Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 08:34 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > When looking for a switch it is always worth while to go on the > manufacturers web site and check the user manuals. > The retailers are a bit slipshod with their technical information at > times. > Take a look at the specification tab on that

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 08:29 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >> However Googling turns up this: >> http://www.dlinkworks.com/DGS-1210-28.asp > Be careful of smart switches. > They are not quite managed. > Most some with some web interface and a few vlan features but not the > full set you would expect with

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 07:10 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> However Googling turns up this: >> http://www.dlinkworks.com/DGS-1210-28.asp > Google use has been deprecated for about 2 years here but much thanks > for the link. There is no mention of ONIE which would give me the option > of running some

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 7:10 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 3:36 PM James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 04:31 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: H - - - - there is a real dearth of technical information on that website! I noticed that too. It used to be the

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 4:31 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 3:19 PM James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 04:03 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: I presently have a 16 port unmanaged switch and there's not a lot of open ports - - - - so I would like 20 or 24 if possible - - -

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 4:36 PM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 04:31 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: H - - - - there is a real dearth of technical information on that website! I noticed that too.  It used to be the "Specifications" tab actually provided some info.  I guess this is

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 3:36 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 04:31 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > H - - - - there is a real dearth of technical information > > on that website! > > I noticed that too. It used to be the "Specifications" tab actually > provided some

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 2:54 PM Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 15:30, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - - > > is there any linux software for running a managed switch? Wednesday, August 28, 2019 2:58:20 PM CDT,

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm

2019-08-28 Thread Alex Volkov via talk
Hello Kevin, As far as I'm aware of the presentation, bulk list management, in this case -- are people signed up to receive a newsletter. The presentation is on different approaches on how to send out email messages while dealing with the issues mentioned. Perhaps we should update talk

Re: [GTALUG] Register for Our Networks 2019 > RE: Infrastructures, September 20-22 in Toronto!

2019-08-28 Thread dc via talk
Response inline-- On 2019-08-28 3:42 p.m., o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 1:47 PM dc via talk > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm one of the co-organizers of Our Networks, a conference about the > past, present, and future of building our own

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm

2019-08-28 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk
On 2019-08-28 10:59 a.m., hi--- via talk wrote: In today's environment of spambots, blacklists, European privacy laws and Canadian anti-spam regulations, sending out bulk email these days is not for the timid. This presentation will describe one organization's search for the best way to do

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 04:31 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > H - - - - there is a real dearth of technical information > on that website! I noticed that too.  It used to be the "Specifications" tab actually provided some info.  I guess this is someone's idea of an "improvement". However Googling

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 3:19 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 04:03 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > I presently have a 16 port unmanaged switch and there's not a lot of open > > ports > > - - - - so I would like 20 or 24 if possible - - - that to me is one > > switch (with a

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 04:03 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > I presently have a 16 port unmanaged switch and there's not a lot of open > ports > - - - - so I would like 20 or 24 if possible - - - that to me is one > switch (with a lot > of ports). I'm finding precious little on the web for information

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 2:43 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 03:30 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > You are indicating that Cisco is perhaps not a great choice - - - - do > > you have any recommendations? (Hopefully not ones that are seriously > > 'ouch' in the price department

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 2:41 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 03:30 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - - > > is there any linux software for running a managed switch? > > Are you talking about one switch or

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 3:30 PM, o1bigtenor wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:48 AM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 8/28/19 10:26 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: [snip] Also in over 20 years of running networks for people the only switches to ever have

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Jamon Camisso via talk
On 2019-08-28 15:30, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - - > is there any linux software for running a managed switch? > > You are indicating that Cisco is perhaps not a great choice - - - - do > you have any recommendations? (Hopefully

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 03:30 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > You are indicating that Cisco is perhaps not a great choice - - - - do > you have any recommendations? (Hopefully not ones that are seriously > 'ouch' in the price department - - - grin.) What are you looking for?  Business level?  Consumer? 

Re: [GTALUG] Register for Our Networks 2019 > RE: Infrastructures, September 20-22 in Toronto!

