Understanding my recurrent network connectivity problems
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From: John Hasler on 25 Jun 2010 19:00 Merciadri Luca writes: > ...what else can you buy if you need to connect >4 computers? Put 2 NICs in an old pc and install Debian. It'll outperform any consumer-grade router on the market. Buy a switch to connect all your computers. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8739wavj0g.fsf(a)thumper.dhh.gt.org
From: Greg Madden on 25 Jun 2010 19:30 On Friday 25 June 2010 11:26:22 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Arthur Machlas wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Arthur Machlas > > <arthur.machlas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Silly me, sent before I was done pontificating. Also wanted to add > > that you should check your router for the latest firmware updates, > > most residential routers are rushed out the door fugees style (ready > > or not, here I come), and then receive some firmware updates to take > > care of the inevitable problems that early adopters discover. > > Yes. But I'm with the last firmware version too. (Sorry, I should have > mentioned it before.) On my router the firmware from the vendor didn't work reliably , the update did not fix the issue, 'DD-WRT' fixed the issue. Or something similar. http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006251523.49231.gomadtroll(a)gci.net
From: Klistvud on 25 Jun 2010 19:40 Dne, 26. 06. 2010 00:34:39 je John Hasler napisal(a): > Put 2 NICs in an old pc and install Debian. It'll outperform any > consumer-grade router on the market. Buy a switch to connect all your > computers. Good point. Add a squid proxy/cache to it, and you've just increased the perceived Internet bandwidth of your LAN by anywhere from 10 to 25% or more. At absolutely no cost. Ah, the joys of DIY ... -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1277508982.2204.5(a)compax
From: Alan Chandler on 25 Jun 2010 20:20 On 25/06/10 23:34, John Hasler wrote: > Merciadri Luca writes: >> ...what else can you buy if you need to connect>4 computers? > > Put 2 NICs in an old pc and install Debian. It'll outperform any > consumer-grade router on the market. Buy a switch to connect all your > computers. > Until November last year I had been running an old Celeron to do just that. I started a few years before when one christmas there was a worm going round which caused my router to receive about 7000 arp messages a second - needless to say I go through two netgear routers and a d-link one before I decided a PC was the way to go. It never got near to falling over, and at the same time ran the firewall, and mail, dns dhcp and backup services for the home and my external web sites (several). This computer had up-times exceeding a year and only went down when we had an external power failure or I needed to upgrade the disks (I started with a single 8.4G IDE drive and finished up with 2 * 120G SATA and 1 * 200G IDE. Last November I switched all this over to a Sheeva Plug (www.plugcomputer.org) in order to try and be more energy efficient and that is what I am running today. However I can't recommend it, and am just about to switch back to a PC because a) It blew the power supply which then blew up the computer and took down the SD Card in it (I had spares, so could rebuild one from my backup and carry on). Upon investigation on the plugcomputer forums this seems to be a regular occurrance and looks like poor design, so I am migrating back off it as soon as possible and will use the sheeva plug as a portable server. b) It did still occassionally lockup solid I have a switch using several wired connections for our desktop PCs and a wireless access point plugged into the switch as a way of creating a lan. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C254752.4080700(a)chandlerfamily.org.uk
From: Andrew McGlashan on 25 Jun 2010 22:50
Hi, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 25. 06. 2010 21:24:29 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): > >> The problem is that my switch does not have any WAN port! > > IIRC switches don't need one, as they juggle packets based on hardware > (MAC) addresses. But then again, I've been wrong before ... Well if you have a LAN port from the modem to the "switch", then you connect PCs to the switch -- one of them can do a PPPoE login (not PPPoA) and only that one machine will be on the Internet. WAN ports are used on routers and routing b/w the WAN and LAN is taken care of with the router doing the PPPoE login and NATing the LAN. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C256A29.2090901(a)affinityvision.com.au |