Opinions on docsis3 modems? I'm looking at this one: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> grlug mailing list >>>>> grlug at grlug.org >>>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> grlug mailing list >>>> grlug at grlug.org >>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Micah Rairdon >>> Rairdon Computer Services >>> (307) 509-0736 >>> micah.rairdon at gmail.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing listgrlug at grlug.orghttp://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing list >>> grlug at grlug.org >>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ben Rousch >> brousch at gmail.com >> http://clusterbleep.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > -- Micah Rairdon Rairdon Computer Services (307) 509-0736 micah.rairdon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From micah.rairdon at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 15:00:57 2014 From: micah.rairdon at gmail.com (Micah Rairdon) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:57 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: <53F24D28.6060800@darkhaven.net> References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> <53F24D28.6060800@darkhaven.net> Message-ID: in theory :p On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Dan Taylor wrote: > On 08/18/2014 02:19 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > > Gotta have Comcast twiddle the knobs. Call in and give them the MAC > > address then the modem gets some modified version of firmware so they > > can cap your speed at the mbps you're paying for. > > > No need to call and talk to their trained monkeys. Just plug in the new > modem and the captive portal will guide you through activating it yourself. > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Micah Rairdon Rairdon Computer Services (307) 509-0736 micah.rairdon at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roger.roelofs at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 15:06:37 2014 From: roger.roelofs at gmail.com (Roger Roelofs) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:06:37 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> <53F24D28.6060800@darkhaven.net> Message-ID: If it's the same cable connector the portal will likely work fine. I just had a fun go-round where one access point in my house was connected but had never been used. The internet kind of worked but the tv was a lost cause. Tech support was very confused and made a tech come out. :-) On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > in theory :p > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Dan Taylor wrote: >> >> On 08/18/2014 02:19 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: >> > Gotta have Comcast twiddle the knobs. Call in and give them the MAC >> > address then the modem gets some modified version of firmware so they >> > can cap your speed at the mbps you're paying for. >> > >> No need to call and talk to their trained monkeys. Just plug in the new >> modem and the captive portal will guide you through activating it >> yourself. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -- Roger Roger Roelofs Know what you value. From lvl at omnitec.net Mon Aug 18 15:40:00 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:40:00 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: <53F23DDD.9050600@upmerchants.com> References: <53F23DDD.9050600@upmerchants.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, Patrick Goupell wrote: > Have you looked at bacula or bareos (bacula fork)? > Similar problem - no way to backup machines not on the internal network without additional tools. Remember, with Windoze users, KISS rules. TFTR! Lee From patrick at upmerchants.com Mon Aug 18 16:07:20 2014 From: patrick at upmerchants.com (Patrick Goupell) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:07:20 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <53F23DDD.9050600@upmerchants.com> Message-ID: <53F25CF8.10004@upmerchants.com> On 08/18/2014 03:40 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > Similar problem - no way to backup machines not on the internal network > without additional tools. Remember, with Windoze users, KISS rules. > > Well then, it sounds like what you want is some spyware / malware to install and copy your data without anyone knowing about it. Seriously though, is there a way to copy from a windows pc without installing somethign on it? I know the bad guys do it. BUt what about us good guys. How do we do it safely? We need something to talk to on the windows pc. -- Patrick Goupell Are you free? Find out at http://www.sedm.org/ Income taxes? Find out at http://www.whatistaxed.com From lvl at omnitec.net Mon Aug 18 16:16:14 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:16:14 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: <53F25CF8.10004@upmerchants.com> References: <53F23DDD.9050600@upmerchants.com> <53F25CF8.10004@upmerchants.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, Patrick Goupell wrote: > Seriously though, is there a way to copy from a windows pc without > installing somethign on it? > Never said that, .. only wish to minimze extra cruft to install and manage - e.g. Requiring Cygwin to setup an ssh tunnel to connect to the remote storage. For remote management, Cygwin is fine - it's setup on all of our remote Windoze servers. For *user* machines, however, it should not be required. > I know the bad guys do it. BUt what about us good guys. How do we do > it safely? We need something to talk to on the windows pc. > That's what the application is supposed to do, .. have seen some good examples, have to check them out. Lee From scott.tanner at comcast.net Tue Aug 19 11:32:19 2014 From: scott.tanner at comcast.net (scott.tanner at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [GRLUG] modem In-Reply-To: References: <53F23BA1.8020801@codeventure.net> <53F240F8.8070702@codeventure.net> <53F24D28.6060800@darkhaven.net> Message-ID: <57220532.5569575.1408462339582.JavaMail.root@comcast.net> I have the Motorola SB6141 modem with Comcast Internet and the experience has not been pleasant. My download rates kept dropping to under 1Mb even though my upload rates stayed at 6Mb. My connection would drop every couple of days with a T3 timeout. I called Comcast numerous times; half of the time a reset signal would fix the issue, the other times they said the modem or router was the issue. Whenever they sent a tech out, everything would magically start working before they arrived. I picked up a modem from Comcast (Cisco based) just to troubleshoot the problem and its been working perfectly. I should put the Motorola back in and see if the problem returns, but that requires another call to Comcast to register the MAC address and I've been too lazy/busy to do it. Perhaps the modem I have is bad, or perhaps Comcast's support of the SB6141 is lacking (plenty of complaints on the Comcast forums). Either way, I would *hope* that a simple modem upgrade would be effortless but be prepared if its not. Regards, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Roelofs" To: "GRLUG" Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 3:06:37 PM Subject: Re: [GRLUG] modem If it's the same cable connector the portal will likely work fine. I just had a fun go-round where one access point in my house was connected but had never been used. The internet kind of worked but the tv was a lost cause. Tech support was very confused and made a tech come out. :-) On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: > in theory :p > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Dan Taylor wrote: >> >> On 08/18/2014 02:19 PM, Micah Rairdon wrote: >> > Gotta have Comcast twiddle the knobs. Call in and give them the MAC >> > address then the modem gets some modified version of firmware so they >> > can cap your speed at the mbps you're paying for. >> > >> No need to call and talk to their trained monkeys. Just plug in the new >> modem and the captive portal will guide you through activating it >> yourself. