Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread Mke C>
On 12/14/2017 06:07 PM, plug-requ...@pdxlinux.org wrote: I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in the 'back end', i.e., server environment. I have (some) funding from being laid off when my job was outsourced overseas (fir the second time). Your suggestions about t

Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)

2017-12-14 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Measuring with a 'scope with the laptop issuing the command sigrok-cli --driver mastech-mas345:conn=/dev/ttyUSB0 --samples 10: triggering on DTR DTR goes from -6.6V to +7.6V and remains there 'till 9.64s RX goes from -2.6V to +6.4V for .48s then again at 2.6s,3.12s, etc 'till 7.32s (10 groups of

Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread Carl Karsten
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: > > I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in >> the 'back end', i.e., server environment. I have (some) funding from being >> laid off when my

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Bob Vinisky wrote: > >> Can you ping the internet from the router? It is plugged in directly. >> >> Are you sure you haven't scrambled your ethernet cables? > > > Yes and no From the router, or any other machine on the LAN I can get > to the dal modem. Can succe

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
> Can you ping the internet from the router? It is plugged in directly. > > Are you sure you haven't scrambled your ethernet cables? Yes and no From the router, or any other machine on the LAN I can get to the dal modem. Can successfully ping the dos servers and gateway. One of the Frontier

Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com
> > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: > > > I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in > > the 'back end', i.e., server environment. I have (some) funding from > being > > laid off when my job was outsourced overseas (fir the second t

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Bob Vinisky wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Russell Senior >> wrote: >> >> That makes no sense. They can't see past your router. Your router >> pretends to be all the devices on your LAN. Does your computer on the LAN >> have a 192.168.107.x address?

Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread brooks
Check out Go. It's from Google. Is one of the latest "cool" languages. And, it is "cool". On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: To the esteemed members of the PLUG list: I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in the 'back end', i.

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > That makes no sense. They can't see past your router. Your router > pretends to be all the devices on your LAN. Does your computer on the LAN > have a 192.168.107.x address? > > The other thing is that Frontier (afaik) uses PPPoE for a

Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in the 'back end', i.e., server environment. I have (some) funding from being laid off when my job was outsourced overseas (fir the second time). Your suggesti

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
On Dec 14, 2017 17:41, "Bob Vinisky" wrote: > > >> > > > > Okay, that's the WAN side of your router, what is the LAN network on > > your router. If it is 192.168.1.x also, then BOOM. > > Nope - the LAN side uses 192.168.107.xxx8 (I know, but they say you can > pick any number in the 192.168 area

[PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-14 Thread John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com
To the esteemed members of the PLUG list: I have determined I must learn programming, and would prefer to do so in the 'back end', i.e., server environment. I have (some) funding from being laid off when my job was outsourced overseas (fir the second time). Your suggestions about tools and process

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > The model here is that Frontier did something on their modem (updated > firmware or whatever) that suddenly conflicts with your network. I am > guessing, and asking questions to confirm or rule out that theory. > I would be delighted if

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
>> > > Okay, that's the WAN side of your router, what is the LAN network on > your router. If it is 192.168.1.x also, then BOOM. Nope - the LAN side uses 192.168.107.xxx8 (I know, but they say you can pick any number in the 192.168 area, so I did) - - (so there). It appears Frontier now want

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
The model here is that Frontier did something on their modem (updated firmware or whatever) that suddenly conflicts with your network. I am guessing, and asking questions to confirm or rule out that theory. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:24 PM,

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Bob Vinisky wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Russell Senior >> wrote: >>> >>> Couldn’t agree more. To be more precise, when we first were granted dal, >>> about 5 or so years ago, I had the connection running through Aracnet. My >>> dal modem ( a Zoom )

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> >> Couldn’t agree more. To be more precise, when we first were granted dal, >> about 5 or so years ago, I had the connection running through Aracnet. My >> dal modem ( a Zoom ) just bridges the stuff to my lan router, which does all >> t

