Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

[Gerry Hull]

Web power switch has a secure web API.  I think there is a Android App.   I
use a C# API myself... pretty simple code.

Gerry


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On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Tom Buskey <t...@buskey.name> wrote:

> The one they're holding in the video, the Web Power Switch Pro
> <https://dlidirect.com/collections/frontpage/products/new-pro-switch>, looks
> like the one I had in a lab with WiFi added.  Price is similar.  I'd get
> one again if I needed it.
>
> I have some of those android app wifi ones from tp-link at home.  The app
> is Kasa and someone had a linux script to control it.  It's not secure.  I
> might use it seasonally, but I'm not sure I'd want to put my servers on it.
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Gerry Hull <ge...@telosity.com> wrote:
>
>> Use these all over the world.  Have three in the arctic.  Work great,
>> inexpensive!  Network ping restart.
>>
>> https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <
>> roz...@hackerposse.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have any experience with ethernet-controlled power relays?
>>>
>>> I have a situation with a couple of embedded Linux appliances I'm
>>> working on,
>>> that are deployed hundreds of miles away from me, and I need the ability
>>> to power-cycle one of them remotely. Looking for some sort of
>>> remote-controlled
>>> AC outlet or relay (relay could be an 120V AC relay or a 12VDC relay,
>>> actually...).
>>>
>>> Need one that I can control from a shell login on the other Linux machine
>>> at the site, e.g.: a socket interface I can drive with netcat or the
>>> like,
>>> a web interface that works with w3m or curl, SNMP Any of those would
>>> be fine.
>>>
>>> I see a lot of different devices on Amazon that look like they might
>>> require
>>> an iPhone or Android device running some proprietary GUI app on the LAN,
>>> but I'm having trouble telling which are worthwhile and which will be a
>>> waste of time.
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
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Re: Network-controlled power switches/relays?

[Gerry Hull]

Use these all over the world.  Have three in the arctic.  Work great,
inexpensive!  Network ping restart.

https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html

Gerry




On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen  wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with ethernet-controlled power relays?
>
> I have a situation with a couple of embedded Linux appliances I'm working
> on,
> that are deployed hundreds of miles away from me, and I need the ability
> to power-cycle one of them remotely. Looking for some sort of
> remote-controlled
> AC outlet or relay (relay could be an 120V AC relay or a 12VDC relay,
> actually...).
>
> Need one that I can control from a shell login on the other Linux machine
> at the site, e.g.: a socket interface I can drive with netcat or the like,
> a web interface that works with w3m or curl, SNMP Any of those would
> be fine.
>
> I see a lot of different devices on Amazon that look like they might
> require
> an iPhone or Android device running some proprietary GUI app on the LAN,
> but I'm having trouble telling which are worthwhile and which will be a
> waste of time.
>
> Suggestions?
>
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Re: Videoconferencing rundown.

[Gerry Hull]

The commercial videoconferencing market is very alive and well, with many
multinationals employing huge systems from the likes of Cisco/Tandberg and
Polycom.
Desktop video is just starting to become big in the corporate world --
probably because these big video companies want to try an extract the very
high margins on
desktop clients as they do on video rooms... and that pricing model is not
going to work.

BlueJeans.net was a very cool service in beta.  This is a cloud hosted
service that has a multi-point bridge -- that would work with Skype, H323
and SIP clients.  I
was using it in beta for about six months.   But, it's still too pricey for
me as a commercial service.

Skype has been very successful for 1:1 video chats, especially in the
non-commercial space (though a lot of news outlets seem to be using it now.)
I find video conferences among various clubs I belong to don't work very
well (among the participants, not the tech).   Business Videoconferences
are great.

Has anyone used Google Hangouts in a business setting?

- Gerry


On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:11 AM, David Rysdam da...@rysdam.org wrote:

 On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:58:31 -0400, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote:
   I think people just don't like talking to TVs.
  
   Y'know... I kind of agree, and kind of disagree.  I can't quite figure
   out why the difference.  But, while I think talking to a desk phone
 with
   a video feed would be kinda weird, I find myself chatting with my wife
 ...
 
I think there's a pretty big difference between interacting with the
  people you presumably love the most in the world, and interacting with
  some jerk at work you probabbly don't want to be talking to at all,
  let alone looking at.

 There's that too.

 But I also think it's kind of an uncanny valley thing. You can see them,
 but it isn't a regular in-person conversation where you can see all
 their body language, get good depth info, see the same environment they
 are seeing, etc.

 A phone conversation is so abstract as to be a separate thing anyway,
 like a cartoon character.
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Re: Videoconferencing rundown.

[Gerry Hull]

Slightly OT to this discussion, but fyi:

I have a HD audio conference server in the cloud that any of you are
welcome to use:  The caveat is that you must access it with a SIP URI.

whate...@conf.telosity.com

It will generate a on-demand conference based on a unique URI.   so, for
example, gnh...@conf.telosity.com.

It supports G722, Speex, G711 and GSM codecs.

There's nothing like an audio conference in HD!

It's running debian/sylkserver.

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Re: OSS Video Conference solution?

[Gerry Hull]

Those are either clients or, protocols -- I presume you meant H323, not
232...

You will be hard pressed to find an off-the-shelf OSS product that works
well for videoconferencing.

Vmukti was around for a while, but they seem to have gone commercial.

Freeswitch is an awesome softswitch.  The switch natively supports video
over SIP or H323.
The conferencing module seems to have configuration switches for video, yet
there is not much talk about
people using it that way.

http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_conference

Sylkserver is an excellent multimedia conferencing server that I use for
everything but video; I think it would not be too far
a leap to make it work with video,

All of these solutions would require work.

- Gerry
Telosity.com

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen
roz...@geekspace.comwrote:

 Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org writes:
 
  Hey, guys.  I've been tasked with bringing a video conferencing solution
  in-house, by strong preference Open Source (for both philosophical as
 well as
  financial reasons).
 [...]
  I'm completely open-minded as to an OSS solution so long as:
 
  - It's not overly hard to use
  - It allows video from multiple sources
  - Its client runs on Mac and Windows (Linux is good, but not a deal
 breaker)
  - A minimum of documentation would be wonderful
 
  Any suggestions?

 If I say Jabber/XMPP, SIP, or H.232; or Ekiga, Pidgin, Empathy,
 or Jitsi..., does it mean that I've misunderstood the question?

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Re: OSS Video Conference solution?

[Gerry Hull]

I did some more searching...  It seems that lots of people are doing video
conferencing with Freeswitch
Here''s some documentation:
http://wiki.projectdiastar.org/index.php/FreeSWITCH/Woomera_User_Guide#Video_Conferencing

Freeswitch is at http://www.freeswitch.org.

As long as you have the pipe and box with some horsepower, you should be
able to have N-party
conferencing.   I'm presuming your not expecting HD-quality video, though
good 720p should be
achievable.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote:


 Those are either clients or, protocols -- I presume you meant H323, not
 232...

 You will be hard pressed to find an off-the-shelf OSS product that works
 well for videoconferencing.

 Vmukti was around for a while, but they seem to have gone commercial.

 Freeswitch is an awesome softswitch.  The switch natively supports video
 over SIP or H323.
 The conferencing module seems to have configuration switches for video,
 yet there is not much talk about
 people using it that way.

 http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_conference

 Sylkserver is an excellent multimedia conferencing server that I use for
 everything but video; I think it would not be too far
 a leap to make it work with video,

 All of these solutions would require work.

 - Gerry
 Telosity.com

 On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen 
 roz...@geekspace.com wrote:

 Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org writes:
 
  Hey, guys.  I've been tasked with bringing a video conferencing solution
  in-house, by strong preference Open Source (for both philosophical as
 well as
  financial reasons).
 [...]
  I'm completely open-minded as to an OSS solution so long as:
 
  - It's not overly hard to use
  - It allows video from multiple sources
  - Its client runs on Mac and Windows (Linux is good, but not a deal
 breaker)
  - A minimum of documentation would be wonderful
 
  Any suggestions?

