[FADCA] Orlando Status

[Chuck Hast]

On 11/29/05, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 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.
>

these are valid and indeed are a part of the reasoning behind moving to linux
it is a lot easier to admin remotely. Indeed I rarely go to my switch which is
about 300 ft from my home, I ssh in and do work on it. Most of the time I can
go in and do all I need remotely, a termnal is a terminal regardless of the
location, so if I can do it from the command line on the local console I can
do it on a consol over a remote access. The only thing I can not see is the
TNC, and there are ways around that, either grabbing pictures of it or bringing
the signal lines  to the parallel port and reading the port status in order to
see which lines change.

--
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."