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Bob Vinisky wrote: > >> On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Russell Senior >> wrote: >> >> That sounds extremely unlikely. It is possible that your router and >> their modem have the same (conflicting) network. Your router should >> NAT. Their device shouldn't be abl

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Bob Vinisky wrote: Two days ago ip traffic ceased in our (residential) Frontier dal line. The modem is up and running correctly, but no traffic in or out. Bob, Before SpiritOne lost their mail and web servers I connected to them through my Netgear VFS318 router connecte

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
> On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:54 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > That sounds extremely unlikely. It is possible that your router and > their modem have the same (conflicting) network. Your router should > NAT. Their device shouldn't be able to tell that all the traffic > isn't coming from that router

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Bob Vinisky wrote: A second request is for a recommendation for a decent sip, if one still exists. I, too, am a refugee from Aracnet, and want to get away from this mess soon Bob, If you're running a business Frontier has their 15/5 Mbps voice/fiber Internet package fo

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
From your LAN, log in to the router (I assume it has an admin interface). What are the WAN and LAN networks? On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > That sounds extremely unlikely. It is possible that your router and > their modem have the same (conflicting) network. Your rout

Re: [PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Russell Senior
That sounds extremely unlikely. It is possible that your router and their modem have the same (conflicting) network. Your router should NAT. Their device shouldn't be able to tell that all the traffic isn't coming from that router. They shouldn't be able to see any of the hosts on your LAN. On

[PLUG] dsl woes

2017-12-14 Thread Bob Vinisky
Greetings, Two days ago ip traffic ceased in our (residential) Frontier dal line. The modem is up and running correctly, but no traffic in or out. After two entire days of conversing with various “techs” it became apparent my issue was in using a router to feed the lan machines to the modem. Ho

Re: [PLUG] openDKIM not found with sent mail

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Michael Rasmussen wrote: And the postfix main.cf, does it include: smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:8891 non_smtpd_milters = $smtpd_milters milter_default_action = accept milter_protocol = 2 ?? Michael, Yes: smtpd_milters = inet:

Re: [PLUG] openDKIM not found with sent mail

2017-12-14 Thread Michael Rasmussen
And the postfix main.cf, does it include: smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:8891 non_smtpd_milters = $smtpd_milters milter_default_action = accept milter_protocol = 2 ?? On 2017-12-14 09:23, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Michael Rasmussen wrote: Copie

Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)

2017-12-14 Thread Denis Heidtmann
The optocouplers in the dmm are reportedly TLV817B. The emitter resistor on the output npn is shown on the schematic to be 1.5K. I measured it to be 7.35K. The input resistor in series with the LED is listed as 3.3K. I have not opened the dmm to see if the schematic is accurate. I agree that t

Re: [PLUG] com port in guest to usb in host (virtual box)

2017-12-14 Thread Galen Seitz
On 12/13/17 23:03, Russell Senior wrote: > The precise levels are not supposed to make a difference. Below a > negative threshold and above a positive threshold should be enough. > From memory, original RS232 was +/- 12V, but any remotely modern PC > would use +/- 5V-ish. And the reality is that

Re: [PLUG] openDKIM not found with sent mail

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, Michael Rasmussen wrote: Copies of the relevant sections of the config files would go a long way in enabling people to offer help. Just sayin. Michael, Of course. I didn't post them to the list thinking it would be more appropriate to an individual. However, ... /etc

Re: [PLUG] openDKIM not found with sent mail

2017-12-14 Thread Michael Rasmussen
Copies of the relevant sections of the config files would go a long way in enabling people to offer help. Just sayin. On 2017-12-14 08:26, Rich Shepard wrote: I've been trying unsuccessfully to determine why opendkim is not found by verifier.port25.com when it seems to be correctly configured

[PLUG] openDKIM not found with sent mail

2017-12-14 Thread Rich Shepard
I've been trying unsuccessfully to determine why opendkim is not found by verifier.port25.com when it seems to be correctly configured and installed here with postfix-3.2.4. On the web I found different instructions for configuring the package, and the SlackBuilds.org instructions seem to be