Re: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Dan Jenkins
I've used GSInet DSL since it became available (about 3 years, IIRC). 
I've had various speeds from 128k to 1.5Mbps.

Pros:
* Service has been reliable. I don't recollect any interruptions at all.
* Static IP.
* No restrictions on any traffic.
* Never had any problems with DSL modem. (Note: I don't have a 
router/modem, just modem.)
* The DSL modem I have appears transparent to me. I plug in any
   piece of equipment and set IP and I'm done. (I used to have a cable
   modem and had to jump through hoops to change network cards.)
* No client software or special configuration.

Cons:
* No reverse DNS for IP numbers. I've asked. They've never understood 
the question.
* No DHCP. You have to manually set IP, gateway, DNS.
* DNS occaisionally non-responsive.
   It stops responding for a few minutes or is just slow. Happens once 
or twice a month.
* When I had a 1.5Mbps, I noticed little appreciable difference from 
256Kbps. That could
   partly have been external to them, of course. They weren't able to 
tell me what their upstream
   connection was when I asked.
* They aren't particularly technical. Other than reverse DNS, I've never 
really asked them much though.

I don't use their POP or SMTP servers, so I can't comment on that.
Their news server expires pretty quickly and occaisionally stops 
responding for 10-15 minutes.

I would recommend GSInet.

plug
   I will recommend MV Communications (www.mv.net or 629-) first, 
if it is available.
   I've worked with them for years and will always push them.
   They have always been a joy to work with. Technically knowledgable, 
very accomodating.
/plug

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Re: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Bill Sconce
Dan Jenkins wrote:
 [...]
 plug
 I will recommend MV Communications (www.mv.net or 629-) first, 
 if it is available.
 I've worked with them for years and will always push them.
 They have always been a joy to work with. Technically knowledgable, 
 very accomodating.
 /plug


I also recommend MV Communications, for the same reasons: joy to work with,
astute.  I had to dump a non-performing ISP in December, and MV went more
than an extra mile to help me get disentangled from what had become a real
mess, and to rescue my domain from the Network Solutions junta.  It
cost them more time than they'll be able to make up from the modest fees
they charge.

They also appear to be constantly working on and improving their service.
I've seen several significant upgrades since I've been with them.

(Plug?  It's the least we can do.  If anyone has a choice between Comcruft
and MV, it isn't a choice.)

-Bill

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Re: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Larry Cook
Dan Jenkins wrote:
Cons:
* No reverse DNS for IP numbers. I've asked. They've never understood 
the question.
What are the implications of this?

 I will recommend MV Communications (www.mv.net or 629-) first, if
 it is available.
Unfortunately, they don't list Dunbarton, probably because we have an 
independent phone company.

Thanks,
Larry
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RE: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Travis Roy
 Dan Jenkins wrote:
  Cons:
  * No reverse DNS for IP numbers. I've asked. They've never understood
  the question.

 What are the implications of this?

Some FTP sites will not let you connect, some web sites won't let you into
secure information.. For some reason they use the DNS name as proof of
your location.

   I will recommend MV Communications (www.mv.net or 629-) first, if
   it is available.

 Unfortunately, they don't list Dunbarton, probably because we have an
 independent phone company.

UGH, Dunbarton has the WORST phone company.. the only place I know of that
makes a call to the next town (Goffstown, also where the kids go to school)
is long distance. They also put the phone lines in such a place on the poll
that Dunbarton can't get cable. If the cable lines go above the phone lines
they are to close to the power lines, if they put the cable lines below the
phone lines then they are to low on the polls (trucks could hit them).

I've VERY suprised you can even get DSL in Dunbarton

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Re: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Larry Cook
Travis,

Travis Roy wrote:
Dan Jenkins wrote:

Cons:
* No reverse DNS for IP numbers. I've asked. They've never understood
the question.
What are the implications of this?
Some FTP sites will not let you connect, some web sites won't let you into
secure information.. For some reason they use the DNS name as proof of
your location.
Can you give me some example sites?  I will then follow up with them to show 
them the problem it causes.

UGH, Dunbarton has the WORST phone company.. the only place I know of that
makes a call to the next town (Goffstown, also where the kids go to school)
is long distance.
I guess it doesn't bother me since my hometown in CT had the same situation, 
which has since changed.  I know there was a push in Dunbarton to make 
Goffstown toll-free, but I think it would have almost doubled the cost of 
residential service.  I know they have various regional plans were you pay a 
higher rate and get a larger toll-free area, so that is probably what families 
with talkitive teens do.

 They also put the phone lines in such a place on the poll
that Dunbarton can't get cable.  If the cable lines go above the phone lines
they are to close to the power lines, if they put the cable lines below the
phone lines then they are to low on the polls (trucks could hit them).
I've never heard this as reason.  The reason I've always heard for Dunbarton 
not having cable is that the Board of Selectmen have always insisted that the 
whole town must be wired, not just the high density section near Goffstown and 
Weare.  Since a good part of town has 300 foot lot frontage requirements, no 
cable company has found it finacially feasable.  Now that a lot of people have 
dishes, I doubt we'll ever have cable.

I've VERY suprised you can even get DSL in Dunbarton
It's one independent phone company teaming up with another (Granite State 
which owns GSInet).  And since they've run fiber to remote stations, one is at 
the end of my road, most if not all of Dunbarton can get DSL.

Another side benefit of a small independent phone company is that once I 
decide to get DSL, they'll be out the next day to hook it up.  How quickly 
does Verizon move?!

Larry

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RE: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

2003-08-01 Thread Travis Roy
 Can you give me some example sites?  I will then follow up with
 them to show
 them the problem it causes.

Sorry no, I had a problem back when I used M1 and I lost my reverse, it took
me MONTHS to get them to fix it, but I don't remember the site that was
giving me trouble.


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Video Conferencing

2003-08-01 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
Hi All,

Has anyone done any video conference work on Linux? My company purchased
several Polycom systems for offices all over the world. However, only
one of them allows for multiple (4) connections. I was wondering if
there is a video conferencing server for Linux that would allow mulitple
connections to tie more people together. Unfortunately, I know little to
nothing about video conferencing technologies. I have found
Gatekeepers, H.323 proxies, and a few other things, but I don't know
what any of them are, and the docs are scarce. Any pointers?

TIA,
Kenny

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Re: The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)

2003-08-01 Thread bscott

  This has to be the all-time most inane discussion to ever occur on this
list.  Which is saying something.  :-)

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, at 4:16pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 My preferences actually come from spending a lot of time at a model 35
 teletype.

  I think that has more to do with it then anything else.

  For example, the first computer that *I* spent a lot of time on was a
Tandy 1000 SL.  Although it was an 8088, its keyboard used an AT-style
101-key layout.  My fingers are now permanently wired to expect the CTRL and
ALT keys to the left and right of the spacebar.

  I also never learned to touch-type properly.  I use a completely unique
scheme I call accelerated hunt-and-peck.  I basically type letters with my
two index fingers, and use my thumbs and other fingers for other keys.  I
suspect if I actually used the real touch-type method, with all eight
fingers centered on the home row, I would care more about having the CTRL
key easily reached by my left pinky.

  I also don't use CAPS LOCK much, but as I have very little cause to ever
type in all capitals, that does not mean anything.

  We now return to your regularly scheduled pointless drivel.

  Oh, wait.  This *was* your regularly scheduled pointless drivel.  :-)

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Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptopkeyboard

2003-08-01 Thread bscott
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, at 3:16pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 ... Only $239 for the essential ...

 That's still WAY too much money for a few peices of injection-molded
 plastic.

  A large factory's central machine broke down one day.  All work in the
factory came to a halt.  They of course immediately called in a repairman.

  The repairman arrives quickly.  He checks a few dials, and examines the
positions of several large gears and levers.  He then opens up a panel,
exposing a valve handle, and turns the handle one-and-three-quarters turns
to the left.  The machine immediately resumes operations.

  The repairman hands the plant manager a bill for $505.

  Five-hundred and five dollars!?!  For adjusting a valve?? exclaims the
manager.

  The repairman replies, No.  For that, five dollars.  For knowing to
adjust it, five hundred dollars.

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Re: Video Conferencing

2003-08-01 Thread Kevin D. Clark

Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Has anyone done any video conference work on Linux? My company purchased
 several Polycom systems for offices all over the world. However, only
 one of them allows for multiple (4) connections. I was wondering if
 there is a video conferencing server for Linux that would allow mulitple
 connections to tie more people together. Unfortunately, I know little to
 nothing about video conferencing technologies. I have found
 Gatekeepers, H.323 proxies, and a few other things, but I don't know
 what any of them are, and the docs are scarce. Any pointers?

What you probably want is a H.323 Multiple Call Unit (MCU).

