[BlueOnyx:07475] Network Solutions 2048 SSL
Hello, I'm trying to renew an SSL cert and I'm getting "The CSR uses an unsupported key size." BO is fully YUM updated. Why is this still happening? I'm using Network Solutions for the cert. -Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:07483] Re: Network Solutions 2048 SSL
Michael, Just so I understand, does this mean that I'm not renewing the current cert, but creating a request for a new one? Thanks, Mark - Original Message - From: "Michael Stauber" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 6:34:02 AM Subject: [BlueOnyx:07476] Re: Network Solutions 2048 SSL Hi Mark, > I'm trying to renew an SSL cert and I'm getting "The CSR uses an > unsupported key size." BO is fully YUM updated. Why is this still > happening? I'm using Network Solutions for the cert. The problem here is that you still have the old (1024bit) certificate key and key request in your sites "certs" directory. So when you simply generate a new request, it uses the old 1024 bit key to generate the new request. Otherwise the certificate authority couldn't do a reissue. To be able to create a 2048bit CSR, you need to remove the old key and have to start over. Say your site is named "www.domain.com". So you login to your server as "admin" and "su -" to gain "root" access. Your "certs" directory for that site is here: /home/sites/www.domain.com/certs/ Make a copy of it: cd /home/sites/www.domain.com/ cp -R certs certs.1024b Then delete the "certs" directory and recreate an empty one: rm -R certs mkdir certs Then recreate your CSR through the GUI and for the time being also create a self signed certificate that you use until you get the real certificate. IF you temporarily want to go back to the old 1024bit certificate, then things get a little complicated: You NEED the stuff in the "certs" directory that you now have for the certificate that you're waiting on. So you do not want to loose it. Hence you make another copy of that directory: cp -R certs certs.2048b Then you copy the old certs directory back: cp -R certs.1024b certs Then restart Apache: /etc/init.d/httpd restart Once you get the new (real) SSL certificate issued, you have to (again) juggle the directories around: cp -R certs.2048b certs Then you can install the new certificate through the GUI. -- With best regards Michael Stauber ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:07677] phpMyAdmin broken
I can't seem to access phpMyAdmin. I last used it about a month or so ago. I suspect that some update since then has had an adverse affect. When I try to access it, all I see is "Connecting to " repeatedly flashing at the bottom of the browser window (FireFox 5.0). phpMyAdmin never opens. What could be wrong? Mark Levy ETA ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:07874] How to disable directory listing
I have a site that does not have an index.html in the root. It's intended to be referred from another web site that specifies the file. However, when the URL is entered without the file name, a listing of the contents of the directory is returned. Other than creating an index.html, is there any way to disable the directory listing? Thanks, -Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08536] Updating PHP
Is it possible to update PHP to the latest or at least 5.2.4? We need it for WordPress. Thanks! -Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08546] Re: Updating PHP
How do the Solorspeed or Compass kits work in the context of BlueOnyx? Would the new PHP only be applicable to the specific websites that need it? I assume that it couldn't be deployed system-wide due to GUI dependencies. I'm also considering setting up a 5108R, principally for this new site, perhaps eventually as a migration target for the current server. Since I'm running in a VMware environment, it's pretty much a no-brainer... Thanks, Mark Mark E. Levy wrote: > Is it possible to update PHP to the latest or at least 5.2.4? We need it > for WordPress. BlueOnyx 5106R will be held at the upstream vendor's release (5.1.6). That's a function of Red Hat Enterprise 5.x by way of CentOS 5.x. Your solution would be to pick up a PHP upgrade package from either Solarspeed or Compass Networks, either of which is inexpensive enough to not have to think to much about. BlueOnyx 5107R & 5108R are natively using PHP 5.3.x from RHEL 6 by way of Scientific Linux 6. -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ 10. [BlueOnyx:08544] apache rewrite rules (Maurice de Laat) 11. [BlueOnyx:08545] Re: apache rewrite rules (Richard Morgan) ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08549] 5108R brand new install PHPadmin problem
Just install a fresh 5108R on VMware. When I try to access the PHPadmin page, it never loads, and I see "Connecting to (hostname)" "Waiting for (hostname)" "Looking up (hostname)" repeatedly in the lower left corner of the browser. Did something go wrong in the installation? Thanks, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08645] Email issue
I have a website that sends email from a contact form. I'm not using email on BO, it's on a different platform. This means that the website is sending mail to an address with the same domain as the website. It appears that BO is trying to deliver the email locally, as only non-local recipients ever actually get the email. How can I get BO to send the email out regardless of the domain? Thanks, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08655] Re: Email issue