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > > > -- > Micah Rairdon > Rairdon Computer Services > (307) 509-0736 > micah.rairdon at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -- Roger Roger Roelofs Know what you value. _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(BTW, the email you sent to both GRMakers and GRLUG made it through yesterday) -- :wq From topher at codeventure.net Wed Aug 20 11:17:19 2014 From: topher at codeventure.net (Topher) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:17:19 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... In-Reply-To: <1408547190394.9910c7e1@Nodemailer> References: <1408547190394.9910c7e1@Nodemailer> Message-ID: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> On 08/20/2014 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > GRLUG members, > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > horrible car accident. He was travelling on M-6 when he lost control > and struck an overpass. > > I think it is important to think about how we, as a community, can > help his family during this hard time. In the meantime, please keep > those grieving in your thoughts and prayers. > How can we find out how we can help his family? Is there a fund raising site or anything? Topher From casey at grlug.org Wed Aug 20 11:20:06 2014 From: casey at grlug.org (Casey DuBois) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:20:06 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... In-Reply-To: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> References: <1408547190394.9910c7e1@Nodemailer> <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> Message-ID: I've reached out to his family and will share with the group once I have the info. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Topher wrote: > On 08/20/2014 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > > GRLUG members, > > > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > > horrible car accident. He was travelling on M-6 when he lost control > > and struck an overpass. > > > > I think it is important to think about how we, as a community, can > > help his family during this hard time. In the meantime, please keep > > those grieving in your thoughts and prayers. > > > How can we find out how we can help his family? Is there a fund raising > site or anything? > > Topher > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Casey DuBois 616-808-6942 casey at grlug.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From uhawl1 at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 11:20:51 2014 From: uhawl1 at gmail.com (Joshua Yuhas) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 08:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... In-Reply-To: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> References: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> Message-ID: <1408548050614.d682ef25@Nodemailer> Nothing has been set up yet, Topher. ?Casey and Ben went over to his house and just missed his wife, but left a note offering any assistance we can give. ?I think we are just waiting on her assessment of need. Thanks for the information Mike. ?I didn?t see it come through on any of my accounts, but got a ?waiting for moderation? dialog. ?I thought I would send this again just in case it didn?t get through. Josh ? Sent from Mailbox On Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Topher , wrote: On 08/20/2014 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > GRLUG members, > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > horrible car accident. He was travelling on M-6 when he lost control > and struck an overpass. > > I think it is important to think about how we, as a community, can > help his family during this hard time. In the meantime, please keep > those grieving in your thoughts and prayers. > How can we find out how we can help his family? Is there a fund raising site or anything? 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In-Reply-To: <1408548050614.d682ef25@Nodemailer> References: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> <1408548050614.d682ef25@Nodemailer> Message-ID: <20140820173722.GA27838@rondo.celtics> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 08:20:51AM -0700, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > Nothing has been set up yet, Topher. ?Casey and Ben went over to his > house and just missed his wife, but left a note offering any > assistance we can give. ?I think we are just waiting on her assessment > of need. > > Thanks for the information Mike. ?I didn?t see it come through on any > of my accounts, but got a ?waiting for moderation? dialog. ?I thought > I would send this again just in case it didn?t get through. I didn't get the other email. I heard about it on IRC, but haven't received it. -- john-thomas ------ The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899) From scott.tanner at comcast.net Wed Aug 20 22:33:17 2014 From: scott.tanner at comcast.net (scott.tanner at comcast.net) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:33:17 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... In-Reply-To: <1408548050614.d682ef25@Nodemailer> References: <53F4BBFF.4040006@codeventure.net> <1408548050614.d682ef25@Nodemailer> Message-ID: <1376565877.7115844.1408588397625.JavaMail.root@comcast.net> Very sad news. I found the obituary on mlive, which includes the following: The family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Community Christian Reformed Church Building Fund. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com Taken from- http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?n=gregory-j-folkert&pid=172185674&fhid=4926 Regards, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Yuhas" To: "GRLUG" Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:20:51 AM Subject: Re: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... Nothing has been set up yet, Topher. Casey and Ben went over to his house and just missed his wife, but left a note offering any assistance we can give. I think we are just waiting on her assessment of need. Thanks for the information Mike. I didn?t see it come through on any of my accounts, but got a ?waiting for moderation? dialog. I thought I would send this again just in case it didn?t get through. Josh ? Sent from Mailbox On Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Topher < topher at codeventure.net >, wrote: On 08/20/2014 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > GRLUG members, > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > horrible car accident. He was travelling on M-6 when he lost control > and struck an overpass. > > I think it is important to think about how we, as a community, can > help his family during this hard time. In the meantime, please keep > those grieving in your thoughts and prayers. > How can we find out how we can help his family? Is there a fund raising site or anything? Topher _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From eric at erichartwell.net Wed Aug 20 23:51:33 2014 From: eric at erichartwell.net (Eric Hartwell) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:51:33 -0500 Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... Message-ID: <676856.1330.bm@smtp213.