Re: [PLUG] ZoneMinder Slides

2016-02-17 Thread Chuck Hast
I wanted to try to make that meeting but due to being in Burley, ID doing some work I was unable to make it. I ran ZoneMinder while living in Tampa FL, we had a break in next door, my cameras captured some of the activity of the perps. One thing that the Sheriff told me was that they really liked

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Meissen
kei...@kl-ic.com said: > Various websites like "internet speed test" are usually too optimistic; they > connect to test servers with good bandwidth and low congestion. But most let > you choose the test server. I often select a test server in Boston or Atlanta > or Miami to test the whole interne

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:01:23AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > My computers are both Xubuntu 14.04.3, up to date. There may be > something built in that would tell me what I want to know, but I could > use a clue what to look for. > > Suggestions? When do you test? Netflix uses, on averag

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 12:11:36 -0800 wes dijo: >https://xkcd.com/806/ Love it! ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Ask for your Comcast refund

2016-02-17 Thread John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com
http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/sorry-for-yesterdays-video-interruption "Unfortunately, we did not live up to expectations around 100% reliability with your TV service. We’re sorry for that, and *we will be crediting customers*. " -- 73s/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY CN85qj •

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Jim Garrison
On 2/17/2016 12:57 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, wes wrote: > >> https://xkcd.com/806/ > >That's great, Wes! It beats the question, "Where is the any key?" and > trying to insert two or three floppy disks in the drive at the same time. How about the "pop-out cupholder" on ma

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, wes wrote: > https://xkcd.com/806/ That's great, Wes! It beats the question, "Where is the any key?" and trying to insert two or three floppy disks in the drive at the same time. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.or

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Russell Senior
> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> It also occurred to me to check out the router (Netgear 6250, John> about six months old). The Admin pages are pretty user friendly John> and offer all kinds of options. There was a firmware upgrade John> available, so I applied it. I also fiddled w

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread wes
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:08 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:40:22 -0800 > Michael Rasmussen dijo: > > >On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:20:38AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I have not called the technical support people yet. I dread the call. > 'What version of Windows do

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:47:42 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:49:44 -0800 >Russ Johnson dijo: > >>I'm assuming that you have cleared the shamefully small memory buffers >>in the modem by unplugging it, waiting a full minute, and then >>plugging it back in? > >That didn't occ

Re: [PLUG] glibc bug ... since 2008

2016-02-17 Thread Louis Kowolowski
Unfortunate that it’s been in the bugtracker since July of 2015 (>6mo) - https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18665 > On Feb 17, 2016, at 6:09 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > Interesting article about an address-lookup bug in glibc that has > apparently been in the code since 2008: >

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:40:22 -0800 Michael Rasmussen dijo: >On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:20:38AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >> http://speedtest.xfinity.com/ >> >> I tried it a few times. The results were ~58 Mbps down and ~6 Mbps >> up, roughly the same as I got with Speedtest. >I've lost

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:49:44 -0800 Russ Johnson dijo: >I'm assuming that you have cleared the shamefully small memory buffers >in the modem by unplugging it, waiting a full minute, and then >plugging it back in? That didn't occur to me until you mentioned it. So I did as you say, and after it wa

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:20:38AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> http://speedtest.xfinity.com/ > > I tried it a few times. The results were ~58 Mbps down and ~6 Mbps up, > roughly the same as I got with Speedtest. John, I've lost the mention of "I called Comcast to complain." What has your

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:29:22 -0800 "John Meissen" dijo: >> http://speedtest.xfinity.com/ Thanks. I tried it a few times. The results were ~58 Mbps down and ~6 Mbps up, roughly the same as I got with Speedtest. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Meissen
joh...@comcast.net said: > How do I find an internal Comcast server? What is 'the Comcast tool'? ... On Wed, 17 Feb, j...@meissen.org said: > Comcast has their own speed test site, which, since it stays within their > network, will hopefully give you a more reliable indication of your actua

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:34:23 -0800 David dijo: >> Any suggestions for what I should do next? > >The only thing you can do at this point is to contact Comcast, but >they will probably tell you what I've heard before: they only >guarantee the upload speeds to the edge of their network. > >If you ru

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:35:26 + "Smith, Cathy" dijo: >If you have "older" equipment, you might consider replacing it. When >I was having problems, I took my very old modem to the Charter >office. I didn't call. They replaced the modem with a new model and >life improved considerably. Talki

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Russ Johnson
I'm assuming that you have cleared the shamefully small memory buffers in the modem by unplugging it, waiting a full minute, and then plugging it back in? -Russ Sent from my iPhone ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.or

Re: [PLUG] Tool to test internet speed

2016-02-17 Thread Smith, Cathy
If you have "older" equipment, you might consider replacing it. When I was having problems, I took my very old modem to the Charter office. I didn't call. They replaced the modem with a new model and life improved considerably. Talking with tech support didn't help. --  Cathy L. Smith IT En

[PLUG] glibc bug ... since 2008

2016-02-17 Thread Rich Shepard
Interesting article about an address-lookup bug in glibc that has apparently been in the code since 2008: Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] ZoneMinder Slides

2016-02-17 Thread Michael Dexter
Thank you Kevin for the great talk tonight on ZoneMinder and for the 21 people who showed up, making it one of the best-attended PLUG AT meetings. Here are Kevin's slides for all who requested them: http://pdxlinux.org/2016-02-16-ZoneMinder.pdf All the best, Michael Dexter PLUG Volunteer

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG Advanced Topics: Linux as a security camera monitoring platform

2016-02-17 Thread Daniel Hedlund
On Feb 16, 2016 11:15, "Michael Dexter" wrote: > This problem set is normally solved in a business environment by > purchasing expensive (and frequently proprietary) security camera > systems at a significant cost. However, it's possible to accomplish all > of these things with a Linux-based appl