I wish I could buy a Open Source router that had more than two routable interfaces. If I need four, I basically have to go Cisco...why why why?
(I actually need an eight-interface router right now for a rugged field deployment...it appears that only Cisco closed-source fits the toughness bill
can't openwrt do vlans? Get a switch that supports setting each port to a particular vlan, have one port go to the router and let the router, um, route the traffic as needed. Use a Gigabit interface so there isn't a bottleneck at the router.
2-way sat modems are very tricky to set up the dish. You can't just point them with a compass and azimuth guess like you do with DBS...you have to get feedback about how well the satellite is receiving your uplink. And if you do get it pointed correctly, every time you walk around the RV you'll move the dish a little bit and lose the uplink. Also, the "flat" dishes you see on top of escalades that work in motion are receive only. You cannot use a 2-way sat modem while in motion, period.
Inmarsat has some neat solutions to handle the constant motion of ships, which are always shifting slightly and rocking in the water... It involves a fancy dish/panel that is aimed at the correct satellite, and as the ship moves, turns, or otherwise changes its position, this little panel will go up and down and turn to remain aimed at the satellite. I believe you can get ISDN speeds and/or 2 concurrent phone calls with it.
Another solution I've seen is what the Red Cross uses for internet on their Emergency Communications Response Vehicle... they have a dish that collapses down when moving, and when stationary it can be up and running within minutes I believe.
Link about the ECRV:
In the last month of his life, his wife was diagnosed with MS. She killed herself rather than be treated because she was afraid there would be nothing left but debt to pass along to their daughter.
A child cannot inherit a parent's debt. Only if their own name is on the debt.
You pay for client access licenses for Exchange and that includes Outlook. You buy Office for the other stuff. And Outlook does a pretty good job, but its job isn't solely as a mail client.
Actually, last I looked Exchange 2007 did not include Outlook with the exchange user CALs, unlike previous versions of Exchange.
Place the server in undo mode/snap shot mode, and then just backup the vmdk. When its placed into the undo/snap mode, it makes the vmdk readonly, writing the changes to a seperate file. Then all you need to do it copy that vmdk, and when done, commit the undo/snap. When restoring the backup, the system is brought online as if it lost power. On ESX its a snap to do, and Vizioncore makes software that does this for you (ESXRanger), however I leave the VMware Server as an exercise for the reader. As I dont have any need for this, I havent looked into actually scripting it in VMware Server. But the idea is the same, and I bet that its possible. Doing a quick search on the forums, sounds like vmware-cmd is the tool to use, or write a script to talk to VMware's SDK.
The dual monitor would be nice, I've been doing it for years with a virtual XP running on an ESX host, and running rdesktop at a really high resolution to span monitors, but it isnt perfect. Plus there isnt any dual monitor thin clients.
I was watching a sales webinar a few weeks ago, and VDI seemed like a Citrix farm running XP machines. I dont remember if they are using the ICA protocol, if it did that would be awesome.
Yes, but that impacts performance and not recommended running all the time. Of couse you could turn the 'snapshot' on in realtime, do whatever you want (upgrade/install software), and then commmit those changes. But running in snapshot mode all the time, especially on a terminal server, is not recommended, and once that snapshot gets a certain size, it can take HOURS to commit when the time comes.
Thats a nice server with VMware on it, and attached to a SAN... Dell likes EMC, which makes Dell's SANs, and EMC owns VMware... thus everything works with each other.
You may want to look into having an outside computer IT company do the sysadmin work. Where I work, we manage many networks, including setting them up, from remote. Some of our clients are many hours away, yet rarely we have an issue that requires someone to be onsite. Usally there is a slightly more techie person onsite that can do simple tasks such as replacing a ethernet card or checking network connections, but if anything more complicate comes up, they call us, we fix it or walk the person through how to fix it. There are many solutions that scan the network at the firewall to protect against spyware, viruses, and content filtering, which also cuts down on alot of support calls. Sometimes you may even be lucky and find a company (like mine) that can do set fee contract support, so despite how many problems you have, it only costs the same per month.
2 things you can do, one, if the motherboard is still in bootable state, change the ide drivers to microsoft generic drivers (whatever they are called). Thats will almost always boot up. Second, you can do a reinstall of XP that will keep all programs and profiles installed. Just go through a normal install, and where it asks would you like to repair, just press R. I have done this many times and rarely have it fail on me. YMMV
I have solved hung applications by running task manager... its like threatening to kill the process, and the application magicly starts responding. I wonder sometimes....
Winamp 2 had a plugin that ran a webserver... allowing you to control what was playing... combine that with shoutcast plugin, and you have your solution! Search google, tis your friend.
join #asterisk on irc.freenode.com
but yes, works fine without hardware (things like music on hold, conference rooms need hardware for timing) quality depends on bandwidth and server, it supports SPEEX for audio, and ilbc is pretty good quality.
Remember those never ending 15 second tapes used for answering machines? maybe you could use that... 15/30 seconds is alot of time for you to hit play, and listen to the transmission again.
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I wish I could buy a Open Source router that had more than two routable interfaces. If I need four, I basically have to go Cisco...why why why? (I actually need an eight-interface router right now for a rugged field deployment...it appears that only Cisco closed-source fits the toughness bill
can't openwrt do vlans? Get a switch that supports setting each port to a particular vlan, have one port go to the router and let the router, um, route the traffic as needed. Use a Gigabit interface so there isn't a bottleneck at the router.