I'd recommend checking out the stuff at http://www.openh323.org/ .

Regards,

--kevin
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Re: Video Conferencing

2003-08-01 Thread Thomas Charron
 On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:25, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
 I'd recommend checking out the stuff at http://www.openh323.org/ .
 A-HA! Thanks, Kevin. I was looking at their site, trying to figure out
 what was what. I'm going to download all of this stuff and see if I can
 get some of it to work.

  To make the long story short, H.323 is the standard that says 'this is
how it's all done'.  It's more then a protocol.  Basically, here's the
'short' version.

  Set up an H.323 Gatekeeper.  This software serves as kind of the
directory service for things like address books, etc.  When 'signing
in', you'd sign in to the gatekeeper.  When you wanted to make a call,
the client would send a message to the gatekeeper saying 'I wanna call
Ken', and the gatekeeper would 'set up' the call and provide the data to
both client so they could connect.

  Mess around with any H.323 compliant clients.  ANY client that is H.323
compliant, including netmeeting, will be able to use the above installed
gatekeeper.

  Now, TECHNICALLY the gatekeeper isnt REQUIRED, however.  I would STONGLY
advise to use one.  It makes administration and use MUCH easier, and
would allow controls to be put in place..

  A REALLY good 'What is H.323' can be found here: 
http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/h323/index.html

  Note that H.323 isnt the only game out there.  SIP provides virtually
the same.  H.323 is much better in a smaller environment, while SIP is
more, hrm..  'Large User Base' driven.  However, the differences between
H.323 and SIP are more in how they figure out who to call, request
calls, setup things, etc..  In the end, call quality and the such is
much more dependant on the codec and protocol used to carry the call..

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Re: I need suggestions as to where to get a replacement laptopkeyboard

2003-08-01 Thread brian
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Five-hundred and five dollars!?!  For adjusting a valve?? exclaims the
 manager.

Once upon a time a company charged too much for a keyboard.
Why?
Because they could.

I guess you can look at it both ways (not meaning to be too negative...)

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Re: Video Conferencing

2003-08-01 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 14:43, Thomas Charron wrote:
  On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 10:25, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
  I'd recommend checking out the stuff at http://www.openh323.org/ .
  A-HA! Thanks, Kevin. I was looking at their site, trying to figure out
  what was what. I'm going to download all of this stuff and see if I can
  get some of it to work.
 

   Set up an H.323 Gatekeeper.  This software serves as kind of the
 directory service for things like address books, etc.  When 'signing
 in', you'd sign in to the gatekeeper.  When you wanted to make a call,
 the client would send a message to the gatekeeper saying 'I wanna call
 Ken', and the gatekeeper would 'set up' the call and provide the data to
 both client so they could connect.

So the gatekeeper is what does all of the connection handling, so to
speak. Is the MCU part of the gatekeeper? This is where the
documentation is lacking. There seem to be quite a few componants, no
real explaination for what they are and what they do. They assume that
if you're reading the doc, then you already know what you're doing. Bad
assumption in my case ;-)
 
   Mess around with any H.323 compliant clients.  ANY client that is H.323
 compliant, including netmeeting, will be able to use the above installed
 gatekeeper.
 
   Now, TECHNICALLY the gatekeeper isnt REQUIRED, however.  I would STONGLY
 advise to use one.  It makes administration and use MUCH easier, and
 would allow controls to be put in place..
 
   A REALLY good 'What is H.323' can be found here: 
 http://www.iec.org/online/tutorials/h323/index.html

Thanks for the linkage. I'll start reading

   Note that H.323 isnt the only game out there.  SIP provides virtually
 the same.  H.323 is much better in a smaller environment, while SIP is
 more, hrm..  'Large User Base' driven.  However, the differences between
 H.323 and SIP are more in how they figure out who to call, request
 calls, setup things, etc..  In the end, call quality and the such is
 much more dependant on the codec and protocol used to carry the call..

I thought that SIP was more used in the VoIP world. H.323 seems to be
more standard in that most of the commercial equipment uses it, and most
of the software packages (netmeeting, gnomemeeting, etc.) use it as
well, allowing one to connect a small web cam up to a larger
teleconferencing system.

Thanks,
Kenny

 
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videoconferencing, oops

2003-08-01 Thread Tom Fogal
sorry all, meant to send this to the list.

