Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Erik Lane
Yeah, that's a good point about the speed. I'm using some Raspberry Pi Zeroes, so really I would be shocked if they could even use 100Mbit. (I'm using a USB-ethernet adapter. I like avoiding WiFi.) It makes perfect sense to me that there could be issues with gigabit speeds and dumb devices. :) But

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Russell Senior
With the end-of-cable splitter, it's possible they'd work, because it would look like ethernet + barrel connector power, however I have had trouble when the ethernet cable only supports two pairs for data (because the other two pairs are used to transmit the power) but both ends think they are

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Russell Senior
My experience trying to power the MR24 with "passive PoE" and/or less than 48V were not successful. You really need a standards compliant PoE injector for them. Apparently there is/was a patent on the chips that do/did the IEEE PoE standard, which made them too expensive (I recall something like

[PLUG] November PLUG Advanced Topics: System Stacks Usecases and Swupd Client

2019-11-18 Thread Michael Dexter
PLUG Advanced Topics Is Back! Who: Beth Dean and Otavio Pontes What: System Stacks Usecases and Swupd Client Where: Intel, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Building 3 Auditorium, Hillsboro When: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 at 6:30pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream:

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] November PLUG Advanced Topics: System Stacks Usecases and Swupd Client

2019-11-18 Thread Michael Dexter
PLUG Advanced Topics Is Back! Who: Beth Dean and Otavio Pontes What: System Stacks Usecases and Swupd Client Where: Intel, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Building 3 Auditorium, Hillsboro When: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 at 6:30pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream:

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Erik Lane
If this will do it, it would be a cheap and easy fix. https://www.amazon.com/BeElion-Passive-Injector-Splitter-Connector/dp/B01HMNJHII/ I've been planning something similar to run a raspberry pi in a location away from a power outlet. Since I don't need hardly any power, the 12V will be just fine

Re: [PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: Combination of VPN and ssh/sshfs is for redundancy because of various access restrictions on public and customer networks. Tomas, That makes sense. Public and customer networks are often heavily restricted and circumventing DNS and https - so VPN or

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: If you can easily reach the MR24 with a regular ac adapter (12V DC output), then the PoE isn't really buying you anything. If you want to put the MR24 somewhere that is hard to plug into power directly (you have to run ethernet to it anyway), that's

Re: [PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

2019-11-18 Thread Tomas Kuchta
I use vpn to home office together with ssh and sshfs to access data and remote vnc safely. Combination of VPN and ssh/sshfs is for redundancy because of various access restrictions on public and customer networks. When unlucky - both VPN and ssh traffic blocked - I fall back to nextCloud over

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Russell Senior
If you can easily reach the MR24 with a regular ac adapter (12V DC output), then the PoE isn't really buying you anything. If you want to put the MR24 somewhere that is hard to plug into power directly (you have to run ethernet to it anyway), that's where PoE becomes worthwhile. On Mon, Nov 18,

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: That's reasonable, but I don't know where this fits between the Meraki and the ER-X, ... A bit more reading suggests it would fit between the Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and the Meraki. That would save a cable and the electrical outlet since the

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Russell Senior wrote: Won't work. Russell, That's what my research suggested. If you want to do PoE for the MR24, I suggest one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Q87KP2 That's reasonable, but I don't know where this fits between the Meraki and the ER-X,

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Russell Senior
Won't work. Unfortunately, not all PoE are the same. The MR24 needs 48V (and a protocol to negotiate), but the ER-X does what's called "passive PoE" which doesn't do the protocol and is limited to 24V (and probably also the supply voltage that you provide to the ER-X, which is probably just 12V).

Re: [PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: Since the Meraki MR24 Wireless Access Point can be powered by PoE and the Ubiquti ER-X has PoE in and out capabilities I'd like to power it that way. Update: The ER-X is limited to 24v while the standard is written for 48v. I haven't found information

[PLUG] Meraki MR24 WAP and PoE

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
Folks, Since the Meraki MR24 Wireless Access Point can be powered by PoE and the Ubiquti ER-X has PoE in and out capabilities I'd like to power it that way. I'd appreciate pointers to what I should read to learn how to get PoE into the ER-X, what cable(s) to use, and whether a splitter would be

[PLUG] Meeting topics for those "out past Estacada"

2019-11-18 Thread Richard Owlett
The illustrious Mr. Wescott once said: "Richard has a long commute. He lives out past Estacada, even." Actually I'm in Southwest Missouri ;) Due to time zone differences etc., video feeds are not particularly useful. I'm wondering if presenters might provide two or three URLs to give those

Re: [PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019, Mike C. wrote: I think the key advantage of a vpn for someone like you is that you can securely access important / confidential information via the Internet on demand. Mike, Thought so. VPNs were initially designed to extend the corporate LAN to a traveling worker's

Re: [PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

2019-11-18 Thread Mike C.
> > I'm not traveling out-of-state as much as I used to and I'm curious when > a VPN would be advantageous for a sole practitioner professional services > provider who would access the office LAN for mail and files when not > sitting at the desk there. All thoughts welcome. > > Rich > I think the

[PLUG] When is a VPN advantageous?

2019-11-18 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm not traveling out-of-state as much as I used to and I'm curious when a VPN would be advantageous for a sole practitioner professional services provider who would access the office LAN for mail and files when not sitting at the desk there. All thoughts welcome. Rich

Re: [PLUG] [Fwd: FW: Short survey for Clear Linux Project on PLUG PDX]

2019-11-18 Thread Novak, Fabricio
Hi guys, Just a heads up. The survey is not for Clear Linux users only. Everyone is welcome. __ On 11/12/19, 20:09, "plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org on behalf of tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com" wrote: Thank you Mozilla Firefox 68.2.0esr just keeps waiting Google Chrome

[PLUG] PLUG Advanced Topics -- Tomorrow Nov 19, 2019

2019-11-18 Thread alan
Sorry for the late notice. Took a while to get confirmation from the speakers. Advanced Topics is at the Intel Hawthorne Farms Auditorium at 6:30pm on the third Tuesday of the month. For November that is TOMORROW, November 19th. There is a Max stop right next to the Hawthorne Farms campus. The

[PLUG] Thinkpad hacking Re: DIY Thinkpad BMS and battery modules

2019-11-18 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 2:41 PM tom wrote: > Has anybody got any details on the specifications for the communication > between the embedded controller and the battery module for the ThinkPad > T430? Also perhaps some CAD schematics of the battery module enclosure? On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at

Re: [PLUG] What could cause /home partition not to be found

2019-11-18 Thread Smith, Cathy
A good practice is to keep all necessary system files on the boot disk and not depend on another disk to boot. Not always possible, I understand. Check your BIOS for boot order. It may have tried to use the USB. Check if nfs is running to be sure after the upgrade. Just some suggestions.

Re: [PLUG] Monitoring Serial Ports

2019-11-18 Thread Russell Senior
I built a little gizmo to go mid-span between the PC and the external device, where two additional serial ports connect their RX to the two data lines coming from the PC and external device, respectively, then log (with timestamps) the data that goes by. Then I can correlate the data coming from

[PLUG] redacting information in documents

2019-11-18 Thread Brian Scrivner
I found something to like about Okular, which usually I've considered too basic or clumsy for things I want to do with PDF documents. When preparing some medical documents to be sent through email, so that any sensitive info such as birth date is totally removed, I found that there are a lot