Re: [PLUG] Lan loops - follow on PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Russell Senior
Also possibly helpful explanation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_loop Probably the best way to demonstrate this would be with a >=4 port unmanaged switch with two client devices and a loop: Aport1 port2port3 port4B where A and B are client devices and are ethe

Re: [PLUG] gnome2-like behavior from gnome3?

2019-12-24 Thread PRD
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:54, Keith Lofstrom wrote: My first encounter with gnome3 was disturbing - way too much eye candy and gesture dependence and memory footprint. So, I stayed with older gnome2-using distros, but support for those is vanishing. I plan to use gnome2-emulating Mate with newer

Re: [PLUG] Lan loops - follow on PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Mike C.
The router/switch looks this way: - WAN (eth0) +- LAN1 (eth1) +- LAN2 (eth2) +- WLAN3 (wlan0) The easiest way is to get an old hub / bridge from Free Geek, Goodwill, etc > for a $1 and connect it via to Eth1 & Eth2 of the sw/rtr. Viola you have a > LAN loop! > I suspect the Openwrt sw

Re: [PLUG] annotate photos

2019-12-24 Thread PRD
On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:35, Galen Seitz wrote: On 11/16/19 5:15 PM, Galen Seitz wrote: I have a need to add annotations to some photos.  Text, lines with arrows, and circles or elipses is about all I need.  In the past I've used imagemagick or xfig for this.  They work, but I wouldn't describe

Re: [PLUG] asking advice on secure texting application

2019-12-24 Thread PRD
On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 13:13, logical american wrote: I just recently found out that my Signal Messaging Application on my Apple Iphone has been compromised. Yikes! Sorry I missed this earlier. This is very concerning. Could you please elaborate? How did you detect this? What happened to the

Re: [PLUG] Lan loops - follow on PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Russell Senior
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 7:55 AM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Christmas is slow, so I made an exception and read carefully Russell's lan > loop warning post. > > Now, I have conscious, not unconscious (double negative warning to true > English speakers), desire to try to create and observe lan loops in a

[PLUG] Lan loops - follow on PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Christmas is slow, so I made an exception and read carefully Russell's lan loop warning post. Now, I have conscious, not unconscious (double negative warning to true English speakers), desire to try to create and observe lan loops in action for the first time. The problem I am seeking help with,

Re: [PLUG] Connecting PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Russell Senior
Also, the ports on the ER-X are gigabit as well, so practically speaking, assuming the switch is connected to one of the ER-X LAN ports, you can connect to either. It might be super-marginally better to connect to one or another to reduce contention or switch hops somewhere (which will depend on wh

Re: [PLUG] Connecting PoE injector

2019-12-24 Thread Russell Senior
Where is the switch in your network? I don't recall seeing that detail. On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:09 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 22 Dec 2019, wes wrote: > > > The phrasing here is not as clear as it could be. It sounds like you're > > referring to the two connections as if they are totally