[frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
- From: Phil Goldbach <shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:18:14 -0700 (PDT)
Do we have access to the light switches above where our inventory sits? I don't
know why I didn't ask before, but it would be a great help as opposed to
searching with just a flash light.
Most of our remaining stuff in inventory is just pure "junk"-whether it needs
to be recycled, demaned, or what have you, that's the case. And whatever isn't
"junk", it's either stuff from the former lab, other misc. supplies, computers,
I think we have a pallet or two with just printers, or monitors. I think that
before we can take in major donations, we need to go through all of this stuff
since we are limited in our storage space.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Sat, 3/20/10, john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 7:58 PM
oh i thought u can run an ethernet wire from here to china and it would work i
guess not
--- On Sat, 3/20/10, Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:22 AM
NOTHING FORMAL HAS BEEN DISCUSSED with SBWD in regards to using their Internet
access.
The only made the offer to run the cable to remotely mount an access point for
us to access the RBHS network if we got it to work.
To recap, there is NO approval to use SBWD bandwidth. The host is interest in
hearing an offer from us. I have NOT replied with an offer because we
are (were) attempting to get RBHS.
To physically run a line to SBWD we are looking @ 800 foot of wire. That is why
I suggested the wireless bridge idea.
Richard
On 3/20/2010 9:37 AM, Tom Brown wrote:
> Let me recap. The use of SBWD's bandwidth has been approved, and they will
> run the cable if we have the cable. Anything else discussed in talks with
> SBWD management? Like monthly fee?
>
> If the run is longer than 300 ft., we will need a repeater (hub) to boost the
> signal. I assume SBWD has a router on which we can configure our own class C
> network segment. I have an OpenDNS account which has several DNS IPs we can
> use, or we can use SBWD's default DNS.
>
> TigerDirect cat5e cable, 500 ft., $50
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=520046&CatId=2272
>
>
> Maybe Marc can help us with Ethernet cable.
>
> Tom
>
> Chuq Jackels wrote:
>>
>> From our conversation with Management they would do all of the wire running
>> required with their forklift and guys.
>>
>> *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tom Brown
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 19, 2010 5:11 PM
>> *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: P3/Internet
>>
>> Perhaps you, Phil and I can find the P3 gaylords and move them close to the
>> workshop door. If you already know where the P3s are located, that will make
>> the task easier.
>>
>> I’ll need to speak to SBWD management: Are they are willing to let us use
>> their bandwidth? At what price? And, where to run cable and connect to their
>> network? I believe SBWD has a scissor lift, but they probably won’t let us
>> use it because of liability issues. So we’ll probably need to coordinate a
>> daytime cable install.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *john jones
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 19, 2010 16:56
>> *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] P3/Internet
>>
>> If its ok with everybody else on Tues id like to set up a table for just p3
>> and startin weedin through some of them to see whats workable,ive noticed we
>> have tons of ethernet cable we have alot of long pieces with no ends with
>> some ends and a crimper and some extenders we have enough to make it to the
>> DHL office,how u ask?we put the scapel together enough to reach into the
>> rafters and neatly
zip-tie it to the exisisting pipeage and route it to its destination,just an
idea......
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 3/19/10, john jones /<rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: john jones <rainman121065@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Ubuntu/P3
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 11:28 AM
>>
>> Ubunto does work in p3 i have one with ubuntu had it for like 3 months
>> already and it hasnt given me any problem and is just as fast as it was the
>> day i loaded it,its just the ones we get in are older then dirt and tedious
>> and
time consumming to fix parts arent a problem we have tons of power supplys
ram/vc/ec/ect for p3 but at 8 hours a week its almost virtually impossible to
put out any production
>>
>> --- On *Fri, 3/19/10, Tom Brown /<tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Thursday 03-11-2010
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 5:48 AM
>>
>> Don't we have P3 systems to refurbish?
>>
>> I'm focusing on recruiting volunteers and haven't started a marketing
campaign to generate more computer donations. Remember, there is a substantial
lead time before corporations dispose of assets. We've turned down several
large donations of P3 and P4 systems this winter and spring. If we are limited
to P4 systems, and we don't get enough P4 donations this summer, we won't have
computers for Title 1 in the fall. The plan is to have plenty of systems
prepared so we hit the ground running in Title 1 schools this fall. We refused
donations in a significant portion of 2009, and we missed the 2009-2010
academic year so our stock is apparently low. If Ubuntu doesn't run well enough
on P3s, we are may be in danger of missing another academic year.
