[ELECTRON] Electron Club, excess bandwidth and computers

[Martin McGrath]

Thanks Bob,

Just let me know the spec when you have the time.

Cheers

Martin

On 22 December 2010 15:10, Bob <bob at citystrolls.com> wrote:

> Good work Martin
> I have a machine at my mates I will find out the spec. Its got a sound card
> and a flat screen and is running linux, might be useful. Thanks for the
> heads up on the mail. Merry xmas Bob
>
>
> On 22/12/2010 14:43, Martin McGrath wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've spent quite some time here over the last couple of days investigating
>> potential causes of bandwidth excess problem.
>>
>> There are two machines currently connected to the router in the club room.
>>
>> 1. Compaq 5221, AMD K6 380Mhz, 320MB RAM. Running Windows XP, missing lots
>> of patches, no Antivirus software installed.
>> 2. Ubuntu based machine, reasonable spec CPU, 512MB RAM. Running an
>> unsupported (ergo unpatched) version of Ubuntu.
>>
>> In the interests of security please don't operate a Windows PC without
>> anti
>> virus software installed, it's just common sense.
>> Please user Firefox as your default web browser.
>>
>> The XP machine had no application software other than uTorrent (a bit
>> torrent client) and CClean installed.
>> This machine is terribly slow, I've earmarked a machine to replace it
>> which
>> is significantly faster and we have more RAM in the cupboard which I can
>> fit.
>>
>> Do we really need a Windows machine in the club? I'd like feedback on this
>> please.
>> A linux machine is just as easy to use for everything this machine could
>> have been used for, and far easier to maintain.
>>
>> The XP machine passed a full system virus scan and three rootkit scans.
>>
>> I plan to upgrade the Ubuntu machine to a version of the operating system
>> which is at least supported. If anyone has data they'd like backed up
>> please do so, or let me know where and what it is and I'll do it for you.
>>
>> The room still has it's WIFI point, at the moment secured with WPA-PSK,
>> the
>> details for which are on the poster on the right as you enter the room.
>> I plan on investigating this more at a later date.
>> I disabled the WIFI point on the modem running in the comms room. There
>> was
>> no point in us having two.
>>
>> I'm not convinced that anyone would waste time cracking the WPA
>> passphrase,
>> given that there are two other open access points in the area.
>>
>> I plan on documenting and laminating some notes about EC kit, the network,
>> the computers etc. I'll get round to this once I've fixed up the systems
>> in
>> question.
>>
>> Snail mail has arrived for the following people, I've left it in a neat
>> pile on the table:
>>
>> Mitch Miller
>> Glasgow Social centre limited (two items)
>> Robert Hamilton
>> Jonathan Agnew (two items)
>>
>> When I arrived yesterday the place was a bit of a mess. There were chairs
>> all over the place, some rubbish on the table, an old mug of what I assume
>> was coffee and papers scattered over the desks.
>>
>> I've done a little tidying but I've got other things I need to be doing at
>> the moment.
>> The room is a space for all of us, please tidy up before leaving.
>>
>> Have a nice Christmas and a safe New Year.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
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