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
ead article on BotX welder - - - know a company that would be very interested in such but would need to be able to work in a maybe 5' by 9' footprint - - -- possible? On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 1:47 PM dc via talk wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm one of the co-organizers of Our Networks, a conference

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 03:30 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - - > is there any linux software for running a managed switch? Are you talking about one switch or several?  There is some software, IIRC, for managing networks, including SNMP

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:48 AM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > On 8/28/19 10:26 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > >> There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than > >> what you will pay at CanadaComputers. > >> They

Re: [GTALUG] For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

2019-08-28 Thread William Park via talk
Maybe not the original BASIC syntax, but you don't need all that much.  Read from register, write to register, some math operations, few control statements, etc.--William Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 2:07 PM, Clifford Ilkay wrote: On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 10:22

Re: [GTALUG] For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

2019-08-28 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
-ish On Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 2:07 PM Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote: > . I find the Elixir/Erlang stack the most interesting of the lot. > That does seem interesting. Is there a pretty tiny runtime for Erlang? I do recall someone doing a Kickstarter for a Pi-like board specifically attuned to

[GTALUG] Register for Our Networks 2019 > RE: Infrastructures, September 20-22 in Toronto!

2019-08-28 Thread dc via talk
Hi all, I'm one of the co-organizers of Our Networks, a conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures. Now in its third year, the theme for 2019 is RE: Infrastructures, and explores the collective care and maintenance of alternative networking

Re: [GTALUG] For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

2019-08-28 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2019-08-25 11:19 p.m., William Park via talk wrote: At work, I once tried to use TI micro board (launchpad or something), and to program that, I have to download their IDE and edit through that, because only it knows which headers and libraries to pull in. Ah yes: TI kind of went their own

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30pm

2019-08-28 Thread hi--- via talk
# Fear and Loathing and Mailing Lists with Evan Leibovitch In today's environment of spambots, blacklists, European privacy laws and Canadian anti-spam regulations, sending out bulk email these days is not for the timid. This presentation will describe

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 10:26 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than what you will pay at CanadaComputers. They tend to have decent long term support becuase they sell to WISPs and there is

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Jamon Camisso via talk
On 2019-08-28 10:26, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >> There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than >> what you will pay at CanadaComputers. >> They tend to have decent long term support becuase they sell to WISPs >> and

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than > what you will pay at CanadaComputers. > They tend to have decent long term support becuase they sell to WISPs > and there is usually an SSH/telnet capability built into the

[GTALUG] Fairphone 3 - facilitates right to repair by design

2019-08-28 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
The CEO described this phone as kinder to people and to the Earth. Personally I was somewhat disappointed when Google Brazil's Project Ara was cancelled. Modularity in that design seemed to be a natural next step towards sustainable development and best practices.

Re: [GTALUG] legal history of university AUPs, was Re: For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

2019-08-28 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
ETOn Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 5:11 PM D. Joe, wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 08:49:44AM -0400, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 12:01 PM James Knott via talk > wrote: > > > > I nominate Altair BASIC! ;-) > > > > http://altairbasic.org/ > >

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 8/28/19 9:37 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-08-28 09:29 AM, Giles Orr wrote: My first criteria when selecting an access point is "does it support OpenWRT?" Then you're talking router and not access point.  I prefer separate router and access point, as I can put the AP in the best

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-28 09:29 AM, Giles Orr wrote: > > My first criteria when selecting an access point is "does it support > OpenWRT?" Then you're talking router and not access point.  I prefer separate router and access point, as I can put the AP in the best location, rather than where's handy for a

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread Giles Orr via talk
On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 08:58, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 2019-08-27 09:37 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > > I had routers from D-Link, TP-Link, Asus, Linksys. They all died. > > Current one is Asus RT-N66U and 5GHz band is flaking out. So, while > > browsing at Canada Computers, I

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-28 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2019-08-27 09:37 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > I had routers from D-Link, TP-Link, Asus, Linksys. They all died. > Current one is Asus RT-N66U and 5GHz band is flaking out. So, while > browsing at Canada Computers, I found "Samsung Connect Home 2x2" and > "4x4". > >