[FADCA] Orlando Status

[Russell Oder]

The reason I asked this is for remote maintenance.  I see two conditions 
existing:

1.    Switch is at a site that can not be entered without special 
arrangements/planning/permission or it is some distance from the sysops.

2.    The switch has been set up by someone who get it started from a 
package but does not have enough experience and knowledge of LINUX to 
complete the set up or maintain puzzling problems.

I use the example of the IRLP sites.  They are set up and installed by folks 
who may not be whizzes with LINUX. The set up and updates are handled by 
system administrators remotely over the internet.  This has allowed that 
system to be set up in areas where there are not programming and LINUX 
knowledgeable HAMS.

Russ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: <k4gbb at earthlink.net>; "Florida Amateur Digital Communication 
Association" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [FADCA] Orlando Status


On 11/25/05, k4gbb at earthlink.net <k4gbb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oderr at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Nov 25, 2005 1:46 PM
> To: Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association 
> <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: [FADCA] Orlando Status
>
> See Question Below....
> >
> > From: "bud Thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>
> > Date: 2005/11/25 Fri AM 09:24:43 EST
> > To: <k4gbb at earthlink.net>,
> >       "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
> > <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [FADCA] Orlando Status
> >
> > See comments below
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles S Schuman" <k4gbb at earthlink.net>
> > To: "Bud Thompson" <budt at cfl.rr.com>; "Charles Crook" 
> > <ccrook at cfl.rr.com>
> > Cc: "FADCA - News Reflecter" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 07:58
> > Subject: [FADCA] Orlando Status
> >
> >
> > > I've been dropping in on the site and watching it's operation over the
> > > last day or so. Yesterday I tweeked the node path to N0IA-9. Now it is
> > > "linked" to N4PLZ-9 like a fpac/rose switch.
> > > All it needs now is a good home and some TLC.
> > > I'm interested to see how it acts with some degree of tfc flowing thru 
> > > it.
> > >
> > > <<Charlie>>
> > >    k4gbb
> >
> > Once we get four TNC ports actually working and know the routing works 
> > we'll
> > move the LINUX computer to the Orlando cabinet and it will have four 
> > radios
> > on it. It will still be on the internet so you gurus can continue having
> > your way with it.
> >
> > bud
>
> Since this swith has an internet connection can you do maintainance and 
> updates to it as well as change the configuration, routes, etc. remotely 
> and not have to go to the site where it is located to perform those 
> functions?
>
> Russ
>
> I SSH into the host and anything I can do locally I can do remotely.
> I just can't see the radios or TNCs.
>

We could put a frame grabber on it and a camara, then you could look at
a sequence of frames and see what the TNC is doing...

--
Chuck Hast
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."
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