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Title: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2023, 08:32:27
....might be subject to lots of small disconnections,, as I need to mess around with the network, which involves unplugging stuff and many a router restart.  Any outages are liable to be less than 5 mins, but there will be *lots* of them I suspect.

Apologies up front.
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 23 June 2023, 09:25:47
Much appreciated  :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: b4ndit on 23 June 2023, 09:50:11
 :y :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 23 June 2023, 10:13:20
....might be subject to lots of small disconnections,, as I need to mess around with the network, which involves unplugging stuff and many a router restart.  Any outages are liable to be less than 5 mins, but there will be *lots* of them I suspect.

Apologies up front.

How sorry?
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 23 June 2023, 10:31:55
Has the 16K ram pack fell out the back of the ZX81 again  :o

thanks for all your efforts Jamie and the rest of the admin  :)
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: VXL V6 on 23 June 2023, 10:54:34
No!!! Don't mess with the packet pushing machines!  >:D
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2023, 11:45:35
....might be subject to lots of small disconnections,, as I need to mess around with the network, which involves unplugging stuff and many a router restart.  Any outages are liable to be less than 5 mins, but there will be *lots* of them I suspect.

Apologies up front.

How sorry?
Well, not that sorry, as I doubt I'll lose access, being on the same lan....
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2023, 11:47:01
No!!! Don't mess with the packet pushing machines!  >:D
I know, and thats the precise reason I have too many routers in the path, because its scary to touch the working ones ;D
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 23 June 2023, 19:18:17
That's it for today, need to do more tomorrow...   ...as the planned temporary replacement router for the utterly thrashed and shagged one kept locking up and watchdog restarting as soon as WAN1's PPPoE session came up. 'dangle berries'.

Suspect config rather than h/w, but I wouldn't expect a config error to crash the damn thing!
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 01 July 2023, 15:34:54
Take 2.

Router h/w will be swapped out over the weekend, and no doubt the config I have put on the replacement will have typos and other cockups.
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 01 July 2023, 18:12:15
Much appreciated as ever :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: DrAndyB on 02 July 2023, 09:52:38
Take 2.

Router h/w will be swapped out over the weekend, and no doubt the config I have put on the replacement will have typos and other cockups.

Appreciate your efforts keeping it all going - Great Forum  :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Tick Tock on 02 July 2023, 10:03:33
I enjoy the site daily - many thanks for keeping OOF going  :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 02 July 2023, 10:43:34
That's it for another few days.

The outage was a bit longer than expected, as there was a config error, and it was routing the return packets back out of the wrong ISP, and took me ages to work out why - I thought I'd got the cables round the wrong way, LOL.

In 2 or 3 weeks, I'll need another outage to sort out the spaghetti of cables, but that will likely wait until the new server hardware is ready :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 02 July 2023, 12:39:14
Thanks for your efforts TB!  :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: b4ndit on 02 July 2023, 19:18:03
 :y :y thanks
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 03 July 2023, 10:00:58
the new server hardware
Looking at the tracking info, its been to more countries than I have ;D
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 03 July 2023, 10:40:21
the new server hardware
Looking at the tracking info, its been to more countries than I have ;D
What courier ?
I was shocked ,DPD managed to deliver a TV when they said they would  :o
new TV to use as a monitor because the  13 year old LG used 160 watts ,TV 32 watts 
whilst I'm all for making the planet warmer  8) financially the POS TV made sense  ::)

Thanks for keeping the OOF machinery turning  :)
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 July 2023, 11:51:37
What courier ?
I was shocked ,DPD managed to deliver a TV when they said they would  :o
new TV to use as a monitor because the  13 year old LG used 160 watts ,TV 32 watts 
whilst I'm all for making the planet warmer  8) financially the POS TV made sense  ::)

Thanks for keeping the OOF machinery turning  :)
It had an LG badge, sympthy ends  ;D
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 03 July 2023, 15:27:06
What courier ?
I was shocked ,DPD managed to deliver a TV when they said they would  :o
new TV to use as a monitor because the  13 year old LG used 160 watts ,TV 32 watts 
whilst I'm all for making the planet warmer  8) financially the POS TV made sense  ::)

Thanks for keeping the OOF machinery turning  :)
It had an LG badge, sympthy ends  ;D
The new one has a "Toshiba" Badge ,not that badges matter to me
it is 1/4 the weight,
1/4 the electric use ,
probably last 1/4 the time  :P
that said , the LG hasn't DIED , just retired
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 03 July 2023, 16:11:22
What courier ?
I was shocked ,DPD managed to deliver a TV when they said they would  :o
new TV to use as a monitor because the  13 year old LG used 160 watts ,TV 32 watts 
whilst I'm all for making the planet warmer  8) financially the POS TV made sense  ::)

Thanks for keeping the OOF machinery turning  :)
It had an LG badge, sympthy ends  ;D
The new one has a "Toshiba" Badge ,not that badges matter to me
it is 1/4 the weight,
1/4 the electric use ,
probably last 1/4 the time  :P
that said , the LG hasn't DIED , just retired

Ah so its a Taiwanese (probably made in China) Compal then (as Toshibe stopped making TVs in 2015 and licenses the brand to them)  :y
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 12 July 2023, 09:24:51
I'm staring at a pair of ThinkVision monitors.  I bet I can guess where they are made without looking ;D
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 12 July 2023, 20:47:15
I'm staring at a pair of ThinkVision monitors.  I bet I can guess where they are made without looking ;D
NOT the UK i'll bet  :D
even if a product was "made in the UK"  :o it would be made out of bits imported from China or similar  :(
 
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 12 July 2023, 21:05:26
I'm staring at a pair of ThinkVision monitors.  I bet I can guess where they are made without looking ;D
NOT the UK i'll bet  :D
even if a product was "made in the UK"  :o it would be made out of bits imported from China or similar  :(
Well, seeing as Lenovo are a chinky company.....
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: ronnyd on 12 July 2023, 21:43:56
A lot of t/v's are now made in Turkey by Vestel. Who's CEO is Erdogans brother in law i believe.
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 12 July 2023, 21:52:39
I'm staring at a pair of ThinkVision monitors.  I bet I can guess where they are made without looking ;D
NOT the UK i'll bet  :D
even if a product was "made in the UK"  :o it would be made out of bits imported from China or similar  :(
Well, seeing as Lenovo are a chinky company.....
there's NO "Lenovos" listed local on "Just eat"  :-\
I order from the "Golden Dragon"   :D :P
 
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: TheBoy on 12 July 2023, 21:57:19
I had a brilliant chinky in Devon over the weekend.  I think that too was the Golden Dragon....
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 12 July 2023, 22:18:17
I like a Chinese  :)
It seems to be pretty consistent food/menu wherever you go
I've even had a really good sit down Chinese in Africa   :)
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: STEMO on 12 July 2023, 22:20:03
I like a Chinese  :)
It seems to be pretty consistent food/menu wherever you go
I've even had a really good sit down Chinese in Africa   :)
I hope you didn't have a glass of tap water with it 🤮
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: dave the builder on 12 July 2023, 22:22:57
I like a Chinese  :)
It seems to be pretty consistent food/menu wherever you go
I've even had a really good sit down Chinese in Africa   :)
I hope you didn't have a glass of tap water with it 🤮
;D
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Gambia_Banjul_Breweries_0005.jpg/220px-Gambia_Banjul_Breweries_0005.jpg)
"when in Rome"  :P
Title: Re: OOF next few days....
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 12 July 2023, 22:37:58
I like a Chinese  :)
It seems to be pretty consistent food/menu wherever you go
I've even had a really good sit down Chinese in Africa   :)
I hope you didn't have a glass of tap water with it 🤮
Just the ice ;D