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Sad news indeed. He will be missed. On Aug 20, 2014 9:33 PM, scott.tanner at comcast.net wrote: > > Very sad news.? I found the obituary on mlive, which includes the following: > > The family requests that memorial contributions be given to the Community Christian Reformed Church Building Fund. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com > > Taken from- > http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/grandrapids/obituary.aspx?n=gregory-j-folkert&pid=172185674&fhid=4926 > > Regards, > Scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joshua Yuhas" > To: "GRLUG" > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 11:20:51 AM > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... > > Nothing has been set up yet, Topher. Casey and Ben went over to his house and just missed his wife, but left a note offering any assistance we can give. I think we are just waiting on her assessment of need. > > Thanks for the information Mike. I didn?t see it come through on any of my accounts, but got a ?waiting for moderation? dialog. I thought I would send this again just in case it didn?t get through. > > Josh > > ? Sent from Mailbox > > On Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Topher < topher at codeventure.net >, wrote: > > On 08/20/2014 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > > > GRLUG members, > > > > > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > > > horrible car accident. He was travelling on M-6 when he lost control > > > and struck an overpass. > > > > > > I think it is important to think about how we, as a community, can > > > help his family during this hard time. In the meantime, please keep > > > those grieving in your thoughts and prayers. > > > > > How can we find out how we can help his family? Is there a fund raising > > site or anything? > > Topher > > _______________________________________________ > > grlug mailing list > > grlug at grlug.org > > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From topher at codeventure.net Fri Aug 22 07:44:18 2014 From: topher at codeventure.net (Topher) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:44:18 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] computer available Message-ID: <53F72D12.8000102@codeventure.net> I have a desktop system that needs to be out of my wife's sight. Single core, 2.4ghz 1G ram 120G drive It also has an old TV card in it. It's not digital, so you'd need one of those little converter boxes, but it works. It currently dual boots XP and a very old version of Mint. It has a NIC, everything works fine. We just outgrew it. It also has a square flatscreen monitor that isn't very cool, but works (and doesn't weigh 9000 lbs). Wireless mouse and old school beige wired keyboard go with it. Most importantly, it has a floppy drive. If you can afford to give me some cash for it that would be cool, but I'd let it go for free. Topher From brousch at gmail.com Fri Aug 22 08:13:47 2014 From: brousch at gmail.com (Ben Rousch) Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:13:47 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] computer available In-Reply-To: <53F72D12.8000102@codeventure.net> References: <53F72D12.8000102@codeventure.net> Message-ID: There's always CompRenew if no one wants it. On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Topher wrote: > I have a desktop system that needs to be out of my wife's sight. > > Single core, 2.4ghz > 1G ram > 120G drive > > It also has an old TV card in it. It's not digital, so you'd need one of > those little converter boxes, but it works. > > It currently dual boots XP and a very old version of Mint. It has a > NIC, everything works fine. We just outgrew it. > > It also has a square flatscreen monitor that isn't very cool, but works > (and doesn't weigh 9000 lbs). Wireless mouse and old school beige wired > keyboard go with it. > > Most importantly, it has a floppy drive. > > If you can afford to give me some cash for it that would be cool, but > I'd let it go for free. > > Topher > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -- Ben Rousch brousch at gmail.com http://clusterbleep.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm looking at this one: >> >> >> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-surfboard-docsis-3-0-high-speed-cable-modem/2836657.p?id=1218357903729&skuId=2836657&st=cable%20modem&cp=1&lp=3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chouse at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 16:03:10 2014 From: chouse at gmail.com (Christopher House) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:03:10 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] A member of our community has passed... In-Reply-To: <1408547190394.9910c7e1@Nodemailer> References: <1408547190394.9910c7e1@Nodemailer> Message-ID: Very sad. When things like this happen to technical people, I wonder how do the surviving members of the family deal with the digital footprint? I need to put together a binder of everything my wife might need if I'm not around, like household utility accounts, usernames, passwords, banking accounts, list of automated bill payments, my personal online accounts, commonly used passwords in case I didn't list a certain website, PIN numbers, how to deal with the home network, etc. Of course, putting all that information in one place just makes it incredibly valuable to someone who wishes to do financial or identity harm... Has anyone thought of the best way to assemble this? "Get your shit together" http://getyourshittogether.org/ On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Joshua Yuhas wrote: > GRLUG members, > > I am sad to announce that we lost Greg Folkert Monday night due to a > horrible car accident. 