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rcurl
response 37 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 16 05:59 UTC 2003

Did you set the file transfer to binary?
keesan
response 38 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 16 13:07 UTC 2003

Yes, I always send kermit -ir.  It was coded base 64 and remained part of the
message body.  Maybe his mail program goofed? 
russ
response 39 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 16 23:12 UTC 2003

The modem on -3596 appears to be hosed.  It connects, but it 
will not transfer any data (it went down abruptly this
morning and is still not working).
russ
response 40 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 18 21:36 UTC 2003

The modem on 761-3596 is STILL hung; it connects but
never issues the "connection established" message.

The other modems are not equivalent; the one on 761-3000
transfers data at less than half speed.
dcat
response 41 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 19 03:46 UTC 2003

Attempting to connect via ssh, I received an error I'd not seen before:

11:38pm jis8 $ ssh dcat@grex.org
Warning: Server lies about size of server public key: actual size is 767 bits
vs. announced 768.
Warning: This may be due to an old implementation of ssh.
The authenticity of host 'grex.org (216.93.104.34)' can't be established.
RSA1 key fingerprint is 74:4c:1e:86:04:2a:ac:ab:c2:cd:32:ff:19:76:80:fc.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'grex.org,216.93.104.34' (RSA1) to the list of
known hosts.
dcat@grex.org's password: 
File Size Limit Exceeded

And with that I was dumped back to the system from which I was trying to
connect.  On the second try I was able to connect normally, and was nowhere
near any "File Size Limit" -- I've little in $HOME, and no mail stored :

grex:11:39PM% du -hks ~
270     /c/d/c/dcat
grex:11:39PM% mailx
No mail for dcat


Is this another problem with the sshd, like the previously-reported 'size of
public key' error, or something else?
cmcgee
response 42 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 19 03:55 UTC 2003

 I couldn't dial in to Grex just now.  The modem on 3000 answered, but never
connected me to grex or a login request.
janc
response 43 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 19 04:55 UTC 2003

Grex was down some today while STeve worked on the UPS.
tpryan
response 44 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 19 15:26 UTC 2003

        Grex is not answering the phone.  Even after Steve worked on the UPS
this Saturday.
glenda
response 45 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 19 22:42 UTC 2003

STeve didn't finish the UPS.  He needs 2 more batteries.
kip
response 46 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 02:13 UTC 2003

I get the "Server lies" bit off and on all the time.  It's harmless, an
artifact of Grex's old version of SSH.  The fingerprint issue should only
happen the very first time you connect to Grex from a new machine.
drew
response 47 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 18:32 UTC 2003

Are the batteries series or parallel connected?
dcat
response 48 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 20:13 UTC 2003

resp:46 -- as I noted, I was aware of the 'size of public key' error; it
was the "File Size Limit Exceeded" error I didn't understand, and still don't.
i
response 49 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 20:14 UTC 2003

Grex has been up (telnet, web, etc. okay) but not serving the dial-in
lines (CONNECT string is all you get) several times in the past day or
so.
russ
response 50 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 22:03 UTC 2003

As I write this, Grex has had a partial or complete modem outage
for ~24 hours, with no end (or diagnosis) in sight.  The modems
answer, but "you can't get there from here".

Why the people running this show can't turn the modems off if they
aren't going to be allowed to work, I don't know.

Is this malign neglect, or merely gross negligence?  Thanks for
cutting off (and disenfranchising) paying members!  </sarcasm>
jmsaul
response 51 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 23:12 UTC 2003

Gee, maybe we should make the staff take an unpaid leave of absence as a
punishment.
scott
response 52 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 20 23:51 UTC 2003

Fire those incompitent bastards!

I suspect STeve turned the modems off when he was working on the UPS; it's
what we used to do whenever Grex was down.  These days it's possible to leave
a message on the terminal server, but I'm probably the only one who knows how
to do that.

I'll send mail about it.
janc
response 53 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 00:10 UTC 2003

I was at the pumpkin doing a reboot today, but since I didn't know the
modems were broken, I didn't try to fix them.  I don't think I even have
a computer with a modem hooked up to it (wait - there might be one in
my laptop).  I have no simple way to tell if Grex's modems are working.
I did power cycle the modems while I was rebooting Grex.  I probably
should have power cycled the terminal server just on general principle.
If it was booted up before gryps, then it probably wouldn't have been
able to get it's updated firmware from the tftp server.  That might
explain this behavior.  I suppose I could take an hour to go back to
the pumpkin and do that, but I'm far from enthusiastic.  I won't even
be able to tell if it worked.
scott
response 54 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 00:16 UTC 2003

STeve ewailed that it was his fault, and that he'd go fix it.
janc
response 55 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 00:49 UTC 2003

OK, so my iBook does have a modem.  Does anyone know how to get a
communications program for it?  I spent half an hour searching the web for
information, and didn't find anything useful.
gelinas
response 56 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 01:04 UTC 2003

What's the OS, Jan?  If MacOS X, . . . oh.  Yeah.  We don't do PPP, do we? :(

Used to be, I'd recommend VersaTerm, but I don't know what to use nowadays.
gull
response 57 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 01:17 UTC 2003

I used to use ZTerm when I had a Mac.  I don't know if it's OS X 
compatible.
janc
response 58 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 01:40 UTC 2003

Ah, I found ZTerm for OS X.  Seems to work.  Now I'm sure I have a modem cable
around here someplace....
gelinas
response 59 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 01:44 UTC 2003

Any modular telephone cord will work.  Just unplug the regular telephone, if
you like. ;)
polytarp
response 60 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 03:03 UTC 2003

I'm sure Jam knows that.
gull
response 61 of 237: Mark Unseen   Jul 21 13:43 UTC 2003

It wouldn't shock me if Apple used some super-special connector for
their modems.  It'd be like them.
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