 If I say Jabber/XMPP, SIP, or H.232; or Ekiga, Pidgin,
 Empathy,
 or Jitsi..., does it mean that I've misunderstood the question?

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Re: Options for hosting servers in my basement?

[Gerry Hull]

I have 5 virtual machines boxes on www.chicagovps.net.   They have a 1GB
Ram/10GB Disk/1TB traffic VPS for $5.35 a month, less than the cost of
electricity to run a server at home.
(Also, they have a 2GB/2TB xfer offering for $7.00 a month).  They have all
the popular distros and you have full control.  They are OpenVZ VMs
 Service has been rock solid -- site is huge colo with full power and
internet redundancy.
Check it out at
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/chicagovps-7month-2gb-openvz-vps-in-buffalo-ny-and-chicago-il-usa/

-Gerry

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.comwrote:

 I have a couple of web/mail/shell/etc. servers that are currently
 hosted `in the cloud', but which I'd really like to move
 to my basement if possible (with the caveat that I don't live/work
 at a college or an ISP...).

 Basically, I want:

 * 2 or 3 static IP addresses.

 * A fast enough *uplink* (consumer service is typically great
   on download speeds but has lousy upload speeds);

 * A reliable enough link--service can't be interrupted
   on a weekly or even monthly basis, and interruptions can't
   last for hours at a time. The consumer DSL subscription
   I have right now completely fails this criterion.

 * Something that won't empty my wallet (so far, I've made
   one inquiry to an ISP about `business class' service,
   and got a response of `what you really want is a T1
   for $300/month'; that's a little heavy..., but
   maybe someone here has a good story about becoming
   their neighbours' ISP?).

 I neither need nor want mail hosting services, web hosting services,
 phone service, or anything like that.

 Assuming I have options other than `go live at a college or ISP',
 what are they? Or is home server-hosting a completely ridiculous idea
 in our modern world?

 My friends down in MA say, `get FIOS!'

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Re: Thinkpad repair?

[Gerry Hull]

I have three X61s and two X40s in my family... I love Thinkpads!

I have found ebay to be an excellent source of parts, for short money.   The
other day my nephew's X40 died; the battery would not charge even with a new
battery
and a good power supply.  So, I figured something had died on the
motherboard.  You can get X40 motherboards for about $10 on ebay, but it's a
lot of work to replace.
So, for $25 I bought an X40 with no display or any other parts... just the
motherboard, case and keyboard.   It took less than 45 minutes to take the
display off the bad
system and swap all the parts (memory, disk and WiFi board. )   The system
now works perfectly.


I typically buy X60 or X61 tablets... if you watch, you can get them for
about $250 on ebay.   The 1st thing I do is toss the hard drive and swap a
Segate 500Mb hybrid solid-state/7200rpm drive.
For $350 bucks, you have s smoking dual core laptop that blows away the junk
people are selling for $500-$1500 today.


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
roz...@geekspace.comwrote:

 I'm going to call this `on-topic' because there are so many
 Thinkpads in the Linux community--and because, since our
 software doesn't just spontaneously `rot', so many of us
 run them until the hardware just fails irreparably. So, I'm
 hoping someone can give me some helpful comments on getting
 my 4-year-old Thinkpad repaired

 It's an X60 convertible tablet/laptop, and that precarious
 little multidimensional swivel-hinge just went `snap'
 in some way such that the screen is no longer self-supporting
 at any angle less than ~60 degrees.

 (and, while I'm at it, I guess I might look at fixing a few other
  issues that have accumulated over the last couple of years:
  broken palm-rest over the PC-card slot, broken HDD bay-cover,
  no-longer-functional SD/etc. memory-card port...).

 Is there a local shop in/near Nashua to whom I should take this,
 or am I going to have to call Lenovo? Alternately, is it
 worthwhile to even consider just getting the parts and fixing
 the thing myself?

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Philip Sbrogna Service...

[Gerry Hull]

I thought I'd pass this on for those who knew Philip:


--

A service for Philip will be held Sept 24th at 2PM in the Cathedral of the
Pines.  All are invited.  Afterwards, people will gather at the Winchendon
Bowling alley on Summer St.



In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are accepted at either

· Reading is Fundamental, Inc
1255 23rd St, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
www.rif.org
· Cathedral of the Pines
10 Hale Hill Rd
Rindge, NH 03461

-
Regards,

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Telosity.com
Nelson, NH
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Re: Linux has won

[Gerry Hull]

In overall computing OS shipments, Linux has surpassed Microsoft a very long
time ago.
Microsoft embedded OS is a very, very small part of their business.  99% of
MS OS business is Desktop and Server OS shipments.   I believe they still
have a commanding lead in the desktop, but Linux is certainly gaining
ground.  I'm not sure on servers, but I bet that is a lot closer, with Linux
perhaps having a small lead.

Where Microsoft has really lost is in mind share.

Though I've been professionally developing MS apps for 30 years, I'd say
less than 25% of my time is spent directly on MS now... typical projects
involve Linux app servers, IOS and Android mobile/tablet OS, and lots of
Linux-based middleware.

What Linux and open source has done is increase the speed of innovation so
that the big, monolithic corporations can't keep up.

Gerry



On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote:

  So, while I've been slaving away in the world of corporate IT, it
 appears Linux has quietly won the OS war.  I just didn't notice.
 Linux may already be out-shipping Microsoft Windows.

  Work has me shopping for a large flat panel display for a conference
 room.  It appears that it is quite difficult, if not impossible, to
 buy a TV that is not running Linux internally.  Every manufacturer
 spec I've seen so far has had a GPL notice pointing to Linux kernel
 source code.  And while personal computers have certainly much more
 pervasive over the years, they've still got nothing on the boob tube.

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Re: question on l on equipment for a local fiber installation

[Gerry Hull]

Food for thought:

If you have line-of-site to the pole, you can buy two inexpensive data
radios for far less than the cost of running fiber, connectors and
interconnect.

In fact, stock 802.11 b/g/n gear with some small yagi antennas will do 3000
feet no problemo if there is line of sight.


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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:22 PM, James Seagraves 
seagravesinnovationconsult...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi everyone

 I have a house northern NH that is 3000' from the nearest telephone pole.
 We have had satellite Internet service and the speed and download
 limits (16 Gb/30 days)  are a real pain.  So we are looking at replacing
 the satellite with the local cable provider.  The problem is
 our distance from the nearest pole.

 After talking with the cable rep and pricing out the large coax cable
 he wanted to run up the hill, I decided to price out using fiber
 as the intermediate link for the 3000' feet.  We know from
  talking  with the cable company that many sites in the area are
 doing something similar (their school and university customers).

 I asked the local fiber company from VT to give us a quote on
 the parts needed to take the cable coax signal, convert it to
 light and send it up the hill to our house.  The company
 only gave me a total cost and is refusing so far to
 give me the parts details and unit costs.

 So I would like to know if anyone on ghlug list has already done
 this sort of thing and has a breakdown of the parts cost.
 I have been trying to find distributors/ other local
 supplies with no luck.  google has not been very heplful
 so far.

 I am looking for the make/model of the coax-fiber mux/demux
 and the bulk cost for 3000' of  SM many strand optic fiber.

 Also, if you know of any NH suppliers that would be a help too.

 thanks
 Jim Seagraves

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Re: OT: CDMA Repeaters/Booster

[Gerry Hull]

Interesting.  My friend in Vermont had a similar experience with his first
amplifier...
It was DOA.   I happened to have my own amp with me when visiting him, and
proved the issue was simply a bad amplifier.  He got a replacement, and for
both GSM and CDMA, it is working very well.