Jeff, That is correct, we're not using email on BO. I do have a relay server set in the advanced email config, but I don't see any of the emails going through it. The site in question is based on WordPress, and I suspect that it's not using Sendmail. Thanks, Mark - Original Message - From: "Jeff Folk" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:03:05 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:08646] Re: Email issue On Sep 27, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Mark E. Levy wrote: > > I have a website that sends email from a contact form. I'm not using email on > BO, it's on a different platform. This means that the website is sending mail > to an address with the same domain as the website. It appears that BO is > trying to deliver the email locally, as only non-local recipients ever > actually get the email. How can I get BO to send the email out regardless of > the domain? > > Thanks, > > Mark Do you mean that NO e-mail is done on the BlueOnyx box? If that is the case, you can enter a "Smart Relay Server" in your Email Server Settings... Set it to your machine that handles your mail services. Be sure to set that mail server to allow your BlueOnyx box to relay mail through it... Regards; Jeff ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08656] Re: Email issue
Chuck, I don't know how I missed that, but even with it checked, I'm not seeing the emails. This site is based on WordPress, and I'm thinking that it isn't using SendMail but something else. Thanks, Mark - Original Message - From: "Chuck Tetlow" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:29:38 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:08648] Re: Email issue I've seen this before. The website is on the BlueOnyx box, and e-mail is handled by some other machine (like a yu Exchange). But the BlueOnyx server knows that domain is on it and tries to deliver it locally. Yep - I've run into that. Before BlueOnyx (BlueQuartz days), you had to go into the Sendmail configuration files in /etc/mail and remove all traces of the domain. Restart Sendmail and it would work OK. But make any modifications to that domain's settings - and you had to do it again. Not fun. And not easy, if you're not comfortable at the command-line. But I believe that with the BlueOnyx - you can simply click the "Disable E-mail for Domain" checkbox and that will take care of it for you. Look in the site setup, under the left side SERVICES, and E-MAIL. No more having to do it at the command-line, now its in the GUI. Let us know if that works for you. Chuck -- Original Message --- From: "Mark E. Levy" To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List Sent: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:47:58 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [BlueOnyx:08645] Email issue > I have a website that sends email from a contact form. I'm not using email on > BO, it's on a different platform. This means that the website is sending mail > to an address with the same domain as the website. It appears that BO is > trying to deliver the email locally, as only non-local recipients ever > actually get the email. How can I get BO to send the email out regardless of > the domain? > > Thanks, > > Mark --- End of Original Message --- ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08659] Re: Email issue
Thanks, Jeff. I found the problem, it wasn't a BO issue at all. It was an IP routing issue. the BO box didn't have connectivity to some of my other internal systems, but it could route out to the Internet. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Folk" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:01:08 AM Subject: [BlueOnyx:08657] Re: Email issue On Sep 28, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Mark E. Levy wrote: > > Jeff, > > That is correct, we're not using email on BO. I do have a relay server set in > the advanced email config, but I don't see any of the emails going through > it. The site in question is based on WordPress, and I suspect that it's not > using Sendmail. > > Thanks, > Mark Wordpress uses sendmail, through a php function. It can be configured to use SMTP instead... Here's a lead: http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12939/using-wordpress-with-external-smtp-server/ HTH; Jeff ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08729] Email error trying to delete a site
Trying to delete a web site, I'm getting the following: Sorry, an error occurred while trying to create an email server map file. If mail server configuration files were removed or manually modified, please restore the original versions and try again. cantDeleteEmailAlias I haven't changed any of the files in this site. I've tried removing the alias and disabling email for the site, but the error persists. How can I delete this site? Thanks, mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08735] Re: Email error trying to delete a site
Thank you, Chris. That did the trick! -Mark - Original Message - From: "Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 3:51:04 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:08731] Re: Email error trying to delete a site Mark E. Levy wrote: > Trying to delete a web site, I'm getting the following: > > Sorry, an error occurred while trying to create an email server map > file. If mail server configuration files were removed or manually > modified, please restore the original versions and try again. > cantDeleteEmailAlias > > I haven't changed any of the files in this site. I've tried removing the > alias and disabling email for the site, but the error persists. How can > I delete this site? Hi Mark, Here, try this: https://support.virtbiz.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=62 -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:08907] New user can't log in
I've just created a new website & user on a nearly-new 5108R. I cannot log into this user's account via several different FTP apps. The security log reports a problem with the password, but I'm dead sure I've typed it correctly. The username does not appear in the blocked user list. Oct 25 15:38:35 web03 proftpd[2932]: localhost - USER etaent (Login failed): Incorrect password. I've deleted and re-created the user twice. What could be the problem? Thanks, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:09062] User can't login through webmail
I haven't been using the email services on BO, but would like to start. As a test, I tried logging into a site/webmail and a user's account information and got the Squirrelmail login screen. Attempting to login, I got an error indicating invalid account information. This user can login to the site's /admin, so I know the username/password are correct. I can't find anything useful in the logs. I tried both the username and username + domain. What did I miss? TIA, Mark Levy ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:09063] More email problems
I just tried a test to this site and it appears that it won't accept email for the domain either: 220 web02.xx.com ESMTP Sendmail Ready; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:49:53 -0600 ehlo etaent.com 250-web02.xx.com Hello c-24-13-32-10.hsd1.il.comcast.net [24.13.32.10], plea sed to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 2147483647 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN 250-DELIVERBY 250-HELP 250 STARTTLS mail from: 250 2.1.0 ... Sender ok rcpt to: 550 5.7.1 ... Relaying denied. Proper authentication required. "yy.com" is a valid domain on the system, there is a web site on that domain. Thanks again, Mark Levy ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:10265] Recent updates & wordpress
It appears that some recent updates to my 5108R killed Wordpress. I have three wordpress sites on this server, and all of them stopped working as of this morning. I had to go back two days to get a pre-update version that worked (it runs on VMware so I just restored the whole machine). I have turned off automatic updates. Any ideas what update might have caused the problems? Mark Levy ETA ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:10497] Increasing size of hard drive
How can the size of a BO drive be increased? I'm running BO on VMware and thus can easily increase the space allocated to that virtual machine, but how do I get BO to recognize that there is more space available? Thx! Mark Levy ETA ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:11119] Not using smart host for email routing
On a 5106R, I have a smarthost configured in the email settings. However. when a user sends an email using Squirrelmail, it's apparently sending directly to the recipient server, according to the mail headers. How do I ensure that the smarthost parameter is honored? Thanks, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12097] External access to MYSQL
Hello, I need to permit access from another host to the MYSQL database on my BO box. I get a reject when I try to connect to port 3306.What needs to be done to allow this? Thanks Mark Levy ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12141] Increasing disk space
Hello, I need to increase the size of the disk my BO system runs on. I'm running BO on VMware, so I can easily add space to the hard drive in the VM. Please tell me that getting BO to see the additional free space is a s easy as rebooting... :-) If not, any reference points would be helpful. TIA, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12145] Re: Increasing disk space
Thank you, that makes sense. How do I go about adding the new virtual disk to the LVM group? - Original Message - From: "Christoph Schneeberger" To: blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 8:37:47 AM Subject: [BlueOnyx:12142] Re: Increasing disk space Hi I'd recommend not increasing the existing disks size but instead adding a second virtual one to the VM and then just add it to the LVM volume group and then grow the volume - both are doable while the system is online. Growing the main disk may certainly be possible too, but you need to boot from an emergency CD/system and first grow the partition and then the filesystem and there is some room for great havoc to happen with that while the approach with a new disk is pretty fail-safe. Hth, Christoph On 02/03/2013 02:27 PM, Mark E. Levy wrote: Hello, I need to increase the size of the disk my BO system runs on. I'm running BO on VMware, so I can easily add space to the hard drive in the VM. Please tell me that getting BO to see the additional free space is a s easy as rebooting... :-) If not, any reference points would be helpful. TIA, Mark ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12377] Re: Solarspeed / Compass / BlueOnyx stores
