dead; need help reconnecting

[Ryan Coleman]

On Dec 5, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Gary Kline wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:56:57PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote:
>> 
>> Also I suggest a proper UPS and the apcupsd daemon. I use it for all my UPS's in the field. All 10 of them.
>> 
> 	I've had a UPS for 22 months.  it has saved my server from
> 	disaster five or 6 timed....   [[and you thought that the
> 	power grid here in settle was beyond good??  Bah, humbug.]]
> 
> 
>> Feel free to install it and connect to d3photography.com:3551
> 
> 
> 	how exactly?  no, gimmee a few decades to recover from thin
> 	trauma !  mumble.
It's just a remote monitor. It's nice to have.

Take either the Macbook or Windows machine and install the APCagent client program to monitor. Pretty easy to find. Very low system resource utilization.

> 
>> --
>> Ryan
>> On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 08:00:25PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote:
>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:00:25 -0600
>>>> From: Ryan Coleman <editor at d3photography.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: dead; need help reconnecting
>>>> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>>>> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1)
>>>> 
>>>> You need to define Dead, Gary.
>>>> 
>>>> Your posts lack... proper detail most of the time.
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 2, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> weds morning at 4 was my last log so it was around  then that my telco modem broke.  a few       hours ago a  tech reset     the
>>>>> router with all 5 ips.  my bsd server is dead/water.  only my wifes pc and daughters nmacbook work.   i have spent hours under desk trying one thing/time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> does anyone have any suuggestions what  to try next?     i have only bsd server;  ubuntu desktop.   standalone firewall.  one hub/switgh.
>>>>> 
>>>>> gary
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 	ryan, 
>>> 
>>> 	by "dead" i meant that i had 0.0 connection to the net.
>>> 	long-story-short, it was indeed the telephone company's
>>> 	modem that blew out.  they were able to get one circuit
>>> 	working, and they were content with that.  but i was still
>>> 	dead.  this morning a telco technician [and friend] dropped
>>> 	by with his tools and after several calls to the office for 
>>> 	my IP's and other info got me back online.  
>>> 
>>> 	I have no idea how their router/modem works; i have no idea 
>>> 	how they were able to get my wife's PC back, much less my 
>>> 	entire domain.
>>> 
>>> 	(this is further OT, but FWIW, one guy suggested that a
>>> 	power surge may have broken the modem/router.  30-35 years
>>> 	ago a =real= modem ran at 1200 baud and was lightening fast.  
>>> 	obviously, i haven't kept up... .)
>>> 	
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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