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Should that setup work or could the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in to change the boot order in BIOS. From justin.denick at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 21:34:21 2014 From: justin.denick at gmail.com (Justin Denick) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:34:21 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> I use bacula to pull data from windows and Linux machines onto lto3 with an hp tape drive. The job storage/management is all done in Postgres via bconsole, the admin interface. It's written in Python. Initially, used a MySQL database and I switched over with a simple script provided by bacula. Other engines are probably supported too. I've restored from these data sets more than once. While slow, due to not specifying exactly which files to restore, the task was effortless and worked perfectly. Bacula might offer the widest array of storage media compatibility. I've used plain disks, DVD, quantum travan, and the LTO3 media I'm using now. There is still no easy way around the Microsoft live/open file backup. I just do a little didy with dos, but a more elaborate solution could be easily achieved. It's free, stable and a great backup tool for the folks who vim they're way through life. -j -- Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > On Aug 23, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Christopher House wrote: > > Crashplan is free for backing up "to a friend", I assume the connection stays within the network if the "friend" is a local server. > > >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:32 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Ben Rousch wrote: >> >> > Have you looked at CrashPlan? http://www.code42.com/crashplan/ >> > >> Would prefer not to use a commercial product, .. if we went that way, >> StoreGrid/Vembu would be a more flexible choice. >> >> Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justin.denick at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 21:39:39 2014 From: justin.denick at gmail.com (Justin Denick) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:39:39 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Will adapters do the job? In-Reply-To: <1408843813.19680.9.camel@ericscomputer> References: <1408843813.19680.9.camel@ericscomputer> Message-ID: <164D9435-9233-473C-8455-DD25B966EEBD@gmail.com> Slax will start anything. But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board. -j -- Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > > I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has > sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. > > I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a > VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could > the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? > > If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and > check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that > vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in > to change the boot order in BIOS. > > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 23 21:41:01 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:41:01 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> References: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Sat, 23 Aug 2014, Justin Denick wrote: > I use bacula to pull data from windows and Linux machines onto lto3 with an hp tape drive. > Yes, .. pretty nice! Unfortunately not anything I would use for 'clients'. TFTR! Lee From justin.denick at gmail.com Sat Aug 23 21:57:33 2014 From: justin.denick at gmail.com (Justin Denick) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:57:33 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> Message-ID: The message reads 'user' machines. But tell us why we should not use this for 'clients'. -j -- Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:41 PM, "L. V. Lammert" wrote: > >> On Sat, 23 Aug 2014, Justin Denick wrote: >> >> I use bacula to pull data from windows and Linux machines onto lto3 with an hp tape drive. > Yes, .. pretty nice! Unfortunately not anything I would use for 'clients'. > > TFTR! > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebever at researchintegration.org Sat Aug 23 22:03:07 2014 From: ebever at researchintegration.org (Eric Beversluis) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:03:07 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Will adapters do the job? In-Reply-To: <164D9435-9233-473C-8455-DD25B966EEBD@gmail.com> References: <1408843813.19680.9.camel@ericscomputer> <164D9435-9233-473C-8455-DD25B966EEBD@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1408845787.22614.5.camel@ericscomputer> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote: > Slax will start anything. Regardless of BIOS boot order settings? > But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's ('hid's'?) > > How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, and there was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor rather than CRT cause a problem? > > If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board. If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different way to test it and wipe it if necessary. > > -j > > > -- > > Right to Life of Michigan > Director of Information Services > 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > > > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > > > > I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has > > sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. > > > > I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a > > VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could > > the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? > > > > If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and > > check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that > > vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in > > to change the boot order in BIOS. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grlug mailing list > > grlug at grlug.org > > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From jdenick at rtl.org Sat Aug 23 22:14:16 2014 From: jdenick at rtl.org (Justin Denick) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:14:16 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Will adapters do the job? In-Reply-To: <1408845787.22614.5.camel@ericscomputer> References: <1408843813.19680.9.camel@ericscomputer> <164D9435-9233-473C-8455-DD25B966EEBD@gmail.com> <1408845787.22614.5.camel@ericscomputer> Message-ID: If the LCD has a VGA port, it shouldn't matter. But if the video driver is very basic and the LCD is very high end, you could justify trying an older LCD or a snap in PCI just to see. If the numlock key is responsive and the network/hd lights are working, you can be sure the box is on and probably working. HID is a stupid acronym for human interface device. I think ps is peripheral serial, but I'm wrong more often than not. -j -- Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > >> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote: >> Slax will start anything. > > Regardless of BIOS boot order settings? > >> But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's > ('hid's'?) >> >> How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? > I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, and there > was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So > maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor rather than > CRT cause a problem? > >> >> If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board. > > If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different way to > test it and wipe it if necessary. >> >> -j >> >> >> -- >> >> Right to Life of Michigan >> Director of Information Services >> 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org >> >> >>> On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: >>> >>> I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has >>> sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. >>> >>> I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a >>> VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could >>> the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? >>> >>> If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and >>> check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that >>> vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in >>> to change the boot order in BIOS. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grlug mailing list >>> grlug at grlug.org >>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvl at omnitec.net Sat Aug 23 22:22:37 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:22:37 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] your mail Message-ID: On -1 xxx -1, it was written: > The message reads 'user' machines. > > But tell us why we should not use this for 'clients'. > User machines are "clients", not "servers", right? Lee From jdenick at rtl.org Sat Aug 23 22:54:17 2014 From: jdenick at rtl.org (Justin Denick) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:54:17 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] your mail In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <154C864A-DBA8-4452-BD42-5A58331787C7@rtl.org> Yeah, that's what I call a machine if it loads an os or any portion of it from a server. That should probably include user settings if this is about a primary domain controller. Given the OPs context that's not likely the case. But in such case, bacula would be a great way to keep backups of important user data. It's software compression can be configured to minimize space a computational waste. Right now, I'm using an email client and it only requires settings. Here the only necessary backup would be for POP mail or maybe an address book. The former problem is easily solved by using IMAP and then making sure you're using bacula to backup user mail and spam settings. Teach them how to backup their address books by encouraging them to move it to the cloud. There are also web/chat/tweet/like/+/in clients which only require a connection to their respective services. These aren't machines but the soft stuff deployed by the service. That doesn't seem to match the client criteria either. The bacula file daemon is a client. It talks to the bacula director. The bacula director, in turn talks to the bacula storage daemon. In this case, there is a quasi-client-server relationship between the user machine and the backup storage. So yeah, it seems clients talk to servers. Knowing this neither clarifies your reference to client nor your contention that bacula, a free open source software, is not something you would use for your 'clients'? These points notwithstanding, I may have misinterpreted the OP. If its obvious that the user machine is a client, than I would hope you'll agree that a specific level of knowledge regarding the alleged client-server relationship would be required to know the most efficient method for backups. This might dually explain why bacula isn't something you'd use. A two-fer-one combo. -j -- Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:22 PM, "L. V. Lammert" wrote: > > On -1 xxx -1, it was written: > >> The message reads 'user' machines. >> >> But tell us why we should not use this for 'clients'. >> > User machines are "clients", not "servers", right? > > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But if the video driver is > very basic and the LCD is very high end, you could justify trying an older > LCD or a snap in PCI just to see. > > If the numlock key is responsive and the network/hd lights are working, > you can be sure the box is on and probably working. > > HID is a stupid acronym for human interface device. > > I think ps is peripheral serial, but I'm wrong more often than not. > > > -j > > > -- > > Right to Life of Michigan > > Director of Information Services > 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Eric Beversluis < > ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote: > > Slax will start anything. > > > Regardless of BIOS boot order settings? > > But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's > > ('hid's'?) > > > How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? > > I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, and there > was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So > maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor rather than > CRT cause a problem? > > > If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board. > > > If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different way to > test it and wipe it if necessary. > > > -j > > > > -- > > > Right to Life of Michigan > > Director of Information Services > > 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > > > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis < > ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote: > > > I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has > > sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. > > > I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a > > VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could > > the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? > > > If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and > > check it out on a Linux box. 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But if the video driver is very basic and the LCD is very high end, you could justify trying an older LCD or a snap in PCI just to see.? > > >If the numlock key is responsive and the network/hd lights are working, you can be sure the box is on and probably working.? > > >HID is a stupid acronym for human interface device.? > > >I think ps is peripheral serial, but I'm wrong more often than not.? > > > > >-j > > >-- >Right to Life of Michigan >Director of Information Services >616.446.6492?/?jdenick at rtl.org > >On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: > > >On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote: >> >>Slax will start anything. >>> >>Regardless of BIOS boot order settings? >> >> >>But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 hid's >>>('hid's'?) >> >> >>> >>How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? >>>I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, and there >>was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So >>maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor rather than >>CRT cause a problem? >> >> >> >>> >>If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on the board. >>> >>If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different way to >>test it and wipe it if necessary. >> >> >>> >>-j >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>-- >>> >> >>> >>Right to Life of Michigan >>> >>Director of Information Services >>> >>616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up (after it has >>>> >>sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. >>>> >> >>>> >>I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and keyboard and a >>>> >>VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work or could >>>> >>the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? >>>> >> >>>> >>If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the HDD and >>>> >>check it out on a Linux box. I'm guessing that a computer of that >>>> >>vintage won't boot from a live CD or USB, especially if I can't get in >>>> >>to change the boot order in BIOS. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>_______________________________________________ >>>> >>grlug mailing list >>>> >>grlug at grlug.org >>>> >>http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>>> >>_______________________________________________ >>> >>grlug mailing list >>> >>grlug at grlug.org >>> >>http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>grlug mailing list >>grlug at grlug.org >>http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug >> >> >_______________________________________________ >grlug mailing list >grlug at grlug.org >http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ebever at researchintegration.org Sun Aug 24 14:58:50 2014 From: ebever at researchintegration.org (Eric Beversluis) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:58:50 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Will adapters do the job? In-Reply-To: <1408903233.40294.YahooMailNeo@web122203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1408843813.19680.9.camel@ericscomputer> <164D9435-9233-473C-8455-DD25B966EEBD@gmail.com> <1408845787.22614.5.camel@ericscomputer> <1408903233.40294.YahooMailNeo@web122203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <53FA35EA.9060106@researchintegration.org> Thanks. I reconnected everything and now it's working nicely, USB2ps/2 adapters and all. Probably just didn't have everything quite right the first time. It's got Fedora Core 4 on it. So I'm messing with it a bit before decommissioning. Gnome and Fedora were significantly more simple and straightforward in those days--tho it did take more geekness to operate them. A shame to junk it--seems to work well yet. But I'm thinking anything I wanted to do on it I could do on a raspberry pi and use a small fraction of the electricity. So I'll probably give it to Good Will or recycle. Thanks for the replies. On 08/24/2014 02:00 PM, Joseph McLaughlin wrote: > Did you need to borrow ps2 mouse and keyboard? > > > > > On Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:46 PM, Mark Farver > wrote: > > > USB to PS/2 adapters will only work if the USB device supports > emulating a ps2 device. Unless the adapter came with the device it > probably won't work. > On Aug 23, 2014 10:14 PM, "Justin Denick" > wrote: > > If the LCD has a VGA port, it shouldn't matter. But if the video > driver is very basic and the LCD is very high end, you could > justify trying an older LCD or a snap in PCI just to see. > > If the numlock key is responsive and the network/hd lights are > working, you can be sure the box is on and probably working. > > HID is a stupid acronym for human interface device. > > I think ps is peripheral serial, but I'm wrong more often than not. > > > -j > > -- > Right to Life of Michigan > Director of Information Services > 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 10:03 PM, Eric Beversluis > > wrote: > >> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 21:39 -0400, Justin Denick wrote: >>> Slax will start anything. >> >> Regardless of BIOS boot order settings? >> >>> But I do recall some optiplexes being picky about not using ps2 >>> hid's >> ('hid's'?) >>> >>> How much nothing do you get--BIOS, POST, noise, numlock? >> I did get two beeps during POST, HDD sounds like it's working, >> and there >> was a light on the keyboard, don't remember if it was the numlock. So >> maybe the ps/2 adapters are ok. Would the flatscreen monitor >> rather than >> CRT cause a problem? >> >>> >>> If it's sat for too long you may need to replace the battery on >>> the board. >> >> If it comes to that I'll just pull the HDD and figure a different >> way to >> test it and wipe it if necessary. >>> >>> -j >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Right to Life of Michigan >>> Director of Information Services >>> 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:30 PM, Eric Beversluis >>>> >>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> I've got an old Dell Optiplex GS110 I'm trying to start up >>>> (after it has >>>> sat for many years) to check what's on the HDD before scrapping it. >>>> >>>> I tried using USB-to-PS/2 adapters for the USB mouse and >>>> keyboard and a >>>> VGA flatscreen monitor and got nothing. Should that setup work >>>> or could >>>> the adapters or the flatscreen monitor be the problem? >>>> >>>> If that setup won't work, I'll probably just have to pull the >>>> HDD and >>>> check it out on a Linux box. 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Josh > On Aug 23, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Justin Denick wrote: > > The message reads 'user' machines. > > But tell us why we should not use this for 'clients'. > > -j > > > -- > > Right to Life of Michigan > Director of Information Services > 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org > > >> On Aug 23, 2014, at 9:41 PM, "L. V. Lammert" wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2014, Justin Denick wrote: >>> >>> I use bacula to pull data from windows and Linux machines onto lto3 with an hp tape drive. >> Yes, .. pretty nice! Unfortunately not anything I would use for 'clients'. >> >> TFTR! >> >> Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> grlug mailing list >> grlug at grlug.org >> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lee -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ grlug mailing list grlug at grlug.org http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug From justin.denick at gmail.com Mon Aug 25 06:26:59 2014 From: justin.denick at gmail.com (Justin Denick) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:26:59 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> Message-ID: Twice now folks have reached out to help and twice you've balked at their suggestion. If you don't agree with a suggestion, tell us why. If you haven't already, go read a fucking manual. -j ? ? > On Aug 24, 2014, at 10:01 PM, "L. V. Lammert" wrote: > >> On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Josh wrote: >> >> Sounds like the best thing to do is write a script to zip/encrypt >> whatever files then upload them with FTP/email or something. Then >> figure out you rev's server side for space considerations. > Wow, .. that's the most complicated suggestion yet ! > > Before I did that, I'd install always Sync. > > TFTR! > > Lee > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lvl at omnitec.net Mon Aug 25 09:30:38 2014 From: lvl at omnitec.net (L. V. Lammert) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:30:38 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [GRLUG] Backup of user machines In-Reply-To: References: <6B10B8C7-5E90-4B26-95A0-21CBDB3969F3@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Justin Denick wrote: > Twice now folks have reached out to help and twice you've balked at their suggestion. > I have responded nicely to suggestions, even though it was obvious that the poster either didn't read, or didn't care about the objectives posted. > If you haven't already, go read a fucking manual. > It would be more appropriate for you to read the OP. 