Jeff, Well said. I agree 100%. BX is a great platform, and we rely on it. I would certainly be willing to pay something to use it. Mark E. Levy Sent from my iPad, please excuse any typos On Mar 5, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Jeff Rhys-Jones wrote: > I've read and re-read every post in todays discussion and I'm still trying to > find anything which anyone could even remotely mis-interperate as being rude! > > Actually - I always thought this list one of the more open minded and 'up for > measured, fair debate' than any other I am on. As a community, people should > be able to suggest improvements, even perhaps criticise aspects of the > software - if there are grounds for it. If there are not grounds for it, and > that person just didn't understand something - then someone will always pop > up and *politely* correct them or point them in the right direction. We've > all been there at least once I think! > > One thing that confuses me a little out of todays discussions - and I hope > someone can put me right on this. > > It's clear that it's the intention for BX to remain free - that's admirable - > but personally if you were able to quit your day job as you said you could > Greg - and hire more staff - wouldn't that make for a better BX? > > So my first question is - what's is the goal here? Is it to provide a free BX > - to feed the meter with the occasional package sale and essentially > 'maintain' it - or to move BX 'onwards and upwards'? This I would like to > know. > > Then to say we are not allowed to discuss commercials on list - this also I > find a bit 'inhibitive' - to me a new feature is a new feature, whether it's > a paid feature or a free feature, I would like to talk about it. There is a > lot of experience on this list - I'm sure many could add value and suggest > improvements etc? We are of course, all existing/potential customers aren't > we?! > > Again I am probably dead wrong on this - but it seems like BX is a bit > confused at the moment, it doesn't know if it's commercial or community > focused. Yes it's free, however many of the packages are really required for > mainstream functionality. So in many cases - it's free to download, but > commercial to actually use. > > As I stated before, I would much rather everyone pay $$ per license per month > / year. At the very least - for people taking updates. Everyone that > downloads BX sucks GBs of YUM bandwidth - and are currently paying nothing > back. It doesn't seem to me to be a scalable, viable business model. > > In my somewhat warped mind - the way I see it - is that the folks buying the > packages are actually subsidising those downloading BX for free. If everyone > paid something, surely that would be a fairer / better system? > > I would like Greg to be able to quit his day job. I would like more staff on > BX. I would like Michael to buy a coffee plantation - and to produce me what > would surely be the worlds best coffee. I would like a better BX which is > more up to date and with more regularly added new features. > > If everyone paid something - surely that could happen? > > Jeff > > > ___ > Blueonyx mailing list > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12430] Re: Upgrading Switch
*I* would not recommend the Cisco 2948. That model uses the Catalyst O/S, NOT IOS. Those switches are cheap because while they purport to be POE, you must use non-standard cables. There are tons of them out there. I, too was lured by the cheap price and bought one, and ended up taking it on a long voyage to the computer junkyard very shortly thereafter. It's a boat anchor. Look for some of the Cisco/Linksys low-end switches. They're web manageable, and work well. Mark Levy ETA - Original Message - From: "Joseph Chambers" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:25:38 PM Subject: [BlueOnyx:12429] Upgrading Switch Hello, I'm looking at updating my switch which you can see here: http://cl.ly/image/2y3R2y0U2T0b - that is a 100 base non managed 16 port switch which was cheap non brand I bought in a hurry. However; I have a opportunity to buy a Cisco Catalyst WSC2948G fairly cheap. Do you guys suggest that switch? Would I get better performance? What switch would you suggest that I could get under 200? Are managed switches slower then non managed? I know this has nothing to do with BlueOynx but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks in advance. Joseph ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12432] Re: Upgrading Switch
NOT THE 2948G. Like I said, I had one of these and it most definitely wasn't running ios. Mark E. Levy Sent from my iPad, please excuse any typos On Mar 5, 2013, at 8:27 PM, "Chuck Tetlow" wrote: > What are you talking about Mark? The 2900 series was the first to use a > command-line IOS-like configuration. And they'll outperform the low-end > switches any day. > > I've installed and configured dozens of those switches. I've even got one > here in my house to distribute the cable modem connection. And since its > managed, I use a Linux machine with MRTG to poll the switch every five > minutes for port statistics - and I can see who the bandwidth hogs are behind > the switch. > > > BTW - only the last of the 2900 series switches included POE (just before > Cisco discontinued them). I think the 2960 was the only one. So check the > Cisco website before you buy one - and you won't be surprised when it doesn't > do what you need it to do. > > > Chuck > > > > > -- Original Message --- > From: "Mark E. Levy" > To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List > Sent: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 20:00:54 -0600 (CST) > Subject: [BlueOnyx:12430] Re: Upgrading Switch > > > *I* would not recommend the Cisco 2948. That model uses the Catalyst O/S, > > NOT IOS. Those switches are cheap because while they purport to be POE, you > > must use non-standard cables. There are tons of them out there. I, too was > > lured by the cheap price and bought one, and ended up taking it on a long > > voyage to the computer junkyard very shortly thereafter. It's a boat > > anchor. > > > > Look for some of the Cisco/Linksys low-end switches. They're web > > manageable, and work well. > > > > Mark Levy > > ETA > > > > > > > From: "Joseph Chambers" > > To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" > > Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7:25:38 PM > > Subject: [BlueOnyx:12429] Upgrading Switch > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking at updating my switch which you can see here: > > http://cl.ly/image/2y3R2y0U2T0b - that is a 100 base non managed 16 port > > switch which was cheap non brand I bought in a hurry. However; I have a > > opportunity to buy a Cisco Catalyst WSC2948G fairly cheap. Do you guys > > suggest that switch? Would I get better performance? What switch would you > > suggest that I could get under 200? Are managed switches slower then non > > managed? I know this has nothing to do with BlueOynx but I don't know who > > else to ask. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Joseph > > ___ > > Blueonyx mailing list > > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx > --- End of Original Message --- > ___ > Blueonyx mailing list > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12494] Re: Upgrading Switch
IIRC, there was a company called Catalyst that Cisco bought. CATOS was not native Cisco. - Original Message - From: "Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet" To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 11:56:22 AM Subject: [BlueOnyx:12493] Re: Upgrading Switch I've been staying away from this thread as long as I could. ;) When we built our datacenter and our satellite POPs, we did so with Cisco infrastructure. We come from back in the day when 7507 routers and 5513 switches were state-of-the-art. That's when we first became responsible for managing our own infrastructure. Of course, we have progressed a long way since those times. Personally, I can get around in IOS and CatOS. CatOS got a real bad rap, and I think it was a mistake to create something with a different syntax. Obviously, Cisco agreed and later killed CatOS off. But we still have some devices that are running it. We have a handful of Catalyst5505's still doing duty, and they've logged THOUSANDS of days of continuous uptime. The "real" Cisco gear works, works well, is utterly reliable and, like it or not, is the industry standard by which all others are judged. You'll always notice that when comparisons are made, it's always with a Cisco as a reference point. I'm not saying there are not other great manufacturers. There certainly are, and other vendors have a bunch of good things that recommend them. But for us, we have no reason to change our infrastructure & network backbone. When it comes to making recommendations for customer equipment, I always say you won't be "wrong" for choosing Cisco. That's always a right answer. Not the only right answer, mind you. But you won't be wrong. Just make sure that if you do go Cisco, it's "real" Cisco. That Linksys stuff that's branded Cisco... what a mistake that was. Chances are, if your Cisco is blue/green, you're good to go. If it's black, take it back! I don't sell the equipment, and I honestly don't have any interest if you buy any particular brand. But if you ask me my experience, and what I see that customers bring in and what works vs. what doesn't? Well, here's a sampling: Cisco: If it's "real", it's going to work. We can even help you config it. Cisco-branded Linksys: Nope. Not worth it. In my view, it's overpriced junk. Juniper: Seems to be solid. HP ProCurve: I can count on one finger the problems I have seen with them. Dell PowerConnect: Run, do not walk, from this garbage as fast as you can. It has pseudo-management that theoretically allows you to divide into VLANs, but offers no SNMP whatsoever? And no proper CLI? What's up with that? Junk. Dell ProConnect: Seems OK for low traffic (ie: anything under 20Mbps to the gateway). Will lock up much past that, and is utterly incapable of handling wirespeed on more than 4 ports. Dlink: Surprisingly solid. I had my doubts, and the CLI is a little odd, but I think that's more a matter of familiarity. And then there's all the unmanaged stuff. For me, most of that all sort of runs together. We have customers that I know paid $200 for an unmanaged 24-port GigE switch from Netgear or similar, and they're only using 4 ports. We've put in off-brand 5-port GigE switches that cost less than $40 for other customers and they've gotten the same kind of results. As far as the OP's question goes, you can find some Cisco 3550's for not a lot of money on ebay these days. And 2924's are practically free these days. Yes, they're old, but they'll still be running after I'm gone from this Earth. I'd probably head in one of those directions. -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
[BlueOnyx:12575] Re: Pricing!!!
Hey, I remember when a T1 cost almost that much!! Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote: On 3/18/2013 5:35 PM, Rickard Osser wrote: > Hi Blues, > > I just needed to get this of my chest! > > > We're in the process of getting offers for a new connection to the all > mighty network we all know as Internet. > > The last offer sent to me today is US $1030/month, no installation cost, > excluding VAT (Sales tax). We actually got virtually the same offer from > 2 different companies. We can use the line for whatever we want, > including hosting and selling access. This is a business line... > > What speed are you all wondering? > > > > > > A whopping 1Gbit/s... > > That could be much, much worse. But still, I understand the pain. That's roughly twice what we would charge for a similar connection, except we're using 4 different carriers and 4 diverse physical paths so if one (or two, or three) carriers take an outage, you're still online. Of course, that's delivered to our datacenter, and not delivered externally. -- Chris Gebhardt VIRTBIZ Internet Services Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx ___ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx
