Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Kyle
... OK!!! That is indeed what it does Michael, when it doesn't timeout. I had previously read up on F'Fox and turned on the various turbocharging options, but hadn't thought of ipv6. So I changed "network.dns.disableIPv6" to true on the hosts behind the switch and Wow! That's a b

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread Rev Simon Rumble
This one time, at band camp, elliott-brennan wrote: > I checked the box when it keeled over while my > wife was watching the telly and it was rather hot. > It could be the box is not pushed far enough back > in the TV cabinet (big mother which holds > everything) so the air may not have been able

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Michael Chesterton
On 21/02/2009, at 3:04 PM, Kyle wrote: Keeping it simple with HTTP (using Firefox), a site like smh.com.au (where I visit daily, so if there's any local caching going on, it's cached and I reckon internode would likely be caching smh.com.au) takes a minimum 11 secs to load and regularly 2

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Kyle
Lots of help coming in here, for which I am eternally grateful. Thank you all. Chris, Yeah, nope. I've scoured the maillog and there's no errors there. IMAP Backend is local file based. The conversation seems to have migrated to the mail server, but its not just that. As mentioned HTTP calls

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Martin Visser
Kyle, a few things. Firstly you talk about "15Kbps". In my mind this reads as 15 thousand bits per second. This is slower than dialup speeds. (A little "b" is always bits *not* bytes, which is "B" in communication speek). Even if you meant 15 000 bytes per second (which equate to 150 000 is slow).

[SLUG] February SLUG Monthly Meeting - this Friday

2009-02-20 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
== Call for Speakers == We are looking for speakers for our next meetings on Friday 27 March and beyond. Our meetings are held on the last Friday of every month. Please let the Committee (commit...@slug.org.au) know if you can help out. == February SLUG Monthly Meeting == You can read the full

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread jam
On Saturday 21 February 2009 02:31:08 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: > I'm running a brand new Zalman CNPS7700 CPU fan > along with a brand new Seasonic S12II 430W PSU > with a 120mm fan in the machine. > > I checked the box when it keeled over while my > wife was watching the telly and it was rat

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Chris
Sorry I meant authentication and account information backend. If they are stored in a remote ldap server and the traffic is slow to that server, in my experience it can cause clients to get bad responses. Also can you take off SSL and see if it is faster? Perhaps check syslog for errors on

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Chris
Just out of curiosity, what is your IMAP backend? e.g. LDAP, etc Chris On 21/02/2009, at 9:59 AM, Kyle wrote: Not sure I understand you there James. I telnet-ed in to test Peter's theories below. But for good measure, I just tried with openssl as a command too and that responds immediate

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Kyle
Not sure I understand you there James. I telnet-ed in to test Peter's theories below. But for good measure, I just tried with openssl as a command too and that responds immediately. I just don't get it. One host behind the server/router is a MAC on OSX with 4GB, another WinXP with 2GB. The Wi

Re: UPDATE [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread Kevin Shackleton
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 07:47 +1100, elliott-brennan wrote: > I'm assuming this is a not a RAM problem and more like a HDD Wouldn't a HDD failure come up as a message on the console? The fact it happens cold and you have a new heatsink suggests it's not a thermal problem. I'd strip the components

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread James Polley
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Kyle wrote: > It's all good. Keep the thoughts coming please. > > I actually use IMAP over SSL. you can use openssl s_client in place of telnet to connect - http://www.jaharmi.com/2007/09/26/using_openssl_securely_connect_your_imap_account has a guide. > But for

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread Kyle
It's all good. Keep the thoughts coming please. I actually use IMAP over SSL. But for good measure Telnetted (and Wiresharked) over both my SSL IMAP port and 25. Both responses come back PDQ. And Wireshark shows traffic moving from one host to the other and return. I'm pretty confident of my i

[SLUG] Draft paper submission deadline extended: SETP-09

2009-02-20 Thread John Edward
Draft paper submission deadline extended: SETP-09   The deadline for draft paper submission at the 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) is extended due to numerous requests from the authors. The conference

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi Jake >> > Anything interesting in the logs? > otherwise, potentially ram, or given its a little old, motherboard > capacitors. > Last week was also really hot which would affect things somewhat badly. > > I've had a look at the capacitors (physical view) and they seem fine (superficial, I

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi Ben, I'm running a brand new Zalman CNPS7700 CPU fan along with a brand new Seasonic S12II 430W PSU with a 120mm fan in the machine. I checked the box when it keeled over while my wife was watching the telly and it was rather hot. It could be the box is not pushed far enough back in the TV cab

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread Kevin Shackleton
ditto that and check seating & cooling (ie blow out dust from CPU heatsink, re-apply that nice carcinogenic heatsink compound you get from nerd shops). There's a product "CRC Switch Cleaner Lubricant" which greatly improves contact problems though I suspect in the longer term you get more dust stu

Re: [SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread Jake Anderson
elliott-brennan wrote: Hi all, I have Mythbuntu running on a 3Ghz P4 1.5G RAM, 500G HDD, two PVR-150 video cards and a 128mb nVidia card. On the odd occasion the machine decides to reboot, for no particular reason. Tonight, for instance, my wife was watching the ABC and the machine just borked

[SLUG] Mythbuntu box shutting down at random

2009-02-20 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi all, I have Mythbuntu running on a 3Ghz P4 1.5G RAM, 500G HDD, two PVR-150 video cards and a 128mb nVidia card. On the odd occasion the machine decides to reboot, for no particular reason. Tonight, for instance, my wife was watching the ABC and the machine just borked and rebooted. She wasn't

Re: [SLUG] Need a lesson in routing [WAS: memory]

2009-02-20 Thread peter
> "Kyle" == Kyle writes: Kyle> Must remember to hit "Reply to All" Yes, the mail server *is* Kyle> the box. It also serves DHCP and DNS. But I didn't think they Kyle> were all that heavy. So, connexions to the (imap? smtp?) mail server time out. Can you run wireshark on the server, and se