[ELECTRON] Electron Club, excess bandwidth and computers

[Martin McGrath]

Thanks Ben,

I'll take a look at this system the next time I'm in.

Cheers

Martin

On 22 December 2010 15:12, Ben Dembroski <ben at dembroski.net> wrote:

> I also dropped off a "Little black box" that can be used to install
> whatever and used by the club.
>
> It's a Biostar mini-pc (Shuttle knock off).
>
> --
> Ben
>
> PS. Thanks Martin!
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 15:10 +0000, Bob 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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