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Time: 5PM-7PM Fridays, every week Location: 315 Richard Terrace, Grand Rapids MI 49506 (Not handicapped-accessible, sorry.) Google Street View: http://goo.gl/maps/CDOzO Commute: Parking is on the south side of the building, and The #6 bus route runs right in front of us, the #5 and #19 come close. Nearest stops: http://bit.ly/QyS7RY Food: Popcorn and water are free. Anything else is BYOB (No alcohol), although something else may be arranged for in the future. Entry: The door is always locked, unless it's propped open. Ring the doorbell if it's shut. Loitering: When Kyle and I have to go, we have to go. There are restaurants, cafes and bookstores all around, though. -- :wq From jwm8351 at yahoo.com Tue Aug 26 16:51:40 2014 From: jwm8351 at yahoo.com (Joseph McLaughlin) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:51:40 -0700 Subject: [GRLUG] new pc build Message-ID: <1409086300.73113.YahooMailNeo@web122203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I am looking for a program to help me decide what parts to buy to build an 8 core amd machine. step one select cpu then mother board or? video card.... kind of like the old dell web site? I am planning on building android apps for my own use. The last time I tried on my laptop (last year) (I think it is still trying to load)! thoughts are cpu speed of 5 video card that supports 3 monitors (or more) one for program, one for emulator, one for web... a ssd boot drive a larger spinner for whatever more than 8 gig of ram? Cost is a factor, but not the only one! Birth day in 2 months and wife agrees to purchase! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From flanderb at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 13:04:45 2014 From: flanderb at gmail.com (Benjamin Flanders) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:04:45 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Ubiquiti issues Message-ID: Short Story: My AP's are having issues handing out IP's with DHCP. I am in no way a networking wizard and could use help diagnosing. Long Story: I installed two ubiquity AP's in the office last month. I started off really liking it, it was cheap, the range was better than the old routers I had, and the controller was nice to work with. We have a small office with few wireless clients (around 10) and for a few weeks everything was hunky dory. Then people started coming back from vacation and I started having issues. It seemed that when I get above 9 clients the last clients won't get ip addresses. Sometimes I can get 13 with valid ip addresses. Even clients with valid leases don't get ip addresses if I reset the AP and that client is one of the last to try getting an ip. It isn't consistent, in that sometimes a client connects but then loses it and sometimes a client don't connect but then half hour later it will connect. I've been working with Ubiquiti (they don't seem all that knowledgeable) and last week they remoted in and we tried a bunch of different settings and even pulling the AP from one side of the office to right next to the other and we couldn't get above 13 clients. One weird thing that happened during testing is that we had a device that had an ip address then lost it (according to the controller), but the device still had a valid ip address when I looked at the ip settings, so it didn't know it had lost the ip address. With this device I was able to ping our erp server and other ip addresses but I wasn't able to ping the DHCP server, then about 5 minutes later it couldn't ping anything. They said it looks like an issue with the DHCP server and suggested increasing the address space. My IP lease range isn't full, but I could still increase the pool by about 70 addresses, which I did. Right now when I look at the controller I have 17 clients and only 1 doesn't have a valid ip address, but about half hour ago I had 18 clients and 3 not getting an ip address. So it got better, but still not right. According to the Ubiquiti forums it seems that others have this issue and there isn't a fix in the forums. Some more info: My lease pool is 192.168.0.12-200 I have 97 open ip address I could hand out. My DHCP server is windows 2008 rc2 The Windows 2008 rc2 is a client on VMware The Ubiquiti controller is installed on the same windows server. The network consists of cisco switches. Wired devices have no issue getting ip addresses So my questions: Does DHCP need a certain % of open addresses in the pool? Could it perhaps be an issue of having the Ubiquiti Controller on the same server as the DHCP server? - I could start up a linux server on VMWare and put the controller on that. I'm doing this right now(I just thought of this) I understand that this is the Linux Group and this could possibly be a windows DHCP issue so is there a local windows group I could go to if you all think windows is the issue. Could the Cisco switches be filtering or interfering somehow? Share and Enjoy Ben -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The local Windows group I recommend is the West Michigan Small Business Technology Group (WMSBTUG). They do like Ubiquiti, so they may have some advice. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wmntug/info -- Ben Rousch brousch at gmail.com http://clusterbleep.net/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richardnienhuis at gmail.com Thu Aug 28 13:22:33 2014 From: richardnienhuis at gmail.com (Richard Nienhuis) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:22:33 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Ubiquiti issues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Is the VM large enough to support 2008 and have you applied any of the dhcp hotfixes? On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Ben Rousch wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Benjamin Flanders > wrote: > >> >> So my questions: >> Does DHCP need a certain % of open addresses in the pool? >> Could it perhaps be an issue of having the Ubiquiti Controller on the >> same server as the DHCP server? - I could start up a linux server on >> VMWare and put the controller on that. I'm doing this right now(I just >> thought of this) >> I understand that this is the Linux Group and this could possibly be a >> windows DHCP issue so is there a local windows group I could go to if you >> all think windows is the issue. >> Could the Cisco switches be filtering or interfering somehow? >> > > I have not run into these issues, but I'm using Linux (Untangle, > specifically) for DHCP, and I don't think I've ever had more than 10 > wireless devices connected. > > The local Windows group I recommend is the West Michigan Small Business > Technology Group (WMSBTUG). They do like Ubiquiti, so they may have some > advice. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wmntug/info > > -- > Ben Rousch > brousch at gmail.com > http://clusterbleep.