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Re: [Wlug] Topic for next Meeting?

by Tim Keller

Next Thursday! 10/15/2015 On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> < SRS0=0b1Q=KM=mail.wlug.org=wlug-bounces(a)srs.wpi.edu> wrote: > So are we on for this Thursday or next? > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:05 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chuck, >> >> The main problem with tomorrow was that we didn't have a room reserved >> and I dropped the ball sending out the reminder email. Beyond that on a >> selfish side note I can't make tomorrow but I can make next Thursday. >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >> >>> Tomorrow is the 2nd Thursday of the month. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 11:41:34AM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: >>> > We actually haven't done a round table in a while. David, I like your >>> idea >>> > for the home automation / vision processing as well. I just went >>> looking >>> > and there are 10+ companies that make linux based home automation >>> > products. I've messed with the the opencv stuff and my co worker is >>> using >>> > it read his water meter and do OCR. >>> > >>> > Keith, it would be cool to have someone (other than me) talk about >>> managing >>> > large amounts of data. Drop a line to your friend and see if they'd be >>> > willing to do a talk. >>> > >>> > I talked a bit about hadoop as well since I've been working with >>> that. I >>> > could with some prep give a talk about hadoop if people were >>> interested. >>> > I've also been playing with the parallel python stuff as well. >>> > >>> > My plan is to send out a reminder that the meeting is going to be next >>> > Thursday. It's a bit too soon to get anything put together on either >>> of >>> > these topics, but we should talk them through next Thursday and see if >>> > anybody has more ideas as well. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Tim. >>> > >>> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 11:13 AM, David Glaser < >>> dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > > I would like to see a presentation on using linux for home >>> automation or a >>> > > presentation on using linux for vision processing. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On 10/07/2015 10:42 AM, Keith Wright wrote: >>> > > >>> > > Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Hey Gang, >>> > > >>> > > What would people like to do for WLUG this month? >>> > > >>> > > Thanks, >>> > > Tim. >>> > > >>> > > Oh, oh, nobody answers. >>> > > >>> > > I don't want WLUG to die for lack of interest. >>> > > >>> > > If we can't get a speaker and a topic, let's >>> > > do a discussion circle---everyone takes a turn >>> > > to answer the question "For what do you use Linux?" >>> > > >>> > > I know some people use it at work to manage >>> > > multi-terabyte databases, and some build little >>> > > microprocessor gadgets, but I would be interested >>> > > to know the full range, and maybe learn about >>> > > some new applications. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

9 years, 2 months

Re: Reminder: Virtual Meeting today at 7PM Topic: Emacs awesomeness.

by Tim Keller

To your first question, you can get your list of installed packages on Ubuntu by running "apt list --installed" and piping that to a file and copying that off somewhere safe. You'll likely have to strip that file a bit. Then once you've got that file, on your cleanly installed system you can enumerate over that file with a bash for loop and call "apt install *package*" To your second question, I'm sure we've got an R nerd around here.. Tim. On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 3:47 PM gmcaplan--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I was hoping to attend, but it looks like I will not be able to. > I hope it will be recorded because I, too, would like to learn about > emacs. > Also, I have two questions: > 1. I am running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. When I update to ver. 20 or 22, I > would prefer to do a "clean" re-install, but I have a question. Does > that mean I must get a list of all my installed software and re-install > them one at a time after I upgrade the OS? If so, is there an easy way > for me to get the list? > > 2. I have been learning to use the software language R. I have a couple > of questions and I would like to hear from anyone who has R experience. > > Thank You. > > George Caplan > email: gmcaplan(a)gmcaplan.org > > > On 2022-01-13 1:12 pm, Michael Voorhis via WLUG wrote: > > On 1/13/22 12:58, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > >> Today he's going to show off some of his emacs foo. > > > > Will the talk be recorded? I'd love to hear the talk but can't attend > > because of a conflict. > > > > --MCV. > > _______________________________________________ > > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > > Change Settings: > > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > > Web Forum/Archive: > > > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/D2QDC… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/VBG7T… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

2 years, 11 months

Re: [Wlug] Topic for the next meeting: ownCloud

by Eric Martin

Why is xkcd so perfect? On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:52 AM Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > http://xkcd.com/320/ > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution > that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 10/27/2015 10:49 AM, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com wrote: > > A way to kick this whole "sleeping" habit would be nice :P > > > > Logan > > > > On Oct 27, 2015 10:42 AM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Thanks Logan! > > > > Let me know if you need anything. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:38 PM, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:thinkbrown@gmail.com> <thinkbrown(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:thinkbrown@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I'd be happy to present. > > > > Logan > > > > On Oct 26, 2015 16:35, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hey Gang, > > > > So thinking it over, with the holidays coming up, I know I'm > going > > to be taking an outrageous number of pictures. In lieu of > > spending money so I have expanded storage on Google, the next > > logical step is to set up my ownCloud. > > > > Logan, do you want to do this presentation / demo? > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to > > their constituents as "consumers". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > -- > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > > constituents as "consumers". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

9 years, 2 months

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 110, Issue 5

by joel d

Thanks. Will be over soon. Thank you, Joel On Dec 12, 2012 7:57 PM, "Frank Sweetser" <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > At tech now. > > joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Came late. >> >> Did I miss it? >> >> Tech pizza? >> >> Other location? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Joel >> On Dec 12, 2012 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: >> >>> Send Wlug mailing list submissions to >>> wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Need some help with digital signal processing ... (David Glaser) >>> 2. Announce: Meeting December 12th 7PM, WPI Campus Center >>> Mid-Century Room 331 (Chuck Anderson) >>> 3. Re: Need some help with digital signal processing ... (Jeff Moyer) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:33:22 -0500 >>> From: David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> >>> Subject: [Wlug] Need some help with digital signal processing ... >>> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> Message-ID: <50C86B82.5030301(a)glaserresearch.net> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I need some help with an Android app for the hearing impaired. >>> Essentially, the app is to be used with a wearable android device >>> (Google Glasses or theSony android wrist watch) and will listen for >>> sounds such as the door bell or the tty, or any other household >>> soundthat should be reported to the wearer. >>> >>> Capturing the sound using an Android device is not the problem. What I >>> don't know is how to compare the incoming sound stream with sound >>> signatures that should cause the event to occur. Once the event occurs, >>> then text can be displayed on the googleglasses or the haptic transducer >>> on the wrist watch can be activated. >>> >>> This app is intended to be open sourceso I'm looking for volunteer help >>> on the algorithms. I will do the programming. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> David Glaser >>> dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20121212/8dede17f/attachmen… >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:47:11 -0500 >>> From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> >>> Subject: [Wlug] Announce: Meeting December 12th 7PM, WPI Campus Center >>> Mid-Century Room 331 >>> To: wlug(a)wlug.org >>> Message-ID: <20121212124710.GZ29170(a)angus.ind.WPI.EDU> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> We are having a WLUG meeting this evening, December 12, at 7:00 PM in >>> the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331. >>> >>> http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CC/Floorplans/37678.htm >>> >>> This seems like a good time to talk about the WLUG website. We've had >>> half-completed plans since about 2 years ago to replace the hardware >>> and software to create a Wiki or Drupal site to replace the outdated >>> and manually-maintained-by-me HTML site. This week I plan to finally >>> migrate things over to the new server, but the content will still be >>> the old HTML site for now. We need some volunteers to help build a >>> new site in either MediaWiki or Drupal or some other framework. >>> >>> After the meeting, we'll continue discussions over at Tech Pizza. >>> >>> Hope to see you there, >>> Chuck >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >>> Name: not available >>> Type: application/pgp-signature >>> Size: 190 bytes >>> Desc: not available >>> Url : >>> http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20121212/d872da62/attachmen… >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:33:35 -0500 >>> From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> >>> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Need some help with digital signal processing ... >>> To: David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net>, Worcester Linux Users >>> Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>> Message-ID: <x49zk1jl4qo.fsf(a)segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> writes: >>> >>> > Hi Folks, >>> > >>> > I need some help with an Android app for the hearing impaired. >>> > Essentially, the app is to be used with a wearable android device >>> > (Google Glasses or theSony android wrist watch) and will listen for >>> > sounds such as the door bell or the tty, or any other household >>> > soundthat should be reported to the wearer. >>> > >>> > Capturing the sound using an Android device is not the problem. What I >>> > don't know is how to compare the incoming sound stream with sound >>> > signatures that should cause the event to occur. Once the event >>> > occurs, then text can be displayed on the googleglasses or the haptic >>> > transducer on the wrist watch can be activated. >>> > >>> > This app is intended to be open sourceso I'm looking for volunteer >>> > help on the algorithms. I will do the programming. >>> >>> We've got some smart folks on this list, no doubt, but it might serve >>> you better to ask this question in a more focused forum. Try >>> http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP/ for starters. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >>> End of Wlug Digest, Vol 110, Issue 5 >>> ************************************ >>> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >

12 years

Re: Reminder: WLUG Meeting tonight: Topic ProxMox / Turning Pi 2

by soup

They began leveraging large language models against... any data set as I understand it. There were a few papers that set the world on fire with their implementations. Academia was raided for questionably sourced corpus for commercial use veiled in community gain. I've been wrenching on stable diffusion API for a few weeks, as a former professional photographer it is shocking to me the quality you can get from very little input and common COTS GPUs. Haven't touched any of the SaaS cloud inferencing services that have come out in this gold rush but they can do quite a lot more with the datacenter class GPU grunt. Text to video (so-called "T2V") is here and getting scary.~ Bless, soup On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > And does anyone have pointers to the Image generating stuff we talked > > about? It wiould be fun to try it out myself and for $10 I could get > > alot of fun. > > That wasn't a motion, but I second it anyway. > > >From the viewpoint of a jit.si watcher, that was one of the most > fun demos of a program I have seen at a WLUG over the decades. > > But eye-candy aside, I was most interested that the demonstrator > claimed to understand how it works and to have some links. > > The meaning of words changes over time. More change in less time now. > > A cartoon generating program is called "artificial intelligence". > I can't draw cartoons, so I must not be intelligent. > > The words "machine learning" were used. As I said Thursday, I did > my dissertation on machine learning. At that time, it meant a computer > (with appropriate programming) would input a sequence of examples, > each marked as in or not in a certain class. The computer would then > (we hoped) be able to correctly classify examples that had not been > explicitly shown before. > > I didn't see anything like that in the demo. > > It was said to be based on a "neural net", but neural nets have been > around since Minsky started inventing words back in the fifties. > What changed to make neural networks suddenly start working? > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/7OFTT… >

10 months, 3 weeks

Re: [Wlug] I guess this is goodbye to WLUG

by Keith Wright

Not too long ago I would have been annoyed by the quote depth of that last message. I'll just take it as an opportunity to reply to several at once. E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> writes: > The text file has been broken since May 2012. This is a genealogical > database, that runs in a program that accesses the file, which consists of > names, dates, places, etc, plus notes. I think the bogus character might be > an at sign @ but if so, it won't help to search for it, because GEDCOMS > contain several @ for each individual. My database contains 115,000 > individuals. I think I know what family (surname) I was working on when it > broke, though, and it still hangs there. I guess I could grep the file for > that surname and get it to output a couple of lines after it finds each > instance. I didn't know what could be meant by "broken text file", now I see that you mean "broken file processing program". Do you have the source for the geneology program? If not, insert rant here. Does the program crash as soon as you import the file, or only when you do something particular? My first impulse would be to put printf commands into the input procedure. Do you have a spec for what the data is supposed to look like, or is this one of those take-the-money-and-(run|hide|sell updates) programs, whose authors think that's super double secret eye pee? >>>>>>> Sent messages last month asking about the monthly meeting. No >>>>>>> response in >>>>>>> a month. No messages in a month. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My time with WLUG was fun & informative. I wish you all health & >>>>>>> happiness. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Joel >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Wlug mailing list >>>>>>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>>>>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug --(* 7 wlug-header) Jeez, Joel, sit back down, chill out. I don't reply to questions if I don't know. (Unless a woman asks about a database) I don't think wlug is dead, but I don't know how to schedule a room at WPI. Just a short time ago we were watching robots build robots from source code. Somebody will find the next meeting on a back-up tape. I have a question too, but I'll save it for a another message. -- Keith

10 years, 2 months

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Cara Salter

On 12/7/23 21:08, Doug Mildram via WLUG wrote: > cara> I'd also be interested in how people are self-hosting their VPNs > (and john stoffel's view may be similar, I can't say, but hi anyways!) > > me/doug> I'm struggling with what's the benefit/motivation? For me, it lets me access my home network when I'm away from my apartment. > My take which started long ago: > 20-30 yrs ago as a sysadmin supporting remote access/workers, > my (very not-genius-level) brain learned that a VPN... > a box/product I'd install on "my"/work network, > handing out INside-access to outside-workers for a session.... > adds (pops up during session) a virtual interface > on home-computer network stack, so > while in a VPN session the home worker can magically > "have an ipaddr on the inside of workplace network" > thus allowed into not-public work servers (or drive their work desktop) > BUT! on server setup, I+bosses must decide if yes/no allowing split-tunnel > (policy set on VPN server which the VPN clients suffer with usually? if > "no split") > If yes/split-tunnel allowed, client gets a 2nd! default gateway = route > to 0.0.0.0 > giving best home-computer network performance (mixing work and play > works well) My split-tunnel VPN doesn't set a default gateway, just a route to 10.x.x.x/x. I'm thinking of shenanigans to let my roommates VPN into the normal resident network and letting myself VPN into the management network via jump box, but that's not implemented yet. Shenanigans with Packetfence are planned for the break... > BUT smart?/paranoid-workplace setups choose NO split tunnel, and > force home-user's (ISP-given) default route to either disappear? > or become unused via route metric/preference adjustment? so that, either way > "don't let the home worker's unsafe world anywhere to tunnel near/into > work network". I'm neither smart nor paranoid :p so I use split-tunnel. > So (now retired) I see endless TV ads for VPN's > preaching the benefits of their secure VPN, and I don't get it, .... > assume buyers/sheep are fooled. Real value = ? I may be blind, > but lacking a VPN, my outside/web traffic is still https / encrypted, > are they selling some enhanced default-gw world > featuring bad-guys-blocked-from-hacking-you? I trust my home router, > though I'm open minded to how "wide open" that might be, relative to > some ideal. Most commercial VPNs I've found have low quality. The one that I use when I want the benefits (different geolocation results, etc) is Mullvad, for a variety of reasons. Interested in other people's thoughts! -- cara

1 year

Re: [Wlug] OpenWRT on WNDR3800 home router - my install thoughts

by Chuck Anderson

I think this would make a great November 13 meeting topic. We can share our experiences of loading OpenWRT and battling Bufferbloat. I may even get some time this weekend to try loading OpenWRT on my WNDR3700v2. On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 12:40:10PM -0500, Mike Peckar wrote: > At least 2 years ago, I flashed my Netgear WNR3500L with DD-WRT (build > 14929) and have been a very happy camper ever since. I chose DD-WRT over > OpenWRT because it adds SNMP support, which (at least at the time) OpenWRT > didn't. I remember I was able to improve wifi performance over factory, but > I can't remember what specific tweaks I made. > > > > Mike > > > > From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On > Behalf Of joel d > Sent: Friday, November 1, 2013 11:32 AM > To: Worcester Linux Users Group > Subject: [Wlug] OpenWRT on WNDR3800 home router - my install thoughts > > > > Decided to try OpenWRT after Jim Getty's talk and strong recommendation last > month for improved security and reduced local buffer bloat. What follows is > my experience / thoughts from this process. I would happily bring the > hardware to demo at a future meeting if there is interest. > > Likely wouldn't be a full meeting but a 10-15 minute filler. More likely > Q&A than anything else. > > > > I decided to go with different router/firewall hardware so I bought a > Netgear WNDR3800 which Jim mentioned and is also a favorite of the OpenWRT > crowd. Mine was used and $50 shipped from e-bay. This model is one model > old and no longer available new. FYI: Netgear website lists it as "out of > support". > > My WNDR3800 was used prior, so I needed to do a hard firmware reset on the > bottom of router with a paperclip (didn't know the prior IP used or the > admin password). > > Once reset and rebooted, router worked fine and could login to the "default" > Netgear firmware and configuration. Default username & password is printed > under the router. > > Downloaded the recommended OpenWRT firmware for this model. Needs to be > full "factory" (instead of partial upgrade) and squashfs is recommended. > Netgear WNDR3800 Firmware download link gets you OpenWRT version 10.X > version which is not latest OpenWRT. > > Web browser login to Netgear webpage/firmware and followed "upgrade > firmware" link while pointing to OpenWRT download file on local disk. The > upgrade/re-flash took around 4 minutes and after a reboot worked fine. Set > password and reconfigured router and WIFI with my specifics. Was up and > working on OpenWRT v 10.x. > > Next day realized I had OpenWRT, but not latest stable version. Upgrade > firmware link does not go to Internet directly, so first download OpenWRT v > 12.4 with "upgrade" and "squashfs" and save to local disk. Second apply > this via upgrade button in OpenWRT web link. > > I could likely have saved a step by grabbing the OpenWRT v12.4 for WNDR3800 > with factory and squashfs. I bet this would have worked had I tried it > (and saved a step). > > > > General thoughts after use for a week: > > OpenWRT does not have an "update direct to mother ship" feature best I can > tell that downloads file and updates it from web interface. Not a show > stopper for me. Instead need to know your version of OpenWRT and download > an "upgrade" file and apply as two steps. This would only matter if router > was used/maintained by a non-geek. > > Prior problem occurred with similar hardware WNDR3700 with latest Netgear > firmware (happened with prior Linksys also). A few embedded WIFI devices in > home would disconnect and fail randomly and at least weekly. Thus far these > device annoyances have not occured since swap to WNDR3800 and OpenWRT. No > idea why, but definitely A win! > > OpenWRT has transmit power level settings for the WIFI radio transmit. Can > decide to bump up the WIFI radio settings if user chooses. Even if you > melt/destroy them, a cool option if needed & tested. > > Firmware update for OpenWRT works from a laptop on WIFI, which in my > experience Netgear & Linksys and other vendors do not support flash without > a cabled ethernet port. So the OpenWRT update scripts the 1) copy file 2) > apply file 3) reboot device. > > My Next Steps: > > In another week will likely repurpose the WNDR3700 likely as a WIFI gateway > for the "cheap WIFI radio" devices, (mainly TV, roku, DVD, etc.). Not yet > sure if I will use OpenWRT for this. > > Look into the option of external antennas for the WNDR3800. I live out in > the country and have few neighbors to notice/know/care. If I can get > there... improved & reliable WIFI signal at my mailbox would rock.