Gerry

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:49 AM, kenta ke...@guster.net wrote:

 On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.org
 wrote:
  My in-laws have a place in Central NY that gets you one bar on most
  Verizon phones if you hold your arm out just..right..in one corner of
  the house.  There's no Internet service there, so a pico/femtocell is
 out.
 
  Anyone have experience with repeaters or boosters over a small area to
  improve the signal, preferably something that can be mounted outside?
 
  -Mark

 I tested a zBoost YX-510 signal booster which is supposed to be able
 to boost both CDMA and GSM.  At my house most GSM phones have either 1
 bar or no coverage in the center of the house. In order to make and
 maintain a call you'd have to stand next to the window or go outside.
 CDMA phones varied and would usually maintain a single bar to 3 bars
 depending on the location in the house.

 I tried several antenna placement setups with the device. First we
 placed the external antenna in the window frame, ensured there was
 enough horizontal separation between it and the base unit (this was in
 their docs). Second we tested vertical separation by putting the
 external antenna upstairs. And lastly, we placed the external antenna
 about 20 feet outside the house.

 In all cases I saw little to no improvement in signal strength for the
 GSM and CDMA phones (ATT iPhone, Sprint BlackBerry, Samsung Verizon
 phone) despite all three antenna placements.

 Boxed it back up, shipped it back and got my money back. I'm not sure
 if I got a defective unit, or if it just didn't work as advertised.

 -Kenta

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Re: OT: CDMA Repeaters/Booster

[Gerry Hull]

I have experience with both mobile and fixed amplifiers and systems.

Most of what I use is from a company called Wilson.  For the mobile, they
have a
cradle with a built-in 2w amplifier, a coax feed and a little mag mount
antenna which
goes on the roof of the car.   I commute from Nelson to Manchester, and
Verizon has
many holes, no matter the route.  95% of those holes are gone when I use the
amplifier; it's well
worth the $99 price tag.   The amp covers all three bands.

I am in the midst of helping a friend install a whole-house system at his
summer home in
Readsboro, VT, which has absolutely terrible cell coverage.He wants data
as well as voice
coverage, so the amplifier must cover 1900MHz.  His whole-house system runs
about $600, which
includes an external omni-directional antenna, a 3w tri-band amplifier, and
a patch antenna for inside
the house.   He's gone from no-bars to 3+ bars using this system.  We are
putting a Yagi up to see
if we can get better data coverage, as the site he is hitting currently is
1XRTT; we would like 3G.
(3 miles vs 10 or so).

You can purchase smaller in-house systems, which use patch antennas that
mount on a window.

There are dozens of sites on the internet selling these systems.  www.*
cellphone*boosterstore.com is one.

By the way, I use my Droid with a free app called Antennas which will plot
on Google Maps what cell site
you're actually connected to.

Gerry

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.orgwrote:

 Sorry for the OT, but this seems to be the best group to ask this
 question of.  Well, I guess if I do get an answer, then I can *mumble*
 firefox and *grumble* Ubuntu and *cough* ssh

 My in-laws have a place in Central NY that gets you one bar on most
 Verizon phones if you hold your arm out just..right..in one corner of
 the house.  There's no Internet service there, so a pico/femtocell is out.

 Anyone have experience with repeaters or boosters over a small area to
 improve the signal, preferably something that can be mounted outside?

 -Mark
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ACEswitch 180 software?

[Gerry Hull]

Hey folks,


I picked up an ACESwitch 180 8-port managed GB switch for very short money
on ebay...  The problem is, it does not have the default password!   From
what I read on the web, you can only reset using software via the console
port.
This switch is obsolete, so nothing available on the Nortel site...  Does
anyone have access to a version?

TIA,

Gerry
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Re: Recommendations...

[Gerry Hull]

Results so far:

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-bit on my X61, followed by Virtualbox 3.2.4,
with a Windows 7 vm.

After much Googling, I still have a couple of  PITA issues.

- After every host reboot, it seems that the kernel vboxdrv driver goes
away.   I found lots of people reporting this issue, with some suggested
solutions -- however nothing seems to work.
- I'm trying to disable all screen blanking and power management, as this
really screws up Virtualbox.  I've tried everything I can find, but I guess
I'm just not getting it.  I keep getting the screen blanker which asks for
my password.

Any suggestions on how to resolve these issues?  Other than these, I'm
pretty happy w/the 64-bit version so far.

Gerry
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Re: Recommendations...

[Gerry Hull]

I'm also using the Oracle Version of Virtualbox.

It is GNOME Desktop 2.30.0.

After a cold start, if I try to start a VM in Virtualbox, I get the
following pop-up:

Virtualbox -- Error in suplibOsinit

Kernel driver not installed (rc = -1908)

with the suggestion of running:

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup


Of course, if I do that, it all works.  But after every reboot, it is broken
again.

With the screen blank issue, if I come back after a screen blank with a VM
running, the keyboard does not work at all.





On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.orgwrote:

 On 06/18/2010 09:24 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
  Results so far:
 
  I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-bit on my X61, followed by Virtualbox
  3.2.4, with a Windows 7 vm.
 
  After much Googling, I still have a couple of  PITA issues.
 
  - After every host reboot, it seems that the kernel vboxdrv driver
  goes away.   I found lots of people reporting this issue, with some
  suggested solutions -- however nothing seems to work.
  - I'm trying to disable all screen blanking and power management, as
  this really screws up Virtualbox.  I've tried everything I can find,
  but I guess I'm just not getting it.  I keep getting the screen
  blanker which asks for my password.
 
  Any suggestions on how to resolve these issues?  Other than these, I'm
  pretty happy w/the 64-bit version so far.

 My desktop is running Ubuntu x86_64 and VirtualBox (and has been
 since...8.10?) and I've never experienced either of those issues.  Then
 again, I needed USB device support, so I swallowed my GPL and am using
 the non-free (as in speech) version of VirtualBox, complete with the
 Oracle name now.

 For vboxdrv not starting at boot time, there is an init script that is
 either gone bad or isn't running.  You may want to start there.

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Recommendations...

[Gerry Hull]

Folks,

I just picked up an Lenovo X61 laptop the other day for a very good price.
 This 3lb unit is a dual-core t7...@2.6ghz, 4GB Ram and 100GB disk.

I want to run Linux as the core operating system, and use VMWare to load
Windows for my Windows work.

I was thinking of Ubuntu 10.04.  My question is should I do 32 or 64 bit?
If I go 32-bit I will not be able to use all the ram, and if I go 64-bit I
may not have all the drivers.

What are your thoughts/recommendations?

Gerry
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Re: Recommendations...

[Gerry Hull]

This is why I LOVE this list -- lots of great feedback.

I'll go w/64-bit (trying it w/the live-CD first), and probably Virtualbox.

BTW, I bought the X61 for $250, in mint condition, from Craigslist.  Pretty
good deal for a decent dual-core box.

Thanks!

Gerry

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:

 On 06/15/2010 01:48 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
  It is true that a 32-bit machine can only access 4GB, and sometimes even
  less than that (depending on how the application address space is
  organized) in one *virtual* address space, but this does not necessarily
  stop the kernel from using all of RAM.  It is just that various parts
  of multiple virtual address spaces get mapped into the physical memory
  of the machine.  It was this concept that allowed the old PDP-11s, which
  had only a 64K memory address space (128K with separate instruction
  and data address spaces) utilize all of the physical memory on
  machines that had multiple megabytes of RAM.
 
  So even a 32-bit OS could fully utilize the real memory of a 64-bit
  CPU machine having multiple gigabytes of RAM if its memory management
  software allowsit is just that the applications are limited to a
  32-bit space at one time.
 