2-way sat modems are very tricky to set up the dish. You can't just point them with a compass and azimuth guess like you do with DBS...you have to get feedback about how well the satellite is receiving your uplink. And if you do get it pointed correctly, every time you walk around the RV you'll move the dish a little bit and lose the uplink. Also, the "flat" dishes you see on top of escalades that work in motion are receive only. You cannot use a 2-way sat modem while in motion, period.
Inmarsat has some neat solutions to handle the constant motion of ships, which are always shifting slightly and rocking in the water... It involves a fancy dish/panel that is aimed at the correct satellite, and as the ship moves, turns, or otherwise changes its position, this little panel will go up and down and turn to remain aimed at the satellite. I believe you can get ISDN speeds and/or 2 concurrent phone calls with it.
Another solution I've seen is what the Red Cross uses for internet on their Emergency Communications Response Vehicle ... they have a dish that collapses down when moving, and when stationary it can be up and running within minutes I believe.
Link about the ECRV:
http://ecrv4712.org/
a few Enchanach Drives would work.
holy crap, I can right click in minesweeper! Now its a whole lot more fun to play!
AM or FM?
A child cannot inherit a parent's debt. Only if their own name is on the debt.
You pay for client access licenses for Exchange and that includes Outlook. You buy Office for the other stuff. And Outlook does a pretty good job, but its job isn't solely as a mail client.
Actually, last I looked Exchange 2007 did not include Outlook with the exchange user CALs, unlike previous versions of Exchange.
Place the server in undo mode/snap shot mode, and then just backup the vmdk. When its placed into the undo/snap mode, it makes the vmdk readonly, writing the changes to a seperate file. Then all you need to do it copy that vmdk, and when done, commit the undo/snap. When restoring the backup, the system is brought online as if it lost power. On ESX its a snap to do, and Vizioncore makes software that does this for you (ESXRanger), however I leave the VMware Server as an exercise for the reader. As I dont have any need for this, I havent looked into actually scripting it in VMware Server. But the idea is the same, and I bet that its possible.
Doing a quick search on the forums, sounds like vmware-cmd is the tool to use, or write a script to talk to VMware's SDK.
The dual monitor would be nice, I've been doing it for years with a virtual XP running on an ESX host, and running rdesktop at a really high resolution to span monitors, but it isnt perfect. Plus there isnt any dual monitor thin clients.
I was watching a sales webinar a few weeks ago, and VDI seemed like a Citrix farm running XP machines. I dont remember if they are using the ICA protocol, if it did that would be awesome.
http://www.vmware.com/solutions/desktop/vdi.html
I believe this is using some sort of citrix management, but not sure about the protocol, probably still RDP.
Yes, but that impacts performance and not recommended running all the time. Of couse you could turn the 'snapshot' on in realtime, do whatever you want (upgrade/install software), and then commmit those changes. But running in snapshot mode all the time, especially on a terminal server, is not recommended, and once that snapshot gets a certain size, it can take HOURS to commit when the time comes.
Thats a nice server with VMware on it, and attached to a SAN... Dell likes EMC, which makes Dell's SANs, and EMC owns VMware... thus everything works with each other.
Wow. My head exploded.
You may want to look into having an outside computer IT company do the sysadmin work. Where I work, we manage many networks, including setting them up, from remote. Some of our clients are many hours away, yet rarely we have an issue that requires someone to be onsite. Usally there is a slightly more techie person onsite that can do simple tasks such as replacing a ethernet card or checking network connections, but if anything more complicate comes up, they call us, we fix it or walk the person through how to fix it. There are many solutions that scan the network at the firewall to protect against spyware, viruses, and content filtering, which also cuts down on alot of support calls. Sometimes you may even be lucky and find a company (like mine) that can do set fee contract support, so despite how many problems you have, it only costs the same per month.
2 things you can do, one, if the motherboard is still in bootable state, change the ide drivers to microsoft generic drivers (whatever they are called). Thats will almost always boot up. Second, you can do a reinstall of XP that will keep all programs and profiles installed. Just go through a normal install, and where it asks would you like to repair, just press R. I have done this many times and rarely have it fail on me. YMMV
I read the topic as "Teh Oscars Awarded" and I thought "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
http://www.icircuits.com/prod_osd_main.html
They have all sorts of boards that can overlay GPS on a video signal.
I've tried the Goa'uld eyes from Stargate
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I have solved hung applications by running task manager... its like threatening to kill the process, and the application magicly starts responding. I wonder sometimes....
Winamp 2 had a plugin that ran a webserver... allowing you to control what was playing... combine that with shoutcast plugin, and you have your solution! Search google, tis your friend.
join #asterisk on irc.freenode.com but yes, works fine without hardware (things like music on hold, conference rooms need hardware for timing) quality depends on bandwidth and server, it supports SPEEX for audio, and ilbc is pretty good quality.
gee, sorta sounds like Asteriski um.com
http://www.asterisk.org
http://www.dig
Remember those never ending 15 second tapes used for answering machines? maybe you could use that... 15/30 seconds is alot of time for you to hit play, and listen to the transmission again.
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