[PLUG] Tuesday Advanced Topics?

2015-11-16 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I do not have a confirmation for Tuesday's AT meeting. Are there any hot roundtable topics that people have in mind? I am still digesting the Kubernetes talk and think that having an external scheduler changes quite a few things. Disposable Docker apps is one thing but disposable s

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Chuck Hast
Ubiquiti has a tool that is OS independent to manage their stuff. It just requires Java. I am going to set up a network manager on a Raspberry pi for a small network I an setting up. We already put it on a Windows box, but we want it stand alone, so that means a RasPI hanging on A wall headless.

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
Thanks for all the excellent responses. My customer has been using some Ubiquity wifi access points and thinks they are great. The ES-24-LITE-US EdgeSwitch found favor with them so that's what we'll be trying. I checked with the Ubiquity supplier and they said that HTML 4 or greater Java scrip

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Louis Kowolowski
Depending on what the goal is, managed switches can be relatively cheap, or quite expensive. At some level, the line between switch and router becomes a bit fuzzy. Typically, (not low-end) managed switches provide: vlan capability (802.1q) link aggregation (802.3ad) spanning tree loop detection

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Galen Seitz
On 11/16/15 09:13, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> One member of the family that owns the plant also owns some sort of a >> business computing consulting or services company. He wishes that I had >> used a managed switch so he could know how busy my net

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-11-16 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/16/2015 09:10 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> That's why I was wondering if Firefox uses a pdf reader as a tool to >> display a .pdf, and if somehow it is different from the Document Viewer >> program in Ubuntu 14.04. > Dick, > > In the firefox fra

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Tyrell Jentink
It may be unconventional to offer DD-WRT on professional bids, but Buffalo Technologies sells models with the firmware preinstalled for fairly decent prices: http://www.buffalo-technology.com/technology/partnered-software/dd-wrt/ (I didn't dig deeper to find if they have any models that DON'T have

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Don Buchholz
They track more than traffic. They also track errors, types of errors, and traffic statistics are often broken down into different packet sizes. VLANs are another reason to need a managed switch. On November 16, 2015 9:20:28 AM PST, wes wrote: >> >> >> >> One member of the family that owns t

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread wes
> > > > One member of the family that owns the plant also owns some sort of a > business computing consulting or services company. He wishes that I had > used a managed switch so he could know how busy my network was and I > don't know what else a managed switch would tell him. > > A managed switch

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > One member of the family that owns the plant also owns some sort of a > business computing consulting or services company. He wishes that I had > used a managed switch so he could know how busy my network was and I don't > know what else a manage

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-11-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > That's why I was wondering if Firefox uses a pdf reader as a tool to > display a .pdf, and if somehow it is different from the Document Viewer > program in Ubuntu 14.04. Dick, In the firefox frame, when you follow the menus Edit -> Preferences -> Ap

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
On 11/16/2015 12:52 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Wayne" == Wayne E Van Loon writes: > Wayne> I have a customer that would like me to use a managed network > Wayne> switch in my next control system. It's a very small network, <8 > Wayne> ports needed for my ethernet I/O. I have never used a m

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-11-16 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/16/2015 08:22 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> I was wondering what Firefox uses to display a .pdf. Looking through the >> various add-ons and extensions, it's not obvious. > Dick, > > It might not be a firefox add-on but something else that interfe

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-11-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015, Dick Steffens wrote: > I was wondering what Firefox uses to display a .pdf. Looking through the > various add-ons and extensions, it's not obvious. Dick, It might not be a firefox add-on but something else that interferes with that firefox version. Rich _

Re: [PLUG] Odd display of .pdf in Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-11-16 Thread Dick Steffens
On 11/15/2015 09:35 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:58:25 -0800 > Dick Steffens dijo: > >> On 11/15/2015 08:28 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >>> What are the Firefox versions? That data is more useful that what >>> distro. Perhaps you just need to upgrade or reinstall Firefox on >

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Tom Sharples
UBNT's 24-port Edgeswitch lite retails for around $200: https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgeswitch-lite/ On 11/16/2015 12:52 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Wayne" == Wayne E Van Loon writes: > Wayne> I have a customer that would like me to use a managed network > Wayne> switch in my next control

Re: [PLUG] Small network managed switch?

2015-11-16 Thread Russell Senior
> "Wayne" == Wayne E Van Loon writes: Wayne> I have a customer that would like me to use a managed network Wayne> switch in my next control system. It's a very small network, <8 Wayne> ports needed for my ethernet I/O. I have never used a managed Wayne> network switch. I am aghast at the pric