 The Linux 32-bit kernel supports PAE (the extension that allows access
 to more than 3GB RAM).  The other issue with 32-bit is with 32-but
 applications as they are also limited in virtual space.  One of the
 things I tested a few years ago was performance. Some applications and
 benchmarks ran faster in 32-bit mode than in 64-bit mode, but some will
 run faster in 64-bit mode. My testing was on both 32-bit and 64-bit
 Linux on X86/X86_64 as well as Linux on IA64. The X86_64 benchmarks beat
 the IA64 in many cases.

 Some technical advantages of a 64-bit kernel is that the X86_64 chips
 use linear addressing in 64-bit mode where 32-bit is segmented. There
 are some other chip related advantages that make a 64-bit Linux OS
 perform better than the same OS in 32-bit mode. Graphics performance is
 also better in 64-bit mode.

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Re: We need a better Internet in America

[Gerry Hull]

:
 On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:26 AM, G Rundlett greg.rundl...@gmail.com wrote:
 I hope to not only preserve an open Internet, but to expand it.

  Please explain open Internet.


Open for me means, I, as a consumer or business, I buy bandwidth from
a provider.  If a bandwidth provider says they will deliver me 10Mpbs,
and  (non-real-life) let's say a content source can deliver data to me
at 10Mbps, I should get 10Mbps throughput.  No protocol fiddling,
nada, (For now, let's ignore the technical realities.)

- An open internet means if I want to bit-torrent all day from a site
who can deliver me content at rated speed, I can.
- An open internet means that if I want content of a certain type
(VOIP traffic, for example) which competes with a product my bandwidth
supplier happens to provide, I can be sure the traffic will be
delivered without hindrance or fiddling.
- An open internet means that If I'm a business trying to compete
with, let's say Comcast, in a business like, for example, VOD, and the
only competitive supplier of bandwidth is Comcast, I will be able to
do it without restriction or worry that they will hinder my business.

Without regulation, there is too much temptation to mess with things.
Remember, Comcast did NOT change the way it handles bit-torrent
traffic (in fact they denied they were doing anything) until they were
embarrassed into admitting it and then they finally made changes..
I'm not for regulation -- but let's not let the megacorps control the
internet like the megabanks control the financial system.

- An open internet is one where the small guy is on the same footing
with the big guy.

Although it would never happen, I'd like to see bandwidth providers
STAY in the bandwidth-providing business... The problem is, they see
all the innovation and huge profits going on with content providers
and want a piece of the action.  That's all well and good -- until it
stifles the little guys.

I do not confuse open internet with universal access.  Universal
access for true broadband is a big problem in the US, and that's one
of the things the FCC is trying to tackle with the National Broadband
Initiative (perhaps using some of the USF).

A couple of other comments:
- I use VOIP exclusively for home and home office.  No Comcast or
Vonage -- just a great gateway provider (voip.ms) and a hosted pbx
My 1Mbps/512kbps Wireless ISP provides almost flawless call quality to
my endpoints in the house/office.  (I can count the number of bad
calls on 1/2 a hand in the last two years).
- Those who complain that bandwidth is still too expensive and have
Comcast or Verizon are not living in reality.  The above mentioned
service is $80/mo.  Ouch!

Gerry Hull
ge...@telosity.com

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[OT] Any IPhone Developers on this list?

[Gerry Hull]

At my day job, we are looking for a consultant to do some IPhone
development.  We have some very interesting biz apps we are working
on.
If you do this kind of work, or know of a good developer located in
MA/NH, please reply to me off list.  (Yeah, I know about ZCo.)

Gerry
ge...@telosity.com
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Re: managing DNS

[Gerry Hull]

I' a big fan of dyndns.org;

I also use www.zonedit.com, who have been excellent over the past 10
years or so...

From their FAQ:

How can I backup/download my zone files?

If you want to back up all ZoneEdit DNS data for a given zone, use named-xfer:
named-xfer -z atreju.com -f atreju.com.txt ns1.zoneedit.com.

On unix, named-xfer comes with most distributions, and it's easy to
schedule a daily backup with cron.

On Windows, we like to use the ISC standard named-xfer tool. 

Regards,

Gerry


On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
g...@freephile.com wrote:
 At work I have over 700 domains to manage.  We use dnsmadeeasy which I
 don't find particularly easy.  We also use GoDaddy to register domains
 - and GoDaddy includes DNS management tools so I'm inclined to just
 use them for both registration and DNS management.

 Of course, over time, the DNS records have become very convoluted and
 'dirty' with cnames and mx records that don't exist on target hosts
 etc.  What I'd like to do is clean it all up and also move it to an
 environment where it truly is easy to manage.

 Not being a DNS expert, I am supposing that I should be able to export
 a zone file for every one of the domains, and then clean them up
 manually before importing them into a new (GoDaddy) DNS management
 system.  Or maybe it's easier to just transfer and clean up using
 (GoDaddy's) DNS management application.

 How do I go about transferring and cleaning up my records?  It seems
 that I can use a Zone Transfer (AXFR ACL) to copy configuration to
 another name server.

 Anyone have recommendations on DNS management tools and service
 providers?   Why are they good?  One small nicety with DNS Made Easy
 is that you can configure internal addresses, so for example
 'xerox1.example.com' can point to an internal address like
 192.168.1.10 if that is the IP of your Xerox printer.

 Experience managing large sets of domains with GoDaddy - and know the
 limitations or problems associated with their tools?

 Thanks,


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Friend of a friend looking for a VOIP/Asterisk Engineer/Consultant

[Gerry Hull]

This position is with a well-established company of about 30 people in
Beverly, MA,
however, working remotely is permitted for the right person.  Full
time, Contract or Temp
is negotiable for the right person.  I think many on this list may fit
the bill, or know of someone...

---
VOIP Switch Engineer

Job Description
Duties:

+ Configuration and implementation of enterprise and wholesale soft
switches, SIP Proxy, Billing Platform
+ Monitoring all backbone links and network devices.
+ Ensuring continuous operation of servers and services.
+ Providing quality support for customers.
+ Product research and vendor interaction.
+ Opening tickets to track and document resolution of problems with
our vendors as well as our customers
+ Testing test calls. Analyze the SIP Logs and CDR (Call Details
Record) to find the fault in A-Z route of different vendors and
replace with the best route.
+ Operating the Soft switch to maintain Tariffs, Rates Updating, Route
Changing as per the following LCR, ASR and ACD  of different Vendors
route and as per the problems of the Clients connected to us around
the world to our service.
+ Coordinating with International Carrier Termination Vendors to
resolve the Voice Quality, echo on the Route, connectivity of the
calls and the quality of service (QoS) towards the destination numbers
where the issues arises are to optimize the available bandwidth,
control jitter, the ping report to minimize latency and visual trace
route to find the fault in particular hops towards SIP proxy server
+ Monitoring Cisco Routers check T1/E1 usage of channels.
+ Good Work Experience and understanding of various Codec’s (G.711,
G.723, G.729 etc) , IP Phones and Soft Phones.
+ Hands on Asterisk based PBX systems.
+ Hands on VoIP gateways like Routers, Audio codes, Mera, etc
+ Operating in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week environment, the NOC is
designed to monitor, identify and solve any kind of encountered
network irregularity.
+ Writing scripts and queries, and small applications : PHP, Python, MySQL etc.

If you or someone you know is interested, please contact:

Fred Hopengarten, Esq. hopengar...@post.harvard.edu
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773
781.259.0088 FAX 419.858.2421


Regards,,

Gerry Hull
ge...@telosity.com

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VOIP vs POTS was: Re: [semi-OT] alternatives to FairPoint in Nashua?

[Gerry Hull]

It's seems that some here still believe VOIP is not aot a good
alternative to having a POTS line.

I've run a consulting biz, and my home phone service, for 5 years on
pure VOIP.  I have 59s reliability, and,
in general is costs much less than the bundled services provided by
broadband companies.