>>
>> btw, we were not invited to participate in the IUSB electronics collection
>> this year. I'll try to find out what happened. Perhaps they thought we would
>> contact them first; in the past they contacted us. The IUSB collection event
>> is April 9.
>>
>> Goodwill is shipping 34,000 pounds of computer electronics each month to
>> Dell. With that kind of activity, it isn't going to be easy to start
>> donations flowing to FGM again. Plus, Goodwill is soliciting businesses
>> which has been our domain.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Phil Goldbach wrote:
>> > I've been searching high and low for those power supply testers, with no
>> > luck. I did locate our power supplies but been focusing on finding the
>> > testers. Next time I'm at the warehouse, I'll look again for a bit, but if
>> > I can't find them by then, I would suggest that FGM invests in purchasing
>> > a few more. They may turn up, though, most likely at the bottom of a
>> > gaylord. Can only get so far by climbing around and looking through them.
>> >
>> > I further suggest that we start going through all the gaylords and
>> > preparing for an ADEC pickup. We may find some useful stuff, as I recently
>> > found the
plastic jugs that had the audio cables, CMOS batteries, processors, etc. I do
know there are a few more P4s out in the storage area, but other than that,
that's about it. We do have a lot of stuff for deman though.
>> >
>> > We do have several Freeboxes that need updating. I have to ask, how often
>> > are there updates for the distro of Ubuntu we're loading onto the
>> > Freeboxes? If they're few and far between, then why not download all of
>> > the current ones, and put them onto the warehouse server, and set up a
>> > network there to pull the updates from the server as was suggested for VL
>> > 5.9? Then bring in the new updates as necessary. I think that would work
>> > better in the long run, especially if we have to rush some out the door
>> > instead of loading them at the warehouse, having volunteers take them
>> > home, update them, then bring them back.
>> >
>> > Phil Goldbach
>> >
>> > "Men cry not for
themselves, but for their comrades."
>> >
>> > --- On *Mon, 3/15/10, Mike Cook /<mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Warehouse Report - Thursday 03-11-2010
>> > To: "frgeek-michiana" <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:26 AM
>> >
>> > I opened the warehouse at about 6:00PM, Dan and his son had
>> > arrived earlier.
>> >
>> > Volunteers attending: Dan and his son Dale, Phil was there
with
>> > his girlfriend and our newest Board member Carol attended. We also
>> > had a volunteer who said she had been there on Tuesday and needed
>> > someone to sign her sheet. She stayed only briefly and her name
>> > escapes me at the moment.
>> >
>> > Dale worked on recycling the better part of the night with Dan's
>> > assistance.
>> >
>> > Dan also worked on QA and installation on several freeboxen.
>> >
>> > Phil spent quite a lot of time looking for power supplies and our
>> > PS testers as we have several boxes needing power supplies.
>> >
>> > I worked on repairing some of the systems we had set aside with
>> > problems and I showed Carol how we deban and refurbish a system
>> > and showed her the basic construction of a PC and the
>> >
identification of the components .
>> >
>> > Of the systems I looked at I sent 1 to deman with a bad
>> > motherboard. I believe the processor may be good. Two additional
>> > systems required power supplies which we were unable to locate.
>> > The last system I looked at contained a Nvidia AGP graphics card
>> > which was incomparable with the open source drivers in Ubuntu. I
>> > replaced the Nvidia card with an ATI AGP card and was able to get
>> > Ubuntu up and running.
>> >
>> > Dan and I continued to attempt to sort out the QA instruction
>> > sheet used for final testing. I have still not completed revisions
>> > on the sheet.
>> >
>> > Dan also told me that we have been removing the bottom menu bar
>> > and relocating the top bar to the bottom edge. I'm not sure
this
>> > is a good idea as the pager and window selection buttons are
>> > located on the bottom bar this makes it harder to switch between
>> > open applications and desktops. We may want to look at this issue.
>> >
>> > The warehouse closed at about 9:30PM
>> >
>> > Thanks to all!
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
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