-tom
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To: Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Video Conferencing 
In-Reply-To: Your message of 01 Aug 2003 09:17:11 EDT.
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:42:56 -0400
From: Tom Fogal [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Hi All,
 
 Has anyone done any video conference work on Linux? My company purchased
 several Polycom systems for offices all over the world. However, only
 one of them allows for multiple (4) connections. I was wondering if
 there is a video conferencing server for Linux that would allow mulitple
 connections to tie more people together. Unfortunately, I know little to
 nothing about video conferencing technologies. I have found
 Gatekeepers, H.323 proxies, and a few other things, but I don't know
 what any of them are, and the docs are scarce. Any pointers?

I used to work at a company called CUseeMe, who made videoconferencing 
software. Unfortunately, all client work was windows based.

H.323 is a fairly standard protocol for videoconferencing. the pro is that its
common enough to be supported by a lot of software, including windows 
netmeeting, which of course comes with every windows install around. the con,
which may have even been fixed by now (its been a few years :), was that you
only got one video window at a time. the window would switch to whoever was
talking, which, IMHO was not the greatest implementation i've seen.

CUseeMe originally acquired the code from cornel university, and then improved
upon it. For this reason and others, the protocol is semi-open enough; enough
so that a client or two was written totally independent of the company. I 
believe the original cornell client (1.0) is still available, and I also 
remember seeing another open source client on FM, although I don't know how
interoperable it was. I also recall that the non-company clients were not as
feature-full as the 'official' one.

If you found a workable linux client for the CU protocol, I would highly
recommend that. Their server software (Meeting Point Conference Server? no, I
think they changed the name to CU Conference Server) is top-notch, and runs 
on linux. It supports a lot of connections (I remember the number 64 for some
reason) and also does H.323, now that I think of it. So you could just get
that server and still use the H.323 client software you've already found.

OTOH, there should be more H.323 clients out there, and I would imagine they
are better developed than the CU clients.

HTH,

- -tom

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Re: Video Conferencing

2003-08-01 Thread Thomas Charron
 So the gatekeeper is what does all of the connection handling, so to
 speak. Is the MCU part of the gatekeeper? This is where the
 documentation is lacking. There seem to be quite a few componants, no
 real explaination for what they are and what they do. They assume that
 if you're reading the doc, then you already know what you're doing. Bad
 assumption in my case ;-)

  The MCU is the conferencing component.  The gatekeeper is kinda like an
LDAP server..  Kinda is VERY Kinda, it's simply a way to give you a
general idea.  It's for handling the translations of 'Kenny' to port xyz
at comp1.g2.b3.mycompany.com.  MCU is kinda like a, umm.  Multiplexer..

  And yea, I never really noticed it, but their docs are non existant..

 I thought that SIP was more used in the VoIP world. H.323 seems to be
 more standard in that most of the commercial equipment uses it, and most
 of the software packages (netmeeting, gnomemeeting, etc.) use it as
 well, allowing one to connect a small web cam up to a larger
 teleconferencing system.

  Yes, SIP has taken off more in the voice side of things.  But in the
end, they're the same thing, just using a different codec.

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Re: Mouse swapping on a laptop

2003-08-01 Thread Dan Coutu
Bill Freeman wrote:
Derek Martin writes:
  While again, I didn't spend much time on it, the problem with using a
  PS/2 mouse seems to be that Linux sees that and the internal mouse
  device as the same logical device (/dev/psaux), with the same
  configuration.  However, obviously that's not true in reality.  I know
  of no way to handle two different configurations on the same device...
I suspect that this is actually a BIOS issue.  Probably the
same hardware is used to interface the internal mouse and the PS/2
socket, with a wee bit of steering logic.  If I'm correct, at boot
time the BIOS probes for a mouse with the steering set for the
external connector, and if it finds none, flips the switch, and
initializes the internal mouse.  So either mouse gets talked to by the
Linux kernel via the same hardware register set, and /dev/psaux is,
in fact, totally correct for both.
If the switching control bit is readable, you could
conceivably as a module to read it, and adjust the mouse configuration
accordingly.  That would be chip set, and maybe even brand/model
specific, however.  Another hope would be for the BIOS to provide a
callback interface to query the mouse choice.
			Bill
Well in my case I can use both the external mouse and the touchpad at
the same time. So clearly the BIOS is not switching one or the other
into place.
The idea of plugging the external mouse into the USB port is worth 
investigating though since this particular mouse can use either USB or 
PS/2 port.