During that 5 year period, I've gone through various ISPs, with
various last-mile technologies.   I'm currently in Nelson, and get my
broadband via WiValley.   Despite the growing pains of this infant ISP
(meaning there are some outages), if the network is up, my phone
service is up.  Though this lowers my reliability, I still contend
it's 59s because of backups to cell, etc.

(BTW, On my 5.7 GHz 1/.5 service, I can run three simultaneous calls
without issue).

I have a hosted PBX for $35/month, trunk to a GREAT inexpensive
gateway provider (voip.ms) using IAX2, and typically spend between
$5-$10 a month on DIDs and actual phone calls.   (This is North
America wide, includes some toll-free DIDs and International calls).I
don't really need the PBX, however, I do alot of development/testing
work on it.   With an IAX ATA, such as the Digium IAXy or the cheap
China knockoff, you can have a reliable IAX2 connection to a provider
like voip.ms, and it will be rock solid

If you are a business relying on incoming calls for direct sales, I'd
go with a redundant broadband provider (like DSL/Cable) plus VOIP via
a gateway provider.   The cost of the redundancy will still be cheaper
than Fairpoint charges for Business land line/long distance. (I will
say, however, that the prices for traditional T1 trunks have been
coming way down - -as they should be.)  However, if it's FairPoint
providing the last mile... it's not for me.

YMMV,

Gerry
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Any Mono Developers on this list?

[Gerry Hull]

I'm a .Net guy whose starting to come over to the other side...

At work, we need to leverage a lot of C# code on Linux so we are looking at
Mono again...

It looked to be in sad shape a while ago, but now seems to be picking up
steam.

A lot of stuff we have are services/daemons. so no UI issues (though I'd
like to try some of that for personal use).

I tried getting MonoDevelop running on Ubuntu 9.04, but that was a mess...

So I'm going to SuSE 11.1... which is officially supported, and has
packages for Mono and MonoDevelop...

I'd like to hear anyone else's user experience with Mono...  (licensing
issues aside, please)

Gerry
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Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

[Gerry Hull]

 My bet (and hope), is that if we have another nameplate change, it will be
a
 healthy regional baby bell, who understands rural markets, and who is
 technically savvy and well managed.

 That was supposed to be FairPoint, or so the supporters of the sale
maintained.  ;-)


Well, if the PUCs have learned anything from this fiasco, they must do
better with do diligence, and stop listening to marketing folks.

Gerry

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote:
  Do you guys know that Fairpoint does not offer an SLA on
  Business DSL? Not in NH, Not ever. Can you imagine that?

   I'm honestly more surprised by the alternative.  I've rarely seen a
 mass market high-speed Internet connection (DSL, cable, etc.) that had
 an SLA that was worth a damn.

  Comcast's SLA basically says that *if* they confirm
 unavailability, they will rebate *prorated*.  So if the line falls
 off the poll on Monday, the guy with the truck finally makes it on
 Wednesday, and has it fixed on Thursday, I get maybe $2 or $4 off.

  If trip to Google is 150 ms RTT and 15% packet loss, I get nothing.

  My bet (and hope), is that if we have another nameplate change, it will
 be a
  healthy regional baby bell, who understands rural markets, and who is
  technically savvy and well managed.

   That was supposed to be FairPoint, or so the supporters of the sale
 maintained.  ;-)

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Re: Linux Android Phone coming to Verizon

[Gerry Hull]

Part of what we do at work involves the mobile development space.

What I'm going to like the Android is the common development platform.

If you are coding a Java app for a Blackberry -- is it for the Curve, Storm,
Bold, etc,etc  CDMA or GSM?  You have to have all the phones and plans and
code specifically for each one if you want to make a seemless app that does
more than the basics.

Coding for Android *should* be phone-agnostic, other than SMS differences
between CDMA and GSM networks...

The bummer being Android APIs are nothing like J2ME on the other
platforms!   I guess it's JAL...

I'm looking forward wait to see how open the Verizon Android will be.

Gerry


On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote:

 Anyone heard anything much about this 'Droid' phone?

 It's being toated as an open phone, but..  It's from Verizon.  Kinda
 makes me wonder.

 http://phandroid.com/motorola-droid/

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Re: Fairpoint files for Chapter 11

[Gerry Hull]

Do you guys know that Fairpoint does not offer an SLA on Business DSL? Not
in NH, Not ever.  Can you imagine that?

My local ISP has been (temporarily) buying a bunch of DSL from Fairpoint.
When a (large) number of DSL lines went down, FairPoint could not find the
customer data on the ISP!!!
After a week of no service, they finally got hold of a manager, who said he
was unaware of any open tickets ! ! !

Terabit Switch   I doubt many of Fairpoint's people would know one if they
fell on it.

Fairpoint's play for the Northern New England market was a pure business
play when borrowing was cheap.   They are no better technically managed than
any other regional provider.
With the cost of money these days, as well as the state of the economy, I
doubt they will make it even with bankruptcy protection.

Verizon did a terrible job updating Northern New England's land lines.  Yes,
DSL can reach many localities, but there are many, many more which just do
not have the copper.

Verizon, love it or hate it, is managed well financially.   Those bean
counters won't come back to NNE, even at 10c on the dollar -- that's my bet.

My bet (and hope), is that if we have another nameplate change, it will be a
healthy regional baby bell, who understands rural markets, and who is
technically savvy and well managed.  Perhaps this is too much to ask for.

Thank Goodness I get my dial tone from a VOIP provider!

Gerry


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:

  My personal opinion is this would be a good time for Verizon to come
  in and buy back the lines. They will get it cheaper than what they
  sold it for.

 Verizon would not want the lines back if you gave them to Verizon.
 Verizon does not want the rural land-line business.  They have been
 selling it off as fast as they can.  It costs too much and they can make
 more money just by putting up towers and selling wireless services.

 Fairpoint didn't roll out any fiber I don't believe.  They just
 rolled stuff out using where Verizon had already rolled it out to the
 poles I'm pretty sure.

 I went to a presentation the other night where a person from Fairpoint
 said that they had just put in a new Terabit switch as one of three they
 had installed in New Hampshire.  They are going after the broadband
 business, and will probably lump POTS on top of that.  They indicated
 that Verizon had not done much in the way of real improvement to rural
 areas (as opposed to Nashua or other cities) for a long time.

 Nope, I really can not see Verizon coming back in, unless you looked at
 massive raises in customer rates.

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Re: Asterisk / VOIP for small business

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Greg,

I hope Fonality has removed the fact that they have a daemon with root
access in PBXtra, which phones home.  There has been a lot of press about
that in the past.  My previous employer had Fonality for a while... but they
swiched to a non-phone-home version of Asterisk.
I guess I'm a bit prejudiced, but I have been using the completely
open-source PBX-in-a-Flash distribution (http://www.pbxinaflash.com)  since
it's inception, and it's been a rock-solid performer in a home office
environment.   They offer high-level paid support if you need it.   The
forum is very active and informative.   The Distro is CentOS5 + FreePBX +
Asterisk;   very unique is the rebuild asterisk from the source any time you
need to, and nothing breaks.  It has 32 and 64-bit flavors.

Many business customers use PSTN for the primary number, and roll over or
all outbound on SIP/IAX trunks.  It saves a lot, and you limit the risk of
not having your inbound down to some internet issue.

Did you know that you can call cellular users outbound and have no minutes
charged on outbound calls?   The SIP provider  Gizmo5.com has peering
arrangements with all the US cell providers to route calls for no carriage
fee.

There are several sites for white-page listing SIP/IAX DIDs in the telephone
book.. you pointed out one.



On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) 
g...@freephile.com wrote:

 == Intro / Background ==

 I've inherited an Asterisk (based) system, and I'm pretty happy about
 that.  On the other hand, it's complicated, new and a critical system
 so I'm learning telephony as fast as I can.

 I work for a Real Estate company.  We have 8 offices and we have ~200
 agents in the field, all using cell phones.  We have tied in at least
 one office with a VPN and VOIP phones.  In the future, I can imagine
 perhaps using VOIP mobile handsets.

 The current system is a PBXtra system (Asterisk-based) from Fonality
 http://fonality.com/ hosted on-site in our Portsmouth, NH office.

 When we acquire a field office, we have sometimes setup remote call
 forwarding through the traditional carrier so that the line then
 forwards into the PBXtra.  This breaks down for a few reasons:
 1) Dealing with FairPoint communications for anything has been a
 complete nightmare - delays, misinformation, repeating requests
 without results.
 2) Apparently call forwarding types are not all the same, and anything
 but 'remote' call forwarding depends on the number of 'paths' to be
 able to handle more than one call (resulting in busy signals for
 caller b). (Explaining what you want to happen to Fairpoint does not
 actually result in getting what you want - see 1)
 3) Remote call forwarding solves the busy signal problem, but then you
 lose your listing in the phone book.

 Our main private branch exchange (PBX) phone system connects to the
 PSTN / POTS through one of two trunks. (Trunks can be a plain old
 RJ-45 hardware card, a T1/PRI card, or a VoIP trunk using the SIP
 connection or IAX protocol.) The Portsmouth, NH PBX (PBXtra) has two
 different trunks- one is a T1 with BayRing_Communications. The other
 is an IAX trunk with Junction Networks.  So, the telephony routing is
 like this:
 1.) POTS - Bayring - T1/PRI - PBX

 The main corporate phone number is pointed to the T1 which is provided
 by Bayring and connected to a hardware T1 card in the PBX system

 Satellite offices have the following connection:
 2.) POTS-Junction Networks/OnSip-IAX/SIP-PBX

 In order to solve the problem of having callers receive a busy signal,
  I'm about to move the branch office line to a SIP line using
 OnSip.com.  This means that we can retain the published phone number,
 but make it a VOIP line so that it can be handled by the PBXtra.  Two
 obvious concerns are:

 a) checking the total bandwidth capacity at our office to ensure the
 additional call volume can be handled (already done when we initially
 just forwarded the line)
 b) getting the phone number listed in the White pages and Yellow
 pages. (already doing this

 http://www.junctionnetworks.com/knowledgebase/junction-networks/getting-listed-in-white-pages
 )

 == Question / Discussion ==

 I'm just sharing my experience in case it is helpful to others on the
 list.  And I'm also hoping that people can tell me if they've been
 down this road before and can share suggested tips or best practices.
 I know there are list members using VOIP, Asterix, etc., and since I'm
 new I'd even appreciate tips on what are the best tech forums for this
 area.

 p.s. Since a port of an existing number can take 4-6 weeks, I guess I
 will have to try yet again to get Fairpoint to switch my service to
 Remote Call Forwarding.  It would be totally impractical (and
 expensive) to install additional copper lines just to get additional
 simultaneous call capacity (aka a hunt group).  In fact, I already
 have a couple extra lines in place.  Those are reserved for back
 channels - calling from the main office into 

VPN over SSL /w UDP?

[Gerry Hull]

Hey All,

I'm running my asterisk server on a hosted VPS...   I'd like to run a
VPN from that server to home, so I can connect a bunch of UNISTIM
Nortel phones (UDP on port 5000 for signaling, RTP for audio like
SIP).   This solves the issue that I can only run one Nortel behind
NAT.

So, I'm looking at VPN solutions.   I cannot install hamachi, which
would be easy to deal with, becuase the VPS host kernel would require
mods, and the vendor, of course, would not do it.

If I want to run OpenVPN, I have to pay them an extra $10/month.

So, I was wondering if I'm crazy or what?   Can I use nc to protocol
forward a range of UDP ports to TCP, and run them over a TCP tunnel?

The home server is Windows XP...   I was thinking of using the
SDPConnector software on the client side.

Also sitting in the junk box is a Linksys RVL300...  and I have a
couple of WRT54GLs running DDWRT v23 which could be pressed into
service...

The real quandry is how to tunnel using SSH, as I have little choice
on my VPS.   The VPS is the latest CentOS 5.x, 640M RAM, lots o disk.

Thanks in Advance,

Gerry
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Re: VPN over SSL /w UDP?

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Ken,

Well, the reason I went with a hosted server is that my at-home server
was drawing 350w... Did the energy cost calcs, and my hosted server
costs about $7/month more than the electricity cost of running the
server at home... and I save on bandwidth to my PSTN trunking... Only
end points using bandwidth.IAX trunks are awesome... use them with
my PSTN provider.

Now, If I could complile the  GNU UNISTIM asterisk module and get that
running on asterisk on the WR54GL, that would be the ticket...

Gerry


On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote:
 An easier thing might be to set up an add'l Asterisk box in your house
 and have it send an IAX tunnel to your external server.  SIP/NAT issues go
 away -- and any of those WRT54G's would do the trick handsomely (I've run
 four simultaneous calls over one w/o touching the load).  You'll have to
 set up an IAX trunk, but it's all feasible...

 -Ken

 P.S.  Or, assuming the external box is being used for your PSTN uplink,
 you could just do the uplink, also, from your WRT54G -- always assuming,
 of course, that it doesn't involve a T1 or POTS card.


 On Fri, October 9, 2009 2:11 pm, Gerry Hull wrote:
 Hey All,


 I'm running my asterisk server on a hosted VPS...   I'd like to run a
 VPN from that server to home, so I can connect a bunch of UNISTIM
 Nortel phones (UDP on port 5000 for signaling, RTP for audio like
 SIP).   This solves the issue that I can only run one Nortel behind
 NAT.


 So, I'm looking at VPN solutions.   I cannot install hamachi, which
 would be easy to deal with, becuase the VPS host kernel would require mods,
 and the vendor, of course, would not do it.

 If I want to run OpenVPN, I have to pay them an extra $10/month.


 So, I was wondering if I'm crazy or what?   Can I use nc to protocol
 forward a range of UDP ports to TCP, and run them over a TCP tunnel?

 The home server is Windows XP...   I was thinking of using the
 SDPConnector software on the client side.


 Also sitting in the junk box is a Linksys RVL300...  and I have a
 couple of WRT54GLs running DDWRT v23 which could be pressed into service...


 The real quandry is how to tunnel using SSH, as I have little choice
 on my VPS.   The VPS is the latest CentOS 5.x, 640M RAM, lots o disk.

 Thanks in Advance,


 Gerry
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Re: VPN over SSL /w UDP?

[Gerry Hull]

Yeah, your right Ben...

I do have a mac mini I'm not doing anything with... Maybe I'll just use that
for a home asterisk gateway and trunk on IAX...   It's a core-solo,
and not that power
hungry.

The VPS provider is pretty good, though...  Only $30/month; plenty of bandwidth,
and consistent 3mS ping time to my PSTN trunking provider POP (in the
same data center, I'd assume).
The hypervm control panel is a bit buggy, but I can deal with that.

Gerry

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote:
 So, I was wondering if I'm crazy or what?   Can I use nc to protocol
 forward a range of UDP ports to TCP, and run them over a TCP tunnel?

  That might work at some level, but when you start tunneling UDP
 streaming traffic (like a voice phone call) over TCP, you can get into
 some really bad failure modes.  If you don't have any packet loss or
 congestion, you'll be okay, but if you hit any of that, the TCP tunnel
 will interact badly with the streaming protocol's attempts to
 compensate.

  Put more succinctly: Voice call quality will randomly and suddenly
 go into the toilet, where it will stay for several seconds or longer.

 ... I have little choice on my VPS ...

