[ELECTRON] computers in electronclub

Simon Yuill simon at lipparosa.org
Tue Mar 31 23:01:44 UTC 2009


Hi Kenny,

sounds great, thanks for all the hard work!

Sorry the hear the 'time' machine (I take it you mean the PC and not the
tardis ...) was not up to scratch, the are other machines we can
canabalize for the job.

best wishes,
Si


Kenny Duffus wrote:
> Hiya
> 
> This afternoon i made some changes (hopefully improvements) to the computer 
> set up in the electron club, this is separate to the other changes simon has 
> been doing moving web and email services, but a bit related.
> 
> There are 2 computers set up on the tables: the one nearest the door is the 
> new firewall/networking machine, this should be left on and not touched; the 
> other machine towards the other end of the tables is working fine and should 
> provide you with internet access.
> 
> I was running out of time tonight but wireless seems to be working:
> 
> SSID: ELECTRON-CLUB
> WPA passphrase: "i love electrons" (without the quotes)
> 
> I also did a bit of a tidy up with bob, and moved the other computers in to a 
> pile near the door over the next few weeks i hope to manage to get some more 
> set up and working.  The firewall machine will also get moved when i get a 
> chance to somewhere not so much in the way.
> 
> I have acquired a working laser printer, you will need to turn it on (and off 
> after you are finished) with the switch on the front bottom right.  After some 
> brief testing i managed to print from the pc  next to it but it probably needs 
> some more work, on that pc it is called "lj4".  This printer is suitable for 
> printing the odd page that you need but not for running off lots of flyers or 
> posters.
> 
> Please let me know of any issues you find.
> 
> Feel free to stop reading now.
> 
> the firewall is running smoothwall, it is the "old" tesla as the time machine 
> seemed to have some hardware problems, the old tesla install is still on a 
> hard disk in it, i installed smoothwall on another disk with the same 
> root/admin passwd.  Its internal ip is 192.168.0.1/24. web interface is 
> http://192.168.0.1:81/
> 
> the ap is 192.168.0.9 on its internal network (which is connected to the main 
> switch) and the wan port is 192.168.0.10
> 
> the printer is 192.168.0.11 and can be added to cups on a machine with:
> 
> lpadmin -p lj4 -E -v socket://192.168.0.11 -m laserjet.ppd
> 



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