dead; need help reconnecting
Gary Kline
kline at thought.org
Mon Dec 5 20:12:41 UTC 2011
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 07:46:44AM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote:
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:46:44 -0600
> From: Ryan Coleman <editor at d3photography.com>
> Subject: Re: dead; need help reconnecting
> To: Gary Kline <kline at thought.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1)
>
>
> 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.
>
can you send a URL? I'Ve never heard of this...... [[i
know thatt i'm a crummy sysadmin]]
> >
> >> --
> >> 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... .)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Gary Kline kline at thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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> >>> Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
> >>>
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> > --
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Gary Kline kline at thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
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