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Re: Mouse swapping on a laptop

2003-08-01 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:21:07PM -0400, Dan Coutu wrote:
 Bill Freeman wrote:
 Derek Martin writes:
   While again, I didn't spend much time on it, the problem with using a
   PS/2 mouse seems to be that Linux sees that and the internal mouse
   device as the same logical device (/dev/psaux), with the same
   configuration.  However, obviously that's not true in reality.  I know
   of no way to handle two different configurations on the same device...
 
  I suspect that this is actually a BIOS issue.  Probably the
 same hardware is used to interface the internal mouse and the PS/2
 socket, with a wee bit of steering logic.  If I'm correct, at boot
 time the BIOS probes for a mouse with the steering set for the
 external connector, and if it finds none, flips the switch, and
 initializes the internal mouse.  So either mouse gets talked to by the
 Linux kernel via the same hardware register set, and /dev/psaux is,
 in fact, totally correct for both.
 
  If the switching control bit is readable, you could
 conceivably as a module to read it, and adjust the mouse configuration
 accordingly.  That would be chip set, and maybe even brand/model
 specific, however.  Another hope would be for the BIOS to provide a
 callback interface to query the mouse choice.
 
  Bill
 
 Well in my case I can use both the external mouse and the touchpad at
 the same time. So clearly the BIOS is not switching one or the other
 into place.
 
 The idea of plugging the external mouse into the USB port is worth 
 investigating though since this particular mouse can use either USB or 
 PS/2 port.

Remember the PS/2 port is not hot-swap safe.  Most modern machines have
fuses to prevent the circuits shorting out, but it can have consequences
like what you're seeing.  Using the USB port will allow you to plug
and unplug the mouse at will and be able to use the wheel.  There's
a change or two you would have to make to your X configuration to get
it to work.

-Mark


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Re: amanda defs for an hp c1533a 4/8gb dds2 dat tape?

2003-08-01 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 14:54, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
 as the subject says, i want to set up amanda to back things up
 to an hp c1533a 4/8gb dat drive (the one in the system i
 bought from jacob towers of the trilug).  has anyone any
 details or particulars for setting this up with amanda?

The Amanda FAQ-O-Matic says:
http://amanda.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/fom?_highlightWords=c1533afile=72
 
C-Ya,
Kenny
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Very odd problem - SSL, Virtual Interfaces, and Authorize.net

2003-08-01 Thread Travis Roy
Okay this is extreamly strange but let me give it a shot to the list..

We have two sites (auth.signull.com and store.signull.com) they both 
have ssl certs for online payment via authorize.net. Now I set up 
auth.signull.com on the primary interface and store.signull.com on a 
virtual interface and set up IP based virtual hosting and all goes 
well, when you go to the IP or the name of either you get to the right 
page be it SSL or non SSL.

Now, since putting them both up we started having problems when I did 
this and the problem is very odd. There's a script that sends 
somebody's credit card information to authorize.net and then that is 
suppose to check it and send the information back to our server via a 
POST so that we can generate a page to show the user what happened (if 
the card was accepted). Now this drove us up a wall because it wasn't 
working and it was timing out. We got error emails from authorize.net 
saying that it was a time out.

We thought the script might be hanging or something but we didn't see 
anything in the logs about it. After doing a trafshow we started seeing 
the actual connection so we knew they were connecting. Then we started 
doing a tcpdump and had them do the transaction via normal http so we 
could see what was going on. They connected and seem to start some kind 
of handshaking but the apache server never responds.

Now here's where it gets even stranger. Going to the page via IE, 
Mozilla, or even just telnetting to port 80 and issuing the POST that 
way works fine, no issues. Of course authorize.net says that they've 
been doing this for years and it's not their problem. I turn off the 
virtual interface and it works flawlessly, turn it back on, same 
problem.

Anybody have any idea?

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OT: seeking linux/windows tech, low hours, newington area

2003-08-01 Thread david uhlman
I am looking for a Linux and windows technician for low hours on-site
work during business hours M-F, 9-5 in the Newington area. Rate is
approx $50 depending on experience. Probably no more than 10 hours a
month, flexible days. 

Simple maintenance on windows 98 (8 systems, 1 server, 1
router/firewall) peer to peer network and Linux router/firewall in a
medical setting. No on call or off hours responsibilities. Not a lot of
experience necessary, individuals welcome.

If interested please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your information and to
setup an interview.

Sincerely,
David Uhlman
CTO 50km Inc.


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