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DrEntropy

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Have been neglectful of my own LAN and some 'funny' things happening over the last week or so. The "big" machine (a.k.a. G.P.U.) runs a CentOS, it's the one I'm usually on to do work and heckle youse-guys. It's in the garage, LAN'd up thru a rack panel and switch inside th' hovel. Thing started draggin' when trying to access websites and download large O/S files or load pages. I blamed Verizon at first but realized the wireless router allowed me access with no issues. This AM, to keep moving to stay warm out there I started chasin' the CAT-5 wiring, bypassing various stuff and found the culprit. A little toy 5-port hub... buried out there between bikes, cabinets and piles of STUFF. Bad part is: this has happened before, just long enuff ago for me to forget about it.

I'd reconfigured the networking warez on the Garage Processing Unit two days ago, could access the servers and workstations on the LAN but no web browsin' and three outta five times the mail client would time out before it pulled email off the server. GAH!

Stupid bit is, if it were a client's business I'd be hunting the StupidStuff first. With my own setups I tend to follow the "modified K.I.S.S." rule, ie; I.T.S.S. (It's the Software, Stupid!). My bad.
Wonder if I'll remember this the NEXT time things go all wonky. :shocked: :jester:
 
DrEntropy said:
Wonder if I'll remember this the NEXT time things go all wonky. :shocked: :jester:
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Nope. I even write all these little tidbits to remember in little text files in my BOFH folder and I STILL end up chasing the same tail every 3 years like clockwork.

Managed to get through daylight savings time with only ONE missed partition this time. It's only used by a bunch o' middle managers anyway and has no financial impact. Gotta stir 'em up some times to make sure they are still breathing. Software level is 3 years out of support from the Big Blue God and I can't get them to let their grubby little fingers go. All the bean-counters hear is "new boxen" and they lock up the checkbook. We could have a super shiny new box for the price of the electricity savings alone... not to mention the AC we have to crank to keep this beast going blinky blinky blinky.

wow

that was a tangent.

glad you found your rogue hub. those little things breed like roaches.

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DrEntropy said:
to keep moving to stay warm out there
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Jst how "cool" was it in your neck of the woods this AM? :smile:

As I drove my B to work today this AM it was 39 degrees and YES, I had the top down! LoL
 
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