Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:46:44 -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: <1BC0DA59-F5AC-40E3-83D2-F06448CBC109@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <20111205070604.GB17809@thought.org> 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> <20111205070604.GB17809@thought.org>
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On Dec 5, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 09:56:57PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 > I've had a UPS for 22 months. it has saved my server from > disaster five or 6 timed.... [[and you thought that the > power grid here in settle was beyond good?? Bah, humbug.]] >=20 >=20 >> Feel free to install it and connect to d3photography.com:3551 >=20 >=20 > how exactly? no, gimmee a few decades to recover from thin > trauma ! mumble. It's just a remote monitor. It's nice to have. Take either the Macbook or Windows machine and install the APCagent = client program to monitor. Pretty easy to find. Very low system resource = utilization. >=20 >> -- >> Ryan >> On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >>=20 >>> 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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> ryan,=20 >>>=20 >>> 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 >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> (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 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> --=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. >>>=20 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >>=20 >=20 > --=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. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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