  Perhaps you should be looking for a better VPS?  :)

 -- Ben

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Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?

[Gerry Hull]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Gerry Hull gerry.h...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?
To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org


Hey All,

I have a friend who just went through a nightmare trying to get his
i7-860 running Windows 7/64 or Windows Vista/64 on a Asus
motherboard...  Thing would lock-up randomly, and tech support was no
help.

He is also a linux fan, and is thinking of putting Xen on the box
instead...  He is actually on the way to return the Asus to
MicroCenter in Cambridge... and is going to get another i7
motherboard.

Has anyone had any experience with an i7 system and any of the retail
motherboards out there?

Which Linux is the best choice for a Host OS?

Thanks,

Gerry

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Re: Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?

[Gerry Hull]

Thanks Bill

Make perfect sense!

He actually is switching to a Gigabyte motherboard...  and will fully
match RAM specs to BIOS config.

My buddy actually suggested a memory config issue to Asus support..
they said Naw, i can't be that!

It goes with my feeling about calling tech support in general!

Gerry

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Bill McGonigle b...@bfccomputing.com wrote:
 On 09/29/2009 02:14 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
 I have a friend who just went through a nightmare trying to get his
 i7-860 running Windows 7/64 or Windows Vista/64 on a Asus
 motherboard...  Thing would lock-up randomly, and tech support was no
 help.

 On my ASUS I had to set the motherboard memory configuration manually.
 Using Kingston Hyper-X RAM, the automatic settings the BIOS set were
 5-5-5-18 at 800MHz at 1.8V.  The datasheet for the RAM said it could do
 5-5-5-15 at 1066MHz and 2.2V.  So, I set the BIOS to the memory
 manufacturer's spec, and all my random problems went away.

 That took me about 30 hours to figure out... my guess is vanilla Windows
 doesn't push the RAM controller as hard as Linux does.  Vista got a new
 memory allocator, so maybe it's caught up?

 I thought SPD made this process obsolete 15 years ago...

 -Bill

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Re: Why Linksys routers are so cheap...

[Gerry Hull]

Wow.

I've been on this list for a about a year now, and am always impressed
by the knowledge of this group.

However, I simply cannot understand why you guys have to bash consumer
products so much.

I have a completely opposite opinion of Linksys routers.

They serve a market.  They ARE cheap enough to be replaced if necessary.

However, for the money, the MTBF for the dollars are incredible.   And
they do perform.
If you understand their limitations and implement them effectively,
they can a perfect solution in home/office or small business
networking.

I've used the WRT54 series since inception in my decent-sized home
office for, gosh, as long as they have been around (10+ years anyway).
 I've used DD-WRT ever since it's been available.  DD-WRT is pretty
great stuff.

How many failures have I had in ten years?  One.  We had a nearby
lighting strike, and I lost a bunch of wal-wart powered gear.  It had
lasted about 7 years.

I have 8 PCs, two servers and an Asterisk PBX behind the WRT54GL I am
currently using.
It works flawlessly.  I use SIP, IAX, UNISTIM and SCCP telecom
protocols as well as a couple of favors of VPN through the router --
and I can configure it very easily while other fumble with extremely
complex configuration procedures.

I do agree that some of the other consumer-level routers are just BAD.
  Most of the consumer products run the same group of chipsets -- it's
usually the firmware that is really buggy.  I avoid consumer products
outside Linksys, and try to run open-source firmware whenever
possible.

On the support front, I can name you dozens of big-name technology
companies who have support FAR worse than Linksys consumer support.  I
would suggest, however, that 99% of the people on this list know more
about Linksys products than 100% of the Linksys support staff... So I
would not waste your time calling.

Thanks for such a vibrant list!   I'll go back to reading now.

YMMV,

Regards,

Gerry
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Re: Why Linksys routers are so cheap...

[Gerry Hull]

You are correct, Bill.  I only buy WRT54GLs, which are still available
widely on the net for about $50-$60.

Thanks for the heads-up on the GS108T.   I might be in the market.

Gerry

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Bill McGonigle b...@bfccomputing.com wrote:
 On 09/22/2009 08:50 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
 I have a completely opposite opinion of Linksys routers.

 Just to clarify, it sounds like you have a completely opposite opinion
 of WRT54GL's.  I'd second your opinion of that particular model.  It's
 always been particularly robust, but recall that we have a 54GL because
 after the 54G became so popular, Linksys went to much cheaper parts and
 broke linux compatibility to save money. The outcry was so loud they
 brought the old design back into production in parallel with the
 mass-produced el-cheapo, which was universally panned.  As far as I
 know, the GL has been largely unchanged to date.

 But now that gigabit and -n are prevalent, the GL is showing its age.
 I've looked at the 610 line and found overheating/reset problems.  Alex
 outlines other areas where cheap was more important than quality.  I've
 been trying an ASUS replacement for the GL just because I suspect
 Linksys will kill it soon.

 FWIW, I'm running my -n network on a $30 Rosewill WAP piggy-backed onto
 a GL.  It's not linux and not gigabit, but I run all the smarts in
 DD-WRT on the GL and let the Rosewill run as a completely dumb bridge.
 So far it's been worth every penny, and the logic board is the size of a
 playing card and runs very cool.

 Incidently, if you see this mail, it's the first one I sent on a Netgear
 GS108T.  That's a $100 Linux-based gigabit *switch* with nearly all the
 desired management bells and whistles that you can pick up at Staples.
 I haven't turned on VLAN's or jumbo frames yet, but I'm pleased by the
 march towards world domination.  Coincidentally(yeah, right), the switch
 gets raves while their proprietary smart switches get panned.

 -Bill

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Re: It appears that Cisco has decided to deep six the Linksys line...

[Gerry Hull]

Not at all... I was at Cisco Live! in SF last week.   They are just
re-labeling and repackaging Linksys... Typical marketing stuff which is a
PITA for us!

Gerry

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Alex Hewitt hewitt_t...@comcast.netwrote:

 Or at least they've made getting information on Linksys products a lot
 harder by completely changing the Linksys web site. I just spent a good
 ten minutes tracking down information on the RVL200 (SSL VPN router).

 Quite painful and not a good way to sell products or perhaps that's the
 idea...

 -Alex

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DSL Alternatives to Fairpoint?

[Gerry Hull]

Hey All,

I'm in Greenfield, 03047... using residential 7.1/768 dynamic-ip service for
$51/month from Fairpoint

Technically, it works fine... I'm  less than 1000 feet from the CO building
in Greenfield.

However, Fairpoint as a company is a total mess.   When I signed up for an
account in January, it was supposed to be billed to my credit card.
So far, they have billed $1.   I had not received a bill until today.   Now,
when I try to log on to myfairpoint.net to pay the bill, the web site is
broken.
I call support, get put on hold for 15 minutes, and then they say There is
notthing we can do, we are working on the problem. From what I read
on the net, this has been going on for several weeks.  Sure, I can pay by
fone, but for another fee!!

How about some suggestions for local DSL resellers (NH, MA) who are on the
ball?

Although I know many of you like MV, I prefer to say away from them.

I know I'll probably have to pay more than $50 for 7.1/768, but a little
more for a lot more peace of mind would help.

Gerry
A Windows devleoper doing Asterisk and FreeSwitch development on CentOS --
and loving it.
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Re: Help - Cisco 7920 on my Asterisk box...

[Gerry Hull]

Yep... as soon as I press the sequence, I look at phone settings... Their
should be an option to Reset to Factory settings -- it's not there.

Do you know anyone with the USB cable/software? :-)

Gerry

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote:
  I meant Star, not Start.
  Neither sequence works!!  Sigh...  The USB cable and software is ~$300...
  making the effort not worthwhile.  Hopefully I'll find something.

   Your looking at the options that appear under phone settings after
 you try them, right?

