Morning Grex0rs, There is a real issue with the system's uptime. That's to say that at any one time a user can come by and render the system helpless. To define helpless i mean: That the server is in a state that a ssh or telnet [root] connection via the server's main [grex.org] ip address is not possible. This means a [human] user has to go to the physical location in order to get the system on line. There are various ways to cope, the fact a person [in this day and age] has to phyically drive to the location of the hosted server [most likely a co-lo shit hole] is plainly out dated and no longer a possble solution to your up time. I don't promote taking a server down for any reason if that has no way to get itself up [on line] quickly. Like it or not this is going to be a training zone for some users. The server will suffer down time. I suggest that GREX0rs consider getting a remote ability outside of a standard local ssh connection based on the server open ip's. [open meaning ips that anyone with a bit of looking can get.] A Remote capability is what is needed. I am sure you have a ip range [some netid, gateway, useable range, broadcast /whatever] for Grex that can be used to carve out an ip for the Remote connection. Or maybey you have one static ip. I don't think that's the case. I may be wrong. However, if you have a range you surely can vlsm off /30 [1] ip address from your useable range. I would suggest binding a KVM to that. Lantronic makes a fairly robust yet cheap option. Let's not be hung up on product line. Lets agree to: yes, we need this and secondly [with out a lot of arguements] fund it and use it. If your base server has attached to it a cd-rom [floppy would be nice] you could do a one time trip to install the KVM, put a recovery cd into the cd-rom and be gone. You will thenhave full access to your server at every point from post, fail point, to server=online. Will this stop the server from being taken down? hell no! It will allow you a quick response to getting the server back online with out a HUMAN [oh, user] driving there. Thank you.1 responses total.
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