Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
RE: MikroTIK, I upgraded to the latest stable 6.43. That seems to have the bot issue corrected. Ubiquiti is what I use. Right now some of us are looking at a 5Ghz link using a couple of Ubiquiti devices to link and amateur radio DMR repeater to the net. Right now we are using a cellular hot spot, but all of these devices have proven to be pretty unreliable when left to their own. I am getting ready to order some Ubiquiti AP's as I left my old ones in the house in WA. What I like about the Ubiquiti AP's is the price and the network tools. I set up a several of them in Longview, WA they did quite well roaming about the building using VoIP. On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 5:06 PM Russell Senior wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 2:35 PM Rich Shepard > wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Louis Kowolowski wrote: > > > > > I second the notion of keeping WiFi separated from the router. In > > addition > > > to the reasons mentioned, you can also add access points around the > house > > > instead of adding routers+access points. Much less confusing. > > > >FWIW, my Belkin N900 is configured as an access point, not as a > router. > > It's connected to the Linksys WRT54G. > > > > 2003 called. They want their router back. > > Seriously, if you aren't using wifi at your gateway, a Ubiquiti ER-X isn't > a bad choice. About $50. It supports OpenWrt if you want your own firmware. > I'm told the stock firmware is decent, but I've never used it. It can NAT > and route at close to a gigabit. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Play a video from the command line?
Thanks for all the replies. I'll give them a try when I get some time. As I think through the process, I'd: SSH -X into computer B from computer A. Start Mplayer with -display :x (whichever one works) At that point, the video is displayed on computer B, and input comes from computer A. I see from: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/MPlayer.html#commandline that there are a number of keyboard controls I can use, and I could set up a remote with LIRC, which I still have from back when I was using MythTV. If those assumptions are correct, then this should be a workable solution. Actually, Mplayer by itself may be a workable solution without using the laptop. Part of the issue is being able to see all of the screen. This TV doesn't handle under-scan, so the edges are not displayed. But with keyboard control, that may not matter. Anyway, when I get the time I'll try them both and report my results. Thanks again for the replies. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Play a video from the command line?
While this is not exactly what you are asking - consider installing and using Kodi with wireless mouse/keyboard for playing media. With Kodi - if you can see the screen and have wireless mouse, then you can control the player. Otherwise, wireless mouse/keyboard works well with mplayer from a distance too. :-) Hope this helps, Tomas On Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 7:24 AM Dick Steffens Thanks for all the replies. I'll give them a try when I get some time. > > As I think through the process, I'd: > > SSH -X into computer B from computer A. > > Start Mplayer with -display :x (whichever one works) > > At that point, the video is displayed on computer B, and input comes > from computer A. I see from: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/MPlayer.html#commandline > > that there are a number of keyboard controls I can use, and I could set > up a remote with LIRC, which I still have from back when I was using > MythTV. > > If those assumptions are correct, then this should be a workable > solution. Actually, Mplayer by itself may be a workable solution without > using the laptop. Part of the issue is being able to see all of the > screen. This TV doesn't handle under-scan, so the edges are not > displayed. But with keyboard control, that may not matter. > > Anyway, when I get the time I'll try them both and report my results. > > Thanks again for the replies. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Play a video from the command line?
