Got my RAID NAS box up and going and I like that better than anything I've tried in the past to share files between all the computers.
JT On 11/4/2015 5:29 PM, richsh...@comcast.net wrote: > Been using a Zyxel NAS-320 device with two WD Red hard drives, real hardware > RAID, simple to setup, works straight away with Linux, and was inexpensive. > Basic box was about $150.00 / $175.00 not including the drives. Been running > non stop for at least two years. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7:09:10 AM > Subject: Emc-users Digest, Vol 115, Issue 15 > > Send Emc-users mailing list submissions to > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > emc-users-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Emc-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Desktops and OS's (Dave Cole) > 2. Re: Desktops and OS's (Gene Heskett) > 3. Re: Desktops and OS's (Gene Heskett) > 4. Re: raid NAS (Jack Coats) > 5. Re: Desktops and OS's (Jim Craig) > 6. Re: Desktops and OS's (Jim Craig) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:43:53 -0500 > From: Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desktops and OS's > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <563a19a9.5080...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:50:32 -0500 > From: Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desktops and OS's > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <201511040950.32539.ghesk...@wdtv.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Wednesday 04 November 2015 09:10:56 John Thornton wrote: > >> I see that from time to time on my LAN which I have two Windoze and 5 >> or 6 Linux computer on it. Usually only a reboot will fix the Windoze >> computers while the Linux computers IIRC will fix themselves if you >> power cycle the router or switch they are attached to. I think it is >> just a software issue but who knows... >> >> JT > It is John. Its evidence you are using dhcp as the hook means. > Things may have improved over the years since 10-04, but I've only used > dhcp in the router to get me an ipv4 address for the router, everything > else is host file based. My /etc/hosts file: > ======================================= > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.xx.1 router.coyote.den router > 192.168.xx.3 coyote.coyote.den coyote > 192.168.xx.4 shop.coyote.den shop > 192.168.xx.5 lathe.coyote.den lathe > 192.168.xx.6 lappy.coyote.den lappy > 192.168.xx.10 GO704.coyote.den GO704 > ======================================== > Identical on all machines > > And my /etc/resolv.conf from any machine > ========================= > search this-machines-name > nameserver 192.168.xx.1 > order host,dns > ========================= > This one made immutable with a sudo chattr +i specifically to keep > network-mangler from mangling it if its still installed. > > Then you can configure /etc/network/interfaces to look something like > this: > ====================== > # list of interfaces to bring up at boot > auto lo eth0 > > # interface lo > iface lo inet loopback > address 127.0.0.1 > netmask 255.0.0.0 > > # interface eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.xx.3 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.xx.1 > ======================== > Where the last number of the eth0 address is that machine. > > And if network-mangler is still installed, sudo chattr +i that file too > to keep it from being re-written by mangler. In wheezy, N-M can be > removed. > > On all the linux machines. > > I don't do windows, any flavor, so I can't advise on that. But the last > time I setup a neighbors windows machine, that is exactly what I did as > he had a router that could NAT, so I made it so. >> On 11/4/2015 8:01 AM, Rick Lair wrote: >>> Maybe not the right place to ask, but, regarding the networking, why >>> would randomly you not be able to see other network computers? Right >>> now from either my winxp desktop, or my ubuntu 10.04 desktop, I >>> can't see any of the other network computers, or my machines. >>> Connection issues, bad hardware? > Can you ping them by name? > Can you get their address from an ifconfig report on each machine, then > go ping them by address from another machine? > > The latter, as long as they are all in the same class D address space but > you can't ping them by address, I'd say you have hardware problems. > >>> Rick >>> >>> On 11/4/2015 8:27 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>>> If he is doing that from a Windoze computer you can configure the >>>> right click Send To for each machine so it's a one click op to send >>>> the file. >>>> >>>> JT >>>> >>>> On 11/4/2015 7:16 AM, Rick Lair wrote: >>>>> It was an absolute requirement that I got that to work, probably >>>>> like yours, we now have multiple machines in the shop running >>>>> Linuxcnc, and thumb drives are easy to lose, so I have all the >>>>> machines networked together, so the guy in the office that makes >>>>> the programs, can drop the finished g code program right into the >>>>> nc_files folder in the respective machine, right from his desk. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Rick >>>>> >>>>> On 11/4/2015 8:09 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>>>>> Sweet, and it works! What a PITA to have to do this just to get >>>>>> an OS to do basic things. I'm still hoping someone will chime in >>>>>> that has built a real time kernel for Linux Mint so I can try >>>>>> that. >>>>>> >>>>>> JT >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/4/2015 6:55 AM, Rick Lair wrote: >>>>>>> Now you should be able to right click on the the folder icon you >>>>>>> want tot share, see the "Share" tab, and be able to click down >>>>>>> through and setup folder sharing on your network for that >>>>>>> respective folder, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/4/2015 7:51 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi Rick, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I followed the directions for adding folder sharing to Thunar >>>>>>>> but don't see any difference. What is is supposed to do? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> JT >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 11/3/2015 9:59 AM, Rick Lair wrote: >>>>>>>>> John, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Attached are some of my notes that I have found to be working >>>>>>>>> in regards to sharing over the network on Debian. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You may have already tried these, but this is what I have >>>>>>>>> found. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rick >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 11/3/2015 10:44 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Samba is installed... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 11/3/2015 9:26 AM, andy pugh wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 3 November 2015 at 15:19, John Thornton <j...@gnipsel.com> > wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Networking is also hosed up on my Debian computers and try >>>>>>>>>>>> as I might I can't share files as freely around my LAN with >>>>>>>>>>>> the Debian computers. >>>>>>>>>>> You nay need to install Samba, it isn't there by default. I >>>>>>>>>>> don't know if Avahi is or not. > [trimmed 5 list sigs] > > Cheers, Gene Heskett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
