Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Guidelines on used elctronic donations

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[lopsa-tech] Free software - last call

Moving desks and came across some old software we don't use: - SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 (CD and manuals in original box) - Lone-Tar (3.5" diskette and manual in original box) Will ship it to first person who provides me a UPS or FedEx shipping number, or sends me a shipping label. Frank

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi upgrade

I'd like to point out the new Linksys WRT1200AC, introduced at CES. Seems to have all the latest Wi-Fi hardware and is designed for opensource use. Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Lawrence Sent: Friday, J

[lopsa-tech] Free software

Moving desks and came across some old software we don't use: - SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 (CD and manuals in original box) - Lone-Tar (3.5" diskette and manual in original box) Will ship it to first person who provides me a UPS or FedEx shipping number, or sends me a shipping label. Frank

Re: [lopsa-tech] Keeping time in sync in a VMware "cloud" environment

Matt, If time is drifting on the VMs then you’re not pointing them to NTP servers that are staying in sync. Note that you should be using at least four NTP servers per NTP element to ensure good reliability. Frank From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.or

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Hard drive recovery in Philadelphia area

I've used the freezer trick twice, with success. Frank From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Morgan Blackthorne Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 12:26 PM To: john boris Cc: t...@lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for Hard drive recovery

Re: [lopsa-tech] SOHO printer advice requested

When our last color MFC failed I ended up buying both a MFC (Epson Workforce 845) and a laser printer (Brother HL-2270DW). I ran the numbers and figured it was cheaper to get a separate laser printer which addressed the bulk of our printing (black and white) than pay a premium for each black an

Re: [lopsa-tech] Pagers

Why not have the university number include a call feature that requires the caller to press a certain key on their phone to get through to the cell number? Frank From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Bill Pechter Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Re: [lopsa-tech] Transceiver selection

What's wrong with using the 10G aqua-colored with 1G multimode? Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Ted Cabeen Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:23 PM To: Chuong Dao Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech]

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

Because the Wi-Fi authentication happens *before* the IP address is handed out. Frank -Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:37 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: LOPSA Tech; Matt Simmons Subject: RE: [lopsa-tech] Wifi On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Frank

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

ce. Frank -Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:22 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org Subject: RE: [lopsa-tech] Wifi On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Frank Bulk wrote: > If you're using consumer APs then you're not going to

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

invite you to read the archives of EDUCAUSE's WIRELESS-LAN listserv to get a flavor of their challenges. Frank -Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:07 PM To: Matt Simmons Cc: Frank Bulk; LOPSA Tech Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi You

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

age- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 7:03 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org; Roy McMorran Subject: RE: [lopsa-tech] Wifi On Sat, 6 Apr 2013, Frank Bulk wrote: > The problem with scaling with consumer grade APs is that they lack > - mana

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

d to the domain can be on the wireless network without having the end-user logged in. Frank -Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 6:51 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org Subject: RE: [lopsa-tech] Wifi why does the movement of use

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

The problem with scaling with consumer grade APs is that they lack - manageability - automatic channel management - coordinated RF power control - support for smooth handoffs - coordinated load balancing of traffic and clients - PoE-based powered - plenum rating - support by Voice over Wi-Fi handse

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

want machine-authentication, so that even while the end-user is not logged in policies can be applied and pushed down, scheduled tasks can run, etc. Frank -Original Message- From: David Lang [mailto:da...@lang.hm] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 2:56 PM To: Frank Bulk Cc: tech@lists.lops

Re: [lopsa-tech] Wifi

Hmm, I want to access my organization's resources over Wi-Fi -- why treat it as untrusted? The security with WPA2 using AES is more than sufficient. Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of David Lang Sent: Saturday, A

Re: [lopsa-tech] OpenManage

We use NAGIOS and the same openmanage plugin as listed below, querying over SNMP. It works really well for us. I've tried to persuade TrustWave (formerly RedCondor) to enable this on their appliances, so I can monitor them in the same way. I had a RAID battery out for several months that I only

Re: [lopsa-tech] How do you do provisioning

You'll find the links in this thread relevant: http://nanog.markmail.org/thread/7aoobqx7odg4tbov Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Eystein Måløy Stenberg Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:40 AM To: tech@lists.lop

Re: [lopsa-tech] Home/small business KVMs?

