I am glad that you like it. What NAS did you wind up going with? Jim
On 11/13/2015 6:14 AM, John Thornton wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
