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From: Joerg on 17 May 2010 13:12 D Yuniskis wrote: > Hi Joerg, > >>>> Works like a champ. Unless it has a hang-up but that it does no >>>> matter what it's connected to (HP forgot a reset button). The big >>>> office >>> >>> HP is brain damaged when it comes to user interfaces. >>> I have no clue as to what the two buttons on my 6P do. >>> I know when something goes wrong (out of paper, jam, etc.) >>> I invariably push the *wrong* button and end up having >>> to resend the job :( >> >> With the 5L the drill is to pull the power cord, count 3-5 seconds, >> plug back in. It hangs up a lot. The Brother multifunction hangs up >> only once every 1-2 months. > > Well, usually whatever button I end up pushing *cancels* > the job (since most jobs that it sees are just single pages, > this is pretty easy to do, I guess). It's only annoying because > the printer is in another room (so i have to walk back and > resubmit the job, etc.) > I have purposely set some things up so I have to get up. Takes only seconds but it's vital for the body not to hang on an office chair for 4h of CAD in one stretch. Found that hint in some kind of occupational health paper. >>>> printer is directly on the LAN and that's how it should nowadays be. >>> >>> Yup. Especially as it is *so* commonplace to have multiple >>> machines nowadays. >>> >>>>> So, I connect it to my bastion host (which serves as my >>>>> local DNS, NTP, TFTP, BOOTP, xfs, HTTP, FTP, etc. server). >>>>> I.e., the "print server" functionality is "free" -- since >>>>> all those other services need to be running, anyway... >>>> >>>> Other than the work computers here there's nothing that must run all >>>> day/night. In the evening everything is powered off unless I need to >>>> run a major SPICE simulation. >>> >>> Some machine here is always doing *something*. E.g., >>> make world, render 3D model, etc. It's just easier to >>> leave the bastion host up 24/7 and work to reduce its >>> power consumption. The little "shoebox PC" uses a laptop >>> drive so saves there -- but pisses away any savings by >>> running a P4 :-/ >> >> Would be better if you had something with an Intel Atom in there. >> Those are quite slow but my li'l Samsung NC10 gets over 8h out of one >> charge because of it. > > I wanted small, PCMCIA (for a wireless card, at that time), > two network interfaces (at least one of which had to be gigabit), > USB2 and DVD. And, a fair bit of "peak" processing capability > (I avoid using "appliances" for these types of functions > because I can't *add* stuff -- software -- to them) as I was > also using it as a *host* at the time (i.e., talking to it > with X terminals) > > I come across odd little machines pretty regularly so > I don't worry too much about finding *the* solution > but, instead, find *a* solution that works "for now"... > I am a bit decadent in that respect. I just want to be able to plug it all in, have it working right away and then forget it's there. Ok, my web site is hosted elsewhere. So I don't need to invest maintenance work and for $80/year including domain name fee I couldn't possibly do it myself. [...] >> That's the bane of all ink printers. Plus the ink dries up way too >> fast in the hot summers out here. > > Ah, the *advantage* to the phasers is they use *solid* ink. > No "drying up" to worry about. OTOH, the inkjets are always > a cause for worry: "When was the last time I used them? > Should I run a quick page just to keep things 'moist'?" > (they are all epsons so the printheads, once clogged, are > a real nuisance) I had a Dell color printer go dry on me. So I retired it to the closet, just as a backup in which case I'd quickly buy a BW cartridge at CostCo or someplace. And get some Pecorino cheese and beer while there :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Joerg on 17 May 2010 13:15 D Yuniskis wrote: > Hi Joerg, > > Joerg wrote: >> Yes, it's almost to the point where you'd better buy an exact same box >> again so you have a spare. Probably best to configure and then store. >> Else, if this box croaks your whole system will be dead in the water. >> If your phones run through this I'd definitely have a spare. > > Exactly! Unless your configuration changes often (in which case, > ask yourself "why"?), just build an exact duplicate ("cold spare") > and hide it someplace. I.e., you should be able to swap it in > and not know that anything has "changed". > > (this can often be a bit tricky to do as you'll want it to > have the same IP as the original box which means having > both of them "on line" while you are configuring the second > will cause problems) Most DSL is dynamic IP anyhow. It's also good practice to switch the unit with the spare once in a while, to make sure it's still running. Otherwise a surprise can lurk, like a dead RAM backup battery or some flash memory leakage. Just do the switching at times when 10min downtime ain't a problem. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 May 2010 13:38 D Yuniskis wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > Joel Koltner wrote: > >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > >> news:c-2dnepDmtoq-WzWnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > >>> Or buy a used server: > >>> http://www.pacificgeek.com/product.asp?id=856143& > >> Wow, $99.99 & free shipping -- that is cheap! > > > > Not as cheap as the Dell 4350 I'm supposed to pick up for free, this > > weekend. > > Before you invest much time in it, give *all* of the boards > a good "looking over" for bad caps, etc. I've seen lots of > Dells with bad caps (including servers -- the 2500 is notorious > for bad caps on the power sharing board) and, if someone is > getting rid of a machine, I often question if it isn't, perhaps, > because they were "having problems" He said it came from where he worked, when they installed a faster server. He took it home to play with, but never did, becasue it was rack mount and he didn't want to leave it sitting in the floor. I'm familiar with the bad cap issue, and that series was built during the time of the fake caps. > > It has 3, 35 GB hard drives, but the 'Server 2000' was deleted. I've > > been looking for something to play with Apache on, anyway. :) > > You can convert W2K to W2KS by carefully tweeking a few registry > values (though I am not sure that gives you all of the *services* > available in W2KS). > > Apache will run on damn near anything! Even an old desktop > machine. If I can scrape up the $100 before they others are gone, I'd prefer a newer and faster server that draws less power. :) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: D Yuniskis on 17 May 2010 13:46 Joerg wrote: > D Yuniskis wrote: >> Hi Joerg, >> >> Joerg wrote: >>> Yes, it's almost to the point where you'd better buy an exact same >>> box again so you have a spare. Probably best to configure and then >>> store. Else, if this box croaks your whole system will be dead in the >>> water. If your phones run through this I'd definitely have a spare. >> >> Exactly! Unless your configuration changes often (in which case, >> ask yourself "why"?), just build an exact duplicate ("cold spare") >> and hide it someplace. I.e., you should be able to swap it in >> and not know that anything has "changed". >> >> (this can often be a bit tricky to do as you'll want it to >> have the same IP as the original box which means having >> both of them "on line" while you are configuring the second >> will cause problems) > > Most DSL is dynamic IP anyhow. It's also good practice to switch the Only applies to *your* IP! You'd have to run DDNS internally (not supported by all devices) if you wanted to, for example, assign static IP's to each of the nodes within your house/domain. E.g., my lasers are "Curly", "Larry" and "Moe" at 10.0.1.51/52/53. My bastion host sits at 10.0.1.99. My hosts are... You can get around this by using "hosts" files (which is a maintenance headache) *or* force everything to deal with SMB/windows style names/protocols <frown> And, you have to trust the DSL modem/router to be "well behaved" and have *your* interests at heart (often not so with modems supplied by TPC). As TLambert would say: "Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for" > unit with the spare once in a while, to make sure it's still running. > Otherwise a surprise can lurk, like a dead RAM backup battery or some > flash memory leakage. Just do the switching at times when 10min downtime > ain't a problem.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 May 2010 13:43
D Yuniskis wrote: > > Do the Dells use the HP style printheads? (i.e., ink tank *and* > printhead in a single, disposable assembly?) Or, the Epson > approach (printhead part of printer, ink tank replaceable)? All of the 'Dell' printers I've seen are made by Lexmark. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |