response 92 of 237:

Jul 23 17:13 UTC 2003

I have an $8/month ISP that I use to download large files once in a while,
or if I really need to look at an image, or when grex is dead for five days
and I have to send email.  I may have used it for 2 hours this month out of
the 30 I paid for.  I have Opera 6 set up with Linux in case I really need
to access my bank's website (they crippled it with javascript).  Jim asks how
many lines we are still paying for and how many are being used more than 5%
of the time.

response 94 of 237:

Jul 23 18:11 UTC 2003

Yeah, we could put in an X11 interface that would let us remotely power
cycle the terminal server.  We even have all the parts.  However, this
hasn't been a frequent problem, so I'm too lazy to figure out how to
do it.

No Grex staffer or board member that I know of wants to eliminate the
modems.  If one show up who does, he will be pummeled into submission by
the rest of the board and staff.  Eliminating the modems is not an option
that is being considered.  Nearly everyone wants to reduce the count a
bit more, but that has to wait until our centrex contract expires later
this year.

response 96 of 237:

Jul 23 19:46 UTC 2003

My opinions about the modems are just that, my opinions. I don't 
expect anyone to jump at the idea and do anything about it. It's 
understandable that Grex has other priorities and other goals that are 
not inline with mine. 

My post was gut reaction to Russ's attack and his not so valid 
argument.

response 98 of 237:

Jul 23 20:33 UTC 2003

We already have the hardware.  Didn't I say that?  In prehistoric days we used
to use it to power-cycle something that kept dieing.  Might have been Grex.
I don't remember.  But the terminal server is really pretty reliable.  It was
only futzed up this time because things were booted in the wrong order.  A
technological fix would be overkill.

response 104 of 237:

Jul 24 10:52 UTC 2003

This discussion really belongs somewhere else besides the system problems
item, I think.

We have occasionally, over the years, discussed allowing PPP connections to
Grex, because fewer and fewer computer users even know there *is* another
kind of modem connection you can make.  People connectiong to Grex via PPP
wouldn't be allowed to http out onto the internet, but they could access
Grex's web pages that way.  (We don't want to compete with real ISPs.)

response 106 of 237:

Jul 24 19:19 UTC 2003

I'd be careful about using any modem that could be described as "cheap"
for dial-in service.  I haven't had good luck with that combination. 
For example, while US Robotics Sportster modems work great for dialing
out, I had all kinds of reliability problems with a couple of them at
work until I replaced them with Couriers.  The Sportsters simply would
never complete the initial negotiation if certain other brands of modem
tried to dial into them.

response 108 of 237:

Jul 24 23:56 UTC 2003

/c is full again.  from df:

/dev/sd4a            1944365 1749942       0   100%    /c

response 110 of 237:

Jul 26 13:18 UTC 2003

WARNING TO ADMINS:  The failure of one port as Sindi details in #109
is exactly what presaged last week's total failure of the terminal server.

response 112 of 237:

Jul 26 19:15 UTC 2003

resp:111 - probably your terminal client isn't communicating properly what
the size of your window is.  Depending on what terminal you're using, you can
find out how big it is --- in PuTTY, drag one of the corners a little bit,
and look to the upper left corner --- and then use that number in 'stty rows
<X>'.  Or use the 'change' program, which basically does the same thing
for you.

response 114 of 237:

Jul 28 03:12 UTC 2003

Here is more info from the person who cannot use MSN email to write grex:
What is the rfc822; ?
The Diagnostic-Code looks like Marcus's humor.


Subject: Attachment from Bounce Back

I did get this verbiage attatched to the bounce back messge, but it
does not make sense to me.  I hope it does to Sindi.  Every thing that
follows is the attachment (except for the couple of lines that YAHOO
always attaches.

Reporting-MTA: dns;hotmail.com
Received-From-MTA: dns;mail.hotmail.com
Arrival-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 09:12:26 -0700

Final-Recipient: rfc822;dpfitzen@cyberspace.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: smtp;552 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold,
I make all things new.
 pleased to meet you
250-EXPN
250-SIZE 100000
250 HELP
NING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-AUTH GSSAPI
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP

250 HELP

HELP
0-AUTH GSSAPI NTLM LOGIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN
250-X-LINK2STATE
250-XEXCH50
250 OK
signed.
 which 
220      have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.
tions from IP addresses which 
220      have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.
is expressly PROHIBITED.
 Rinet-Turbo machines without prior WRITTEN permission
220 is expressly PROHIBITED.

response 116 of 237:

Jul 28 03:42 UTC 2003

Srw says grex is bouncing mail from this MSN account as spam and that there
have been similar problems with other mail from MSN.