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 -- Thomas

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Re: Help - Cisco 7920 on my Asterisk box...

[Gerry Hull]

I meant Star, not Start.

Neither sequence works!!  Sigh...  The USB cable and software is ~$300...
making the effort not worthwhile.  Hopefully I'll find something.

Gerry

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Gerry Hull ge...@telosity.com wrote:
  Hello Folks,
  Press Start, Press Pound Twice, then press Green Send key.   Well, the
 phone
  does not seem to react.

   Wait, did you mean star instead of start?  I just double checked the
 manual, says 'Menu', 'Star', 'Pound', 'Pound' then the green phone key
 (send?).

  I don't have one, but I've used them, I'm partially going from
 memory.  I seem the recall one that was acting funny I had to do the
 options in reverse.  The USB cradle made it a WHOLE lot easier, but it
 costs money.

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Re: Phones for Asterisk and single-pair old phone wiring?

[Gerry Hull]

My question is:  What is your purpose for swiching to Asterisk (IP-based
telephony)?   Is it because you want high-performance
end points (as you describe)? If so, you are only going to get those from
either pure-IP sets, or a proprietary system such as the Norstar or other
Digital set on standard POTS wiring.

If you want to go with SIP for trunk-side reasons (low cost per minute,
least-cost-routing, etc)
then you can just front-end the Norstar with a media gateway, and,
optionally a softswitch (like FreeSwitch)
or a flavor of Asterisk to get IVR, conferencing and other cool features of
IP-based open-source telephony.

If you simply want to replace an old PBX, then your looking at expensive
solutions to get IP to the endpoints, such as rewiring, network-over-POTS
converters, or wireless

Gerry

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi all,

  Anyone know of any kind of enhanced telephone set that can be
 connected to an Asterisk-based system using plain old telephone phone
 wiring?

 Enhanced telephone set = Something more than a plain old telephone
 set.  Programmable buttons for hold, line selection, special features,
 etc.  Option for an LCD.  Like the proprietary digital telephone sets
 used with Avaya, Nortel, NEC, and other key and PBX premises
 telephone systems.

 Plain old telephone wiring = A single pair of copper wires, guaranteed
 to conduct electricity and nothing more.  Not Category 3 compliant,
 let alone Category 5.  Forget Ethernet for VoIP.

  I've got a building full of 50 year old telephone wiring, which
 works fine for our Norstar system.  I'm looking at upgrading to a
 VoIP-capable system, and would love to be able to switch to Asterisk.
 But rewiring the building with 4-pair Cat 5 to support
 Ethernet-connected, PoE-powered telephone sets is infeasible.  (And
 there are a non-trivial number of phones without convenient existing
 LAN jacks nearby.)  So whatever I go with has to have a way to support
 old wiring.

  I'm looking at Nortel's BCM (basically a hybrid Norstar/VoIP box),
 but it's expensive, doesn't do SIP, and Nortel is not overly customer
 friendly.  I'd love to use something like Asterisk instead.

  I'm envisioning a semi-proprietary solution that uses Asterisk and
 VoIP, but also offers equipment suitable for old wiring. Maybe some
 kind of PCI line card, or Ethernet-connected expansion module, which
 connects proprietary digital sets to the Asterisk architecture.

  Connecting plain old telephones to analog adapters isn't an
 acceptable solution.  All the desk sets on old wiring would either (1)
 loose features beyond making telephone calls, or (2) require hook
 flash and dialing feature codes to do anything (too cumbersome for the
 users).

  I suspect no such thing exists, but I figure I'd ask.

 -- Ben
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Re: Netgear now touting open source WRT-compatible wireless router

[Gerry Hull]

Or, Buy a used Cisco router on Ebay for around the same price, and get much
more
functionality (though much harder to configure).  I have a 1720 and it does
everything I
want and more.

Gerry

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chip Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  Personally, I've never had any problems with my two WRT54G units ...

  I could tell war stories for any given brand.

  For pretty much everything in this product space (NetGear, LinkSys,
 D-Link, Belkin, etc.), they're cheaply designed and cheaply
 manufactured, using cheap parts, and they make tons of them.  The Law
 of Really Large Numbers means that not only will you always be able to
 find someone who has had trouble with any given brand, you'll always
 be able to find someone who has had trouble with all of them.  They've
 all had bad production runs.  They've all turned out unusually bad
 designs.  There is usually little design team continuity, so past
 performance is of little help, either.

  In short, don't expect great quality from a $50 router.  Personally,
 I recommend buying the unit you find most aesthetically pleasing.
 That's probably the most reliable thing to shop for.  ;-)

 -- Ben
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Re: NearFest

[Gerry Hull]

I'll be at NearFEST selling ham related items as well as demoing
an Asterisk PBX (www.pbxinaflash.com) and giving away free phone calls
(US/Canada) as well as giving away some CDs of the PBX distribution
(Which is based on CentOS 5).   I'll be selling some Nortel i2004 business
desk phones (very nice NOS units) for cheap coin.   Stop by if you want to
chat about Linux
or make a call...

I should be there after 1pm on Friday... Typical spot is near the relaxation
area.

Gerry Hull, W1VE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Intro and Questions...

[Gerry Hull]

Hello All,

I've been lurking on this list for a few weeks, and thought I'd introduce
myself and ask a question...

I'm an almost-50 software engineer and been writing code for about 25 years
now... mostly in the Windows world...

In my day job, I work in the telecom world, writing .Net software that works
with PBX products from the likes of Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Siemens.

In my free time, I've discovered Linux and open software.I run a lot of
servers at my house, and one of them is an Asterisk distribution called
PBX-in-a-Flash (www.pbxinaflash.com).   I've been writing a lot of php and
bash scripts and having a lot of fun with it.

My question has nothing to do with Asterisk, though.   A friend and I are
building an Applications Server product that we want to run on both Windows
and Linux.   I am planning to do the Linux side using Mono, (LAMM, Linux,
Apache, MySQL, Mono instead of LAMP) so I can leverage my .Net codebase.
For some of you purists, that may not be the right strategy, but for us
it's time-to-market issue.

My question is this:  Have any of you had experience with Mono?  What distro
did you use?   What distro would you recommend?
Our end goal is to build a custom distro, which will install the OS from an
iso, an after initial boot, downloads the latest application code
and install it.

TIA,

Gerry Hull
Greenfield, NH
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Re: comcast does it again Port 25

[Gerry Hull]

Hey Jeff,

Why not use gmail's servers ?  AUTH-SMTP works fine, and it's free.  When I
used to be
on Verizon Business DSL w/dynamic ip, I would use gmail as my relay on my
CentOS Asterisk box.

Gerry
(In Greenfield, on Verizon Biz DSL, never any port blocking)

On 3/31/08, Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi all,
 Comcast just nailed my port 25 access.
 Can't telnet to port 25 anywhere that I've tried, but port 587 seesm to
 be working lots of places.

 I am too much in love with direct control over my email to suffer being
 reduced to 5 emails names and a pop connection for inbound mail, as well
 as
 loathing the idea of losing the control an SMTP connection gives you.  And
 I can't seem to get Comcast to remove the port 25 block as it
 is rumored some have done.

 So I am looking for reccomendation for SMTP mail relay services.

 My current inbound load is about 3MB, 400 or so emails per day.
 My outbound load is about 4 - 5 per day (averaged).
 But some days will be 20 or 30 a day with 40 or 50 cc's on each.
 (start of soccer season, I'm the local youth league scheduling
 coordinator)

 Of course, cheap, reliable and with great customer service
 are always desireable (pick any one.. :-)  )

 Ideas anyone?

 Thanks in advance.

 Jeff Kinz

 (Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord no comcast creep will
 walk across the street in front of my car.  The temptation would
 be difficult to overcome... :-)   )
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