Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:58:06 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dead; need help reconnecting Message-ID: <20111205065806.GA17809@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <80E716E0-091D-45CA-BFC2-1B2A8BA41285@d3photography.com> References: <1322871981.64074.YahooMailNeo@web39309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <7BF896F0-AB99-4769-88DB-F20719BE17E7@d3photography.com> <20111205012234.GA11201@thought.org> <80E716E0-091D-45CA-BFC2-1B2A8BA41285@d3photography.com>
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:56:57PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:56:57 -0600 > From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> > Subject: Re: dead; need help reconnecting > To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) > > They probably switched it from NAT to passthru with only 2 IPs. > > But that's not your problem to figure out. > > What you need to do is what the error is from: > Check the following: > 1) Computer (is one computer having an issue or could one computer be the CAUSE of the issue?) > 2) Cabling - is there a bad Ethernet cable. Replace any custom cables with prefab. You'd be amazed how many problems come from bad cuts. > 3) Networking layer - is there a bad NIC or switch? - you've had this problem before. > 4) When you bring the network to one device - can you get online? Can someone ping your public IP address from somewhere else? > 5) Is the Telco in the midst of an outage or did hardware fail? it turned out that the modem was at fault. the first time, the tech fixed it partially. by installing a NEW modem [router], i was back on. so is everything else that runs thru my switch. (((this time, very soon--say in the morning, my time--i'm going to plug the router into my surge protector. just because it msy prevent another fault.))) gary > > There is more to those 5 items but they are great ones to work from. > > 9 times out of 10 it's somewhere under #1. > > 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. > > Feel free to install it and connect to d3photography.com:3551 > -- > 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@d3photography.com> > >> Subject: Re: dead; need help reconnecting > >> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@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@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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Gary Kline kline@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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