From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-iy0-f171.google.com (mail-iy0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 54B1B201325 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:07:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by iyi20 with SMTP id 20so947999iyi.16 for ; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:15:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=5Vxaf8B61mOuSBIfFztahW9bpz1aNtF4/NpKRw/tqfI=; b=oTRoqIj/rVgJEtfu/hLsaOVyV7ngtSs/b8KU+l03dyFGUYG/9xVDWoSDJT3L9FYzpq qxBA3YdIOquf26bILHj3wIs09MvYR4DmA52g1tMc6IFyKe+16yz4Nel7elaZi+i4BQ7J jE6cYyPtxlH8bV1381uNZHqRFyCxX5OHdFJq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=kN+sSKelgzFLNtY9ftbwhSYpWNkNC8Whfz6lkjX4SmlhF0Cmsb3v4cdOT6e9/f4zst D86h3dPZeGOtTTqM9SCXSUT5xmR00ZFl76XvFHcaXpCbpbDCkznmqIPvcjPSZ5nCf+MP 5mx2Kqs8ZK5j2oWD392UiZuAozrBN1nGIs240= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.92.206 with SMTP id s14mr6684885ibm.106.1305141308198; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.31.201 with HTTP; Wed, 11 May 2011 12:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 13:15:08 -0600 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: bismark-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec543204a0e8fae04a304e49f Subject: [Bismark-devel] test lab hw X-BeenThere: bismark-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: BISMark related software development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 19:07:44 -0000 --bcaec543204a0e8fae04a304e49f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable a 16+ port power switch like this would be great - In the future, several o= f these would be good: http://www.digital-loggers.com/vpdu.html Sorry for not thinking about this earlier, hopefully you already have large power strips, but this one has a scriptable web interface and is cheap (179). Remote power cycling is good... Cables. These routers come with one cable. Having an extra cable per router allows WAY more ports to be hooked up. Tape to mark the routers with identities that make sense. As I sit in this nice, shiny, cool, office, surrounded by machines that appear idle, I can't help but want to turn one of them into a test server... or at least connect to the outside world enough to get to galapagos on GigE (and preferably the bismark database collector (is that d4? galapagos?)) No further outside access is strictly needed (although I'd like to get to the package server, too, which I assume will be d4 and the new box on the floor there)) Assumption: You don't have 16 real ips available, but using up 2-3 of what you have here would probably be about right, if possible. Can they get to this lab? I was also curious if we could rope in a few offices of extra distances around the building (connected as stations to the main set in the lab)... I've already tested station mode and AP mode co-existence and it works fairly well... they won't need ethernet access.... --=20 Dave T=E4ht SKYPE: davetaht US Tel: 1-239-829-5608 http://the-edge.blogspot.com --bcaec543204a0e8fae04a304e49f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable a 16+ port power switch like this would be great - In the future, several o= f these would be good:

http://www.digital-log= gers.com/vpdu.html

Sorry for not thinking about this earlier, hopefully you already have=20 large power strips, but this one has a scriptable web interface and is=20 cheap (179). Remote power cycling is good...

Cables. These routers c= ome with one cable. Having an extra cable per=20 router allows WAY more ports to be hooked up.

Tape to mark the routers with identities that make sense.

As I sit in this nice, shiny, cool, office, surrounded by machines that= appear idle, I can't help
but want to turn one of them into a test = server... or at least connect to the outside world enough to get to galapag= os on GigE (and preferably the bismark database collector (is that d4? gala= pagos?)) No further outside access is strictly needed (although I'd lik= e to get to the package server, too, which I assume will be d4 and the new = box on the floor there))

Assumption: You don't have 16 real ips available, but using up 2-3 = of what you have here would probably be about right, if possible. Can they = get to this lab?

I was also curious if we could rope in a few office= s of extra distances around the building (connected as stations to the main= set in the lab)... I've already tested station mode and AP mode co-exi= stence and it works fairly well... they won't need ethernet access....<= br>
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Dave T=E4ht
SKYPE: davetaht
US Tel: 1-239-829-5608
http://the-edge.blog= spot.com
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