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is USB inherently evil, or only if something else is on the bus? 17 43 (8/8/2012 9:34:43 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp I've scrounged a couple old Pentium M laptops (Hewlett-Packard nc6000s for the trivia-minded) with serial ports while entertaining the possibility of undertaking a project to do what so many others have done... Rick

Something which may help improve delays 2 28 (5/22/2012 6:23:32 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp I did a very cursory check to see if this was already brought-up but may have missed it. Folks interested in addressing highly variable delays in networks and such may find the "codel" AQM interesting. It see... Rick

GPS kit reverting to 1992 in April 2012? 3 30 (4/20/2012 5:27:19 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp I've heard some vague rumours about there being some bit of GPS kit out there with a bug that causes it's idea of the time to revert to 1992 once we get to April 2012. Does anyone have (pointers to) details? ... Rick

Was this a time sync issue? 1 25 (2/22/2012 9:11:12 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/22/cable_fault_caused_opera_result/ http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/02/breaking-news-error-undoes-faster.html rick jones -- No need to believe in either si... Rick

InterWorks Contributed Software CD available 5 46 (11/4/2011 11:50:44 PM) comp.sys.hp.hpux Folks - Something else I've come across while cleaning my workarea - a still shrinkwrapped two CD jewel case with the 04/96 Edition of the InterWorks Contributed Software Library, showing as being for both Dom... Rick

Three Allbase/SQL manuals 0 64 (11/3/2011 8:17:05 PM) comp.sys.hp.hpux Thanks to a cubicle move and a need to cull some of the things I've collected over the years, I find myself wanting to find a home for three Allbase manuals: 36217-90007 HP 9000 Computer Systems, ALLBASE/SQL P... Rick

Netperf 2.5.0 now available from the HP-UX porting archives 0 43 (10/25/2011 9:59:17 PM) comp.sys.hp.hpux Folks - Those interested in running netperf on their HP-UX systems will be please to know that the fine folks at the HP-UX Porting Archive http://hpux.connect.org.uk/ have updated their netperf package to the ... Rick

Netperf 2.5.0 is now released 3 122 (7/19/2011 7:50:38 PM) comp.unix.solaris Folks, I have pulled the trigger on the 2.5.0 release of netperf. You can grab a tar or zip file of the sources from: ftp://ftp.netperf.org/netperf or via a subversion client pointed at: http://www.netperf... Rick

Porting Sandbox 14 49 (7/1/2011 12:00:10 AM) comp.sys.hp.hpux Just FYI: http://h20341.www2.hp.com/integrity/w1/en/systems/integrity-hpux-sandbox.html HP’s new Software Porting Sandbox is now available to customers! Our secure environment, accessed via VPN and OS level ... Rick

sanity checking a time comparison 0 27 (6/8/2011 7:09:25 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp I've been messing about with an "sFlow to RRD" utility that takes interface counter samples from sFlow PDUs and shoves them into an RRD. (links to sFlow and RRD below) I face the age-old "He with more than one ... Rick

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NFS settings for video 3 20 (8/15/2012 8:10:40 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I have a box A with an external (USB) disk directly attached to it containing video material. The disk has two jfs partitions that are NFS- exported. Another box B, in the same network, mounts those partion... SKRdJ (14)

XP12K Firmware question 1 35 (8/31/2012 12:59:24 PM) comp.sys.hp.hardware Hello, I've got on old XP12K array - now out of support, but I have to upgrade array Firmware. Can I do this as per call - pay for single service? Or have I pay for mainternance for a year for example? ... mortician

Testing throughput in NTP servers 18 55 (9/12/2012 12:28:24 PM) comp.protocols.time.ntp Anyone knows if there are any available Linux based S/W to test the throughput of NTP servers? I.E: packets per second? % of lost packets etc? Best Regards Ulf Samuelsson ... ulf157 (10)

ping to local interface v4 address works, even though it's admin/line down 5 29 (9/13/2012 5:09:21 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Can somebody help me understand why ping works to a local interface, even if it's admin and line protocol down in linux. I have a eth1 interface, i assign v4 address to it. I make the interface down. try p... anjanishp (3)

Does nslookup show hacker's location? 4 64 (9/29/2012 6:22:11 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I've got some false that I should http://capeziodance.com.ve/contacto/use/web/form1.html http://capeziodance.com.ve/contacto/use/file/form1.html And `nslookup capeziodance.com.ve` == Formatting page, pl... no.top.post (346)

Tcpdump Filters 1 39 (10/5/2012 3:08:57 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Hi, I am using a sniffer called darkstat (I can use tcpdump filters with it) to look at my network traffic - specifically I want to see traffic to and from the local network and the Internet. I want to ... leegold2065 (3)

Carrier Ethernet 9 44 (10/6/2012 3:57:04 AM) comp.dcom.sys.cisco Hello, they often say, for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Ethernet that such concepts as "bridge" or "spanning tree" don't scale well to large networks. What exactly is meant here by "scale... mark_cruzNOTFORSPAM (178)

Some questions about TCP MSS 2 14 (11/15/2012 7:08:15 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Hello, - I know that each party advertises its MSS