On 12/13/18 11:19 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: While this is not exactly what you are asking - consider installing and using Kodi with wireless mouse/keyboard for playing media. With Kodi - if you can see the screen and have wireless mouse, then you can control the player. Otherwise, wireless mouse/keyboard works well with mplayer from a distance too. :-) Hope this helps, I remember hearing about Kodi when I was using MythTV, but I never looked into it. I'll have to give it a look, too. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Russell Senior wrote: Seriously, if you aren't using wifi at your gateway, a Ubiquiti ER-X isn't a bad choice. About $50. It supports OpenWrt if you want your own firmware. I'm told the stock firmware is decent, but I've never used it. It can NAT and route at close to a gigabit. Russell (with two ells), The OpenWRT web site shows support for the Ubiquity Edgerouter-Lite but not for the Edgerouter-X. DD-WRT supports neither. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 4:25 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2018, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Seriously, if you aren't using wifi at your gateway, a Ubiquiti ER-X > isn't > > a bad choice. About $50. It supports OpenWrt if you want your own > > firmware. I'm told the stock firmware is decent, but I've never used it. > > It can NAT and route at close to a gigabit. > > Russell (with two ells), > >The OpenWRT web site shows support for the Ubiquity Edgerouter-Lite but > not for the Edgerouter-X. DD-WRT supports neither. > > Regards, > > Rich > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Russell Senior wrote: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar Huh! Makes me wonder why searching for it or examining the list of supported devices did not find this. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: Huh! Makes me wonder why searching for it or examining the list of supported devices did not find this. It's for the ER-X-SFP version rather than the vanilla ER-X. That explains it. Apparently the difference is the SFP has a single gigabit WAN port. Thanks, Russell, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:14 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > Huh! Makes me wonder why searching for it or examining the list of > > supported devices did not find this. > >It's for the ER-X-SFP version rather than the vanilla ER-X. That > explains > it. > It would explain it, but that's wrong. There is a different image for the ERX-SFP: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-sfp-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar And, afaik, the SFP port doesn't work yet (last I heard). ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
FYI, I've had an ERX running OpenWrt for a year. There's one in my basement and another one on my desk, so I am pretty sure about it being supported. I will say, that there was a bug involving ubifs that affected the ERX (and every other device with NAND flash that is running the 4.14.x kernels) until mid-November. It is caused by ungraceful shutdown (i.e. power loss) after the first boot and the subsequent recovery. The work around is pretty easy (just login and run "sync" or reboot from software). It will be fixed in the next release and is in current snapshots. On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:17 PM Russell Senior wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:14 PM Rich Shepard > wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: >> >> > Huh! Makes me wonder why searching for it or examining the list of >> > supported devices did not find this. >> >>It's for the ER-X-SFP version rather than the vanilla ER-X. That >> explains >> it. >> > > It would explain it, but that's wrong. There is a different image for the > ERX-SFP: > > > https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-sfp-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar > > And, afaik, the SFP port doesn't work yet (last I heard). > > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday
On 12/12/18 11:55 AM, wes wrote: The Linux Clinic is this Sunday, 1-5pm. Bring your ailing systems or questions and we will try to help, or at least get you pointed in a useful direction. I shall bring my recent Slackware installation on my laptop with a few upgrades and tweaks I have instructions for, but haven't had time to implement. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local network routing mystery [SOLVED]
+ 1 working openWRT ERX on my desk too. The router works fine with the original firmware and it is getting timely updates from Ubiquti too. It is fantastic value and great HW design, from what I can tell. -T On Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 5:25 PM Russell Senior FYI, I've had an ERX running OpenWrt for a year. There's one in my basement > and another one on my desk, so I am pretty sure about it being supported. > > I will say, that there was a bug involving ubifs that affected the ERX (and > every other device with NAND flash that is running the 4.14.x kernels) > until mid-November. It is caused by ungraceful shutdown (i.e. power loss) > after the first boot and the subsequent recovery. The work around is pretty > easy (just login and run "sync" or reboot from software). It will be fixed > in the next release and is in current snapshots. > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:17 PM Russell Senior > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:14 PM Rich Shepard > > wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> > >> > Huh! Makes me wonder why searching for it or examining the list of > >> > supported devices did not find this. > >> > >>It's for the ER-X-SFP version rather than the vanilla ER-X. That > >> explains > >> it. > >> > > > > It would explain it, but that's wrong. There is a different image for > the > > ERX-SFP: > > > > > > > https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.1/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-18.06.1-ramips-mt7621-ubnt-erx-sfp-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar > > > > And, afaik, the SFP port doesn't work yet (last I heard). > > > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