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jdenick at rtl.org Thu Aug 28 13:22:54 2014 From: jdenick at rtl.org (Justin Denick) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:22:54 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Ubiquiti issues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey Ben, sorry to hear about your woes. Given that it works sometimes, I'm lead to believe that things are ok on the hardware side. Though, I've not used ubiquity. Can you post the windows dhcp server config or equivalent? Just the portion concerning the available pools and which machines it will talk to. Also, what can you say about the machines that fail? Are they getting the 172. zero conf or something else. Can a non-working machine be given ip settings manually or by using a wired connection? -j Right to Life of Michigan Director of Information Services 616.446.6492 / jdenick at rtl.org ? ? > On Aug 28, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Benjamin Flanders wrote: > > Short Story: > My AP's are having issues handing out IP's with DHCP. I am in no way a networking wizard and could use help diagnosing. > > Long Story: > I installed two ubiquity AP's in the office last month. I started off really liking it, it was cheap, the range was better than the old routers I had, and the controller was nice to work with. > > We have a small office with few wireless clients (around 10) and for a few weeks everything was hunky dory. Then people started coming back from vacation and I started having issues. > > It seemed that when I get above 9 clients the last clients won't get ip addresses. Sometimes I can get 13 with valid ip addresses. Even clients with valid leases don't get ip addresses if I reset the AP and that client is one of the last to try getting an ip. It isn't consistent, in that sometimes a client connects but then loses it and sometimes a client don't connect but then half hour later it will connect. > > I've been working with Ubiquiti (they don't seem all that knowledgeable) and last week they remoted in and we tried a bunch of different settings and even pulling the AP from one side of the office to right next to the other and we couldn't get above 13 clients. > > One weird thing that happened during testing is that we had a device that had an ip address then lost it (according to the controller), but the device still had a valid ip address when I looked at the ip settings, so it didn't know it had lost the ip address. With this device I was able to ping our erp server and other ip addresses but I wasn't able to ping the DHCP server, then about 5 minutes later it couldn't ping anything. > > They said it looks like an issue with the DHCP server and suggested increasing the address space. My IP lease range isn't full, but I could still increase the pool by about 70 addresses, which I did. Right now when I look at the controller I have 17 clients and only 1 doesn't have a valid ip address, but about half hour ago I had 18 clients and 3 not getting an ip address. So it got better, but still not right. > > According to the Ubiquiti forums it seems that others have this issue and there isn't a fix in the forums. > > Some more info: > My lease pool is 192.168.0.12-200 I have 97 open ip address I could hand out. > My DHCP server is windows 2008 rc2 > The Windows 2008 rc2 is a client on VMware > The Ubiquiti controller is installed on the same windows server. > The network consists of cisco switches. > Wired devices have no issue getting ip addresses > > So my questions: > Does DHCP need a certain % of open addresses in the pool? > Could it perhaps be an issue of having the Ubiquiti Controller on the same server as the DHCP server? - I could start up a linux server on VMWare and put the controller on that. I'm doing this right now(I just thought of this) > I understand that this is the Linux Group and this could possibly be a windows DHCP issue so is there a local windows group I could go to if you all think windows is the issue. > Could the Cisco switches be filtering or interfering somehow? > > Share and Enjoy > Ben > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awilliam at whitemice.org Thu Aug 28 13:36:28 2014 From: awilliam at whitemice.org (Adam Tauno Williams) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:36:28 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Ubiquiti issues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1409247388.2206.3.camel@whitemice.org> On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 13:04 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote: > So my questions: > Does DHCP need a certain % of open addresses in the pool? Not "normal" DHCP, but I have only ever [and hope to only ever] use ISC's DHCP server - what is packaged with every LINUX distribution ever. > Could it perhaps be an issue of having the Ubiquiti Controller on the > same server as the DHCP server? No clue. > - I could start up a linux server on VMWare and put the controller > on that. I'm doing this right now(I just thought of this) Good plan. > I understand that this is the Linux Group and this could possibly be a > windows DHCP issue so is there a local windows group I could go to if > you all think windows is the issue. Can you wireshark the attempt to acquire a lease? > Could the Cisco switches be filtering or interfering somehow? They could be, but not likely, unless you have setup some filtering, etc.. -- Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA From geektoyz at gmail.com Sat Aug 30 11:05:22 2014 From: geektoyz at gmail.com (Godwin) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:05:22 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Ubiquiti issues In-Reply-To: <1409247388.2206.3.camel@whitemice.org> References: <1409247388.2206.3.camel@whitemice.org> Message-ID: I'd setup a dhcp server on a separate Linux vm for testing. I too have the Controller on a Windows server, but dhcp is on a Linux server. Three APs managed (one local, two over VPN link) with multiple ssid's including a local guest (vlan) one with voucher needed. It's a beautiful thing. :) You can 'tail - f' the dhcp log and see if the requests are forwarded by the APs. G- On Aug 28, 2014 1:41 PM, "Adam Tauno Williams" wrote: > On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 13:04 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote: > > So my questions: > > Does DHCP need a certain % of open addresses in the pool? > > Not "normal" DHCP, but I have only ever [and hope to only ever] use > ISC's DHCP server - what is packaged with every LINUX distribution ever. > > > Could it perhaps be an issue of having the Ubiquiti Controller on the > > same server as the DHCP server? > > No clue. > > > - I could start up a linux server on VMWare and put the controller > > on that. I'm doing this right now(I just thought of this) > > Good plan. > > > I understand that this is the Linux Group and this could possibly be a > > windows DHCP issue so is there a local windows group I could go to if > > you all think windows is the issue. > > Can you wireshark the attempt to acquire a lease? > > > Could the Cisco switches be filtering or interfering somehow? > > They could be, but not likely, unless you have setup some filtering, > etc.. > -- > Adam Tauno Williams GPG D95ED383 > Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA > > _______________________________________________ > grlug mailing list > grlug at grlug.org > http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patrick at upmerchants.com Sun Aug 31 10:54:52 2014 From: patrick at upmerchants.com (Patrick Goupell) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:54:52 -0400 Subject: [GRLUG] Volunteer / nominal fee programmer available. 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