11 years, 1 month

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th? and security ...

by Keith Wright

NB: Question at end. Althea Shaheen via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > since I trust the security of my phone a tad more (but only a tad). > Why am I seeing ^M at the end of line. Somewhere along the pipe something must take responsibility for replacing IBM crlf with Unix \n. No matter; I'll do it myself. >>>>>> so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug I assume that didn't happen. If it did, sorry I missed it. >> I also want to setup a Wireguard tunnel between home and >> my VPS in the cloud to make backups easier and simple. For a short time I thought I might need a VPN to simulate the home-internal network I used to have http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/wireless.html#diagram I got the wireguard white paper and decided, no. Don't need encryption; no real secrets here. >>>>> I run pi-hole at home to block ads network wide, Don't need ad blocking, don't know what's a pi-hole. Sounds Rude. I was watching the /var/log/auth.log on fcx1, my cloudy-VPN, as fools tried to guess passwords for users that don't even exist. No worries, they can't even guess user names, my passwd is good. Then I saw the same IP try to guess a password for root, over and over. Oh oh. I forgot that one. They guessed a login id. Enough! I remembered Tim talking about using fail to ban. I don't know anything about it but I guessed how to spell it and apt-get install fail2ban It is more configuration than I expected, but I'll figure it out. I thought, no hurry, there is zero chance of guessing the root password because you can't log in as root over ssh. Just to be sure I "su -" on the laptop and "ssh fcx1". To my horror it let me log on as root (with password, of course). I thought that was blocked by deep world-wide default! I don't remember why I thought that. Maybe it was a decade ago and on a different distribution. I am using Debian. Does anyone know a quick and easy way to make it so? I want to be able to "su -" after I log in, but I can see no excuse for ssh to let a root log in directly. >>>>> This is why everyone should train their mother >>>>> to offer a secure ISP/VPN service. >>>>> "Mom's VPN: Do you trust your Mom?" >>>>> md With my life? Yes. With a computer? No! -- Keith PS: Seven copies of WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org -- deleted. You will have to make do with this one:

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Re: [Wlug] Job openings: web developer, application support specialist

by Klene, Matthew

Brian, I'm new to Wlug; the last meeting was my first. It was nice to interact with everyone that was there and look forward to attending future gatherings, from some of the emails that have been circulating it sounds like BtrFS will be the next topic. I am not a hands on user of Linux, I joined to try and grow my understanding of the technology itself. I am an account manager for TEKsystems, we are the leading IT Staffing and Services firm, (Ranked #1 in industry by IT Services Business Report for eight consecutive years). The reasons for joining Wlug were centered around getting a better understanding of Linux, so I can have better conversations with the managers I work with regarding the technologies they use, not solicit business. If you or your company would like more information about more about TEKsystems and what I do please feel free to reach out to me. >From reading the rough description these positions are definitely something I could help you find, if you haven't already. You'll find my contact information below. If not I look forward to chatting with you at the next meeting Respectfully, Matthew Klene Account Manager 111 Speen St, Suite 520, Framingham, MA 01701 888.598.5881 T 508.766.3118 F 508.766.3163 M 774.279.7095 http://www.teksystems.com -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Brian Conway Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:50 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Job openings: web developer, application support specialist Hi folks. My company is looking for a couple people for openings. Background: We're a two year-old startup located in Worcester that produces a high-performance, bidirectional messaging infrastructure that encompasses voice, SMS, email, IM, social networking, and more. Current customers include a number of restaurant chains, sports venues, and state agencies. The positions are full-time with health benefits. Pay has some flexibility, but geared towards entry level and recent grads. Web developer: PHP, Ajax, SQL (Oracle), XML, Linux (of course). Additional responsibility/salary is available for partial system operations support. Customer support/application specialist: Customer-facing, non-programmer, will become an expert in our applications. Responsible for initial setup and configuration of new customers in our applications and troubleshooting. Additional roles as they appear. Let me know if anyone's interested and I'll pass it along, thanks. Brian Conway _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you.

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