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Reply #105 - Mar 29th, 2010 at 9:57pm
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Sorry about the downtime tonight.  I did a quick port swap to provide a bit more upload bandwidth to the server.


Before



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For some reason, the craptastic Comcast modem didn't want to properly negotiate full-duplex on an Ethernet port, so I moved it over to Fast Ethernet and swapped the core switch over to the Ethernet connection.

As I said earlier, I'm planning on replacing my edge router with something a little beefier.  Probably this:




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Reply #106 - Apr 11th, 2010 at 10:33pm
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OMG FORUM DOWNTIME!  I tried checking the forum Thursday from the hotel lobby in Chiba, Japan, to no avail!  I couldn't connect remotely to either of my routers, either server, or my PC, so I knew it had to be a network issue. I figured out the problem as soon as I got home, but unfortunately it was entirely my fault!

When I was making the "work-around" fixes last week, I forgot to write the configuration changes permanently.  There was a nasty storm sometime this week that wreaked a ton of havoc in the Schoolcraft/Vicksburg area, and apparently it caused a lengthy power outage here.  My routers and switches are on a UPS array that provides ~2 hours of backup power, but the outage must have exceeded that.

Long story short, the core switch lost power and my temporary work-around configuration was lost.  When the power came back on, the switch came back online with the old configuration.  Suffice it to say that it didn't work.

The good news is that I had a chance to throw the memory in the router that arrived while I was gone.  That should give it a bit more oomph!  Also, I plan on buying the replacement router listed in the previous post sometime tomorrow afternoon.  Hopefully it will arrive by the end of the week!


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Reply #107 - Apr 11th, 2010 at 11:59pm
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FORUM!!!!

  

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Reply #108 - Apr 12th, 2010 at 4:56am
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Reply #109 - Apr 24th, 2010 at 10:40pm
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The forum will be down most of the day Monday while I do some massive overhauling of my network.  I'm replacing my puny Cisco 1760 router with a massive 3745 router, and upgrading the 24-port Cisco 2924M switch to a 48-port 2950 switch.

I'm also implementing three VLANs (sub-networks) to separate my secure traffic, laboratory network traffic, and guest traffic.  This will require every device to be migrated to a new IP which will take some time.

Things should be much smoother once I'm done.  I'll put pics and details in the Networking Fun thread.


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Reply #110 - Apr 25th, 2010 at 11:55am
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I hope you plan on issuing us some refunds then b0b.
  
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Reply #111 - Apr 25th, 2010 at 2:21pm
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Will you accept your payment in the form of soft shell tacos?


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Reply #112 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 9:08pm
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If you can read this, I'm done!


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Reply #113 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 10:21pm
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Where's our tacos?

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Reply #114 - Apr 27th, 2010 at 6:28am
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Before the upgrade...



After the upgrade...




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Reply #115 - Sep 4th, 2010 at 9:23am
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Sorry about the downtime last night.  I finally convinced Comcast to disable the routing functionality on the crappy SMC cable modem they gave me.  Now, everything flows directly to my router from the Interwebs instead of being double-routed through the SMC and my router.  Yay!

Although this won't really increase my outbound connection speed, it will drastically increase the number of connections I can support simultaneously (great for Torrents).  It will also make it much simpler for me to add new services because I won't have to forward them through two routers anymore.

If you have any trouble getting to anything, let me know!


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Reply #116 - Sep 27th, 2010 at 12:11pm
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The forum will be going down for roughly one hour sometime this afternoon.  I'm throwing a new battery expansion on the UPS to extend battery power from ~15 minutes to ~85 minutes.  Just in time for winter!

I'm also throwing a network analysis module in the edge router so I can get a better idea of what's going on with my network traffic.  Pics later!


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Reply #117 - Sep 27th, 2010 at 2:15pm
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Bob,

I know we don't say it enough...but thanks for all that you do for keeping this forum up and going.  When I tell people who my friends are I can be one of a few people that say I'm still friends with the guys I knew in high school.  This forum is a huge factor in that and that's what I tell people.

So, thanks again for all that you do!

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Reply #118 - Sep 27th, 2010 at 10:34pm
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Yeah I agree Bob!  It's hard to imagine we've almost been out of High School for 10 years, and yet we all keep in touch through these forums!  Heck I haven't even seen most of you in years!

Anyways, way to go man!  Maybe I'll buy you a Steam present for Christmas....if I can find one you don't own.
  
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Reply #119 - Oct 28th, 2010 at 9:51am
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The forum will be down most of the day Saturday for a complete network overhaul.  All of the equipment I've been talking about in the Networking Fun! thread is finally going to be implemented.  It'll offer a significant improvement in security and scalability over the existing configuration.

While I'm at it, I'm also going to revamp the battery configuration to use the new UPS I picked up a couple weeks back.  Both servers and all of the "production" networking equipment will run off one large battery, as opposed to the two smaller batteries I'm currently using.  This will allow me to control power to all of my hardware remotely using a single power distribution unit.




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