Discussed extensively here: http://nanog.markmail.org/thread/qhltg7bga2pylk5y http://nanog.markmail.org/thread/yog3zdz65jpibmmn Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Eric Shamow Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:16 PM

Re: [lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

"Frank Bulk" made the following keystrokes: >I noticed a daily script was giving out some incorrect output, and looking >at it more closely I saw that the date function assumes a 30-day month: > >nagios:/# date >Thu May 31 09:22:02 CDT 2012 >nagios:/#nagios:/# dat

Re: [lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

arest valid day (break ties any way you like). On May 31, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Singer X.J. Wang wrote: Well, 30 days is a much better approximation then 2 fortnights. Okay, lets ask another question. What do you propose? thanks, Singer On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Fr

Re: [lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

cally, you tell date to give you the month prior to the 15th of the current month. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Frank Bulk wrote: > I noticed a daily script was giving out some incorrect output, and looking > at it more closely I saw that the date function assumes a 30-day month: &g

Re: [lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

h what date command are you using? (i know of no date command that takes differences). On May 31, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Frank Bulk wrote: True, no April 31st, but there's an April 30. =) I don't understand why it's OK to assume a 30-day month. If someone wants 30 days the

Re: [lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

il. $ date -d '-1 month' Tue May 1 15:28:44 BST 2012 $ date -d '-2 month' Sat Mar 31 15:28:52 BST 2012 Jonathan. On 31/05/12 15:22, Frank Bulk wrote: > I noticed a daily script was giving out some incorrect output, and looking > at it more closely I saw that the date fu

[lopsa-tech] Date function seems assume 30-day month

I noticed a daily script was giving out some incorrect output, and looking at it more closely I saw that the date function assumes a 30-day month: nagios:/# date Thu May 31 09:22:02 CDT 2012 nagios:/#nagios:/# date -d '-1 month' Tue May 1 09:19:54 CDT 2012 nagios:/# Shouldn't the output be April

Re: [lopsa-tech] [LISA] Eaton UPS vs ???

Sounds like HA module was a SPOF. =) Better to have diverse UPSes, each feeding one power supply of the equipment. Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Charles Polisher Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 2:57 AM To: Jake M

Re: [lopsa-tech] Eaton UPS vs ???

We use PowerWare FerrUPS (http://powerquality.eaton.com/products-services/backup-power-ups/ferrups.as px?cx=3, which now belongs to Eaton) with a battery cabinet and that's worked well over the years. Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.l

Re: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on managed fiber-to-copper meda converter?

.except the ones you described aren't likely managed. Frank From: Doug Hughes [mailto:d...@will.to] Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:36 PM To: Will Dennis Cc: t...@lopsa.org; Frank Bulk Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on managed fiber-to-copper meda converter? We have se

Re: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on managed fiber-to-copper meda converter?

I'm guessing your router doesn't have a fiber interface? Frank -Original Message- From: Will Dennis [mailto:wden...@nec-labs.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:21 PM To: Frank Bulk; t...@lopsa.org Subject: RE: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on managed fiber-to-copper meda

Re: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on managed fiber-to-copper meda converter?

Can you use a managed switch and use its interfaces or SFP slot? Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Will Dennis Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 1:04 PM To: t...@lopsa.org Subject: [lopsa-tech] Recommendation on man

Re: [lopsa-tech] moving computers without shutting them down

If you're going to make this change and want to avoid it in the future, start using some power strips that support two diverse power inputs (e.g. WTI ATIS http://www.wti.com/c-43-power-transfer-switch.aspx). Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@

Re: [lopsa-tech] IPv6 router for home?

For commercial, the best I can recommend at this time is the D-Link DIR-655. Frank -Original Message- From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Dan Foster Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 8:58 PM To: Tom Perrine Cc: LOPSA Technical Discussions

Re: [lopsa-tech] Internet cop

I can point out two: Untangle M86 Security's filtering appliance Frank From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Charles Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:36 AM To: t...@lopsa.org Subject: [lopsa-tech] Internet cop I've been directed