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Date:      Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:56:57 -0600
From:      Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com>
To:        Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: dead; need help reconnecting
Message-ID:  <80E716E0-091D-45CA-BFC2-1B2A8BA41285@d3photography.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111205012234.GA11201@thought.org>
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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?

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)
>>=20
>> You need to define Dead, Gary.
>>=20
>> Your posts lack... proper detail most of the time.
>>=20
>> On Dec 2, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
>>=20
>>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> does anyone have any suuggestions what  to try next?     i have only =
bsd server;  ubuntu desktop.   standalone firewall.  one hub/switgh.
>>>=20
>>> gary
>>> _______________________________________________
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> 	ryan,=20
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> 	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=20
> 	my IP's and other info got me back online. =20
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> 	I have no idea how their router/modem works; i have no idea=20
> 	how they were able to get my wife's PC back, much less my=20
> 	entire domain.
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> 	(this is further OT, but FWIW, one guy suggested that a
> 	power surge may have broken the modem/router.  30-35 years
> 	ago a =3Dreal=3D modem ran at 1200 baud and was lightening fast. =
=20
> 	obviously, i haven't kept up... .)
> =09
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> --=20
> 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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