Re: [H] subnets?

2007-11-15 Thread j maccraw
DHSinclair wrote: OK..inline below.. At 22:56 11/12/2007 -0800, you wrote: Modem in bridge mode should not be doing anything but giving you a live IP (internet rout able, not 192.168.x.x) on the WAN port of your router. Define live IP. UMean a route-able IP transfers through

RE: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Jason.Tozer
We use the avocent kit here, 1 KVM per 2 cabinets. Remote control etc. http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/solution-server I am sure they are fairly expensive though. Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] Laptop optical drives

2007-11-15 Thread j maccraw
IDE, slim optical drives are physically standard enough. The mounting screw holes are in the same spot, same connector, same opening/depth dimensions, but the tray bezels will vary and the mounts for those are not universal. Not that I would fret it since it's mostly cosmetic resulting in a

[H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Thane Sherrington
Has anyone used a KVM switch that is controllable via TCP/IP? I have a group of 14 computers that are currently controlled by three KVMs (two 4 ports, and one 8 port.) I'd like to be able to control all of them remotely via TCP/IP - but I want the local KVMs to still work - I was thinking

Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Joe User
Hello Jason, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:20:38 AM, you wrote: We use the avocent kit here, 1 KVM per 2 cabinets. Remote control etc. http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/solution-server I am sure they are fairly expensive though. Avocent seconded. -- Regards, joeuser - Still

RE: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:46 AM 15/11/2007, Hayes Elkins wrote: Bah for KVM price gouging! With Dell DRACs (Dell Remote Access Controller) and the HP equivalent working with standard cheap ethernet switches, I never saw the point in buying into the KVMoIP pricing scam. The new generation 9 Dell Poweredge racks

Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:26 AM 15/11/2007, Joe User wrote: Hello Thane, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:04:29 AM, you wrote: shrug Doesn't sound like it does anything for my situation though. No, but I liked the way it pumped DELL! I'm gonna go buy one right away! LOL! Yeah, I know what you mean - maybe

Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:04:29 AM, you wrote: shrug Doesn't sound like it does anything for my situation though. No, but I liked the way it pumped DELL! I'm gonna go buy one right away! lol -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

RE: Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Hayes Elkins
Dell, HP, pretty much anybody big who sells servers these days. Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:26:29 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches Hello Thane, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:04:29 AM, you wrote: shrug Doesn't sound like it

RE: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Hayes Elkins
Bah for KVM price gouging! With Dell DRACs (Dell Remote Access Controller) and the HP equivalent working with standard cheap ethernet switches, I never saw the point in buying into the KVMoIP pricing scam. The new generation 9 Dell Poweredge racks dont even have keyboard and mouse ports

Re[3]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Joe User
Hello Joe, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:26:29 AM, you wrote: Hello Thane, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:04:29 AM, you wrote: shrug Doesn't sound like it does anything for my situation though. No, but I liked the way it pumped DELL! I'm gonna go buy one right away! lol LOL sorry

Re: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Harry McGregor
We are using a Cyclades IP KVM. I like that the box itself is runing linux, I don't like that the management interface requires Active X Harry Thane Sherrington wrote: Has anyone used a KVM switch that is controllable via TCP/IP? I have a group of 14 computers

RE: Re[3]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread Hayes Elkins
Dell servers and dell desktops are two different things entirely. Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:40:51 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re[3]: [H] IP KVM switches Hello Joe, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:26:29 AM, you wrote: Hello Thane, Thursday,

Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches

2007-11-15 Thread DHSinclair
Ditto. Avocent thirded! Best, Duncan At 08:57 11/15/2007 -0600, JoeUser wrote: snip http://www.avocent.com/web/en.nsf/Content/solution-server I am sure they are fairly expensive though. Avocent seconded. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

[H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Brian Weeden
Was reading the following article on how to reduce power in your home office and came across this quote: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9045738pageNumber=3 The Rocky Mountain Institute's Lovins suggests even more aggressive settings. Since your

Re: [H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Michael Resnick
Regardless of how many times a HD is designed to spin down, it certainly does not increase it's longevity and reliability to spin down more often. It's somewhat similar to the suggestion to turn off you car engine every time you come to a red light. It may (or may not) save fuel, but it won't do

Re: [H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Thane Sherrington
I think you're right - I think common sense suggests that turning something on and off more often shortens its life. The problem with the idea that it's designed for an enormous number of power cycles is that every drive has it's own individual number that it's going to die at, and that

Re: [H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Brian Weeden
Well I'll bet the 6x250GB RAID 5 array I have running here 24x7 is probably sucking down significant juice. But then again my 19 CRT is probably the worst culprit. I just am very adverse to motion blur and don't like LCDs, although I will admit I haven't tried any in the last year or two.

[H] Streaming Office ?

2007-11-15 Thread FORC5
Been a while, have the procedure was just wondering if there is a program like nLite for Windows for office ? Just wondering. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

Re: [H] Streaming Office ?

2007-11-15 Thread Al
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been a while, have the procedure was just wondering if there is a program like nLite for Windows for office ? Open Office? :) A little humor because It's almost Friday. regards, al

Re: [H] Streaming Office ?

2007-11-15 Thread FORC5
seems MS in it's wisdom will not let me make a administrator install of my version. First time ran into this. Has to be a enterprise version or something like that. hunt is on, must be a way. :-} fp At 04:31 PM 11/15/2007, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been a while,

Re: [H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Winterlight
At 12:34 PM 11/15/2007, you wrote: Well I'll bet the 6x250GB RAID 5 array I have running here 24x7 is probably sucking down significant juice. Here in Southern California my electric bill without AC is 3-400 per month. I have an apartment size guest house / rental on the meter so that means

[H] Re: Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Chris Shaw
I've always been told that a light takes less power to keep it on all of the time than it does to turn it on off. It supposedly takes alot more electricity to start up a light than just to leave it on. So I would think the same applies to just about any other electrical device, including

Re: [H] Re: Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Gary VanderMolen
As a EE major, I doubt that is the case. However, for an incandescent bulb the tremendous change in filament temperature between off and on would cause earlier failure of the filament when cycled more often. Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] -- I've

Re: [H] Re: Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Sipe
I saw an episode of mythbusters where they tested this, and they came to the conclusion that it's definitely better to turn lightbulbs on when you leave the room. For the average lightbulbs they tested, slightly more energy was consumed turning the bulb on--but it equalized out in like 3

RE: [H] [A] moveing domain soon

2007-11-15 Thread Mark Dodge
What if there are some people who are too big for the holes in the sift? Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Edwards Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:36 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] [A] moveing domain soon

RE: [H] Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Mark Dodge
Which will kill it very quickly. Mark Here's another thing, if you set the drive to power down after two minutes of inactivity, it's going to spin up every time you get an email, load a webpage, or save a document. I'll betting you access your drive at least once every two-three minutes, so

Re: [H] The Erosion of Internet Privacy

2007-11-15 Thread j maccraw
That's why I like my 2-step process. Thumbdrive w/ encryption strong passphrase contains keyfiles to mount all other encrypted volumes. Loose the thumbdrive, loose access to all encrypted data on other drives because the huge, random passphrases used to create them are not known or written

Re: [H] The Erosion of Internet Privacy

2007-11-15 Thread Brian Weeden
Not that I think it is a good idea but if you are the NSA/FBI and trying to track bad guys (however you define that) you have to admit it is much harder these days. You can't just put a tap on someone's phone line because of this darn thing called the Internet. The person you want to track could

Re: [H] Re: Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread j maccraw
I assume you mean off when you leave a room? Energy usage to power on seems obviously small vs. leaving the light on all the time. On the other hand, the light bulb will fail sooner if being power cycled vs. running constantly. This stress could be solved if intelligent switches like newer

Re: [H] Re: Letting your HD spin down every 2-3 minutes?

2007-11-15 Thread Scott Sipe
Woops, I did indeed mean turn off -- my mistake. I've heard the same thing about cell phone chargers etc (and TVs, computers, game console, etc--anything with instant on or that doesn't power off completely in its off state) though I enjoy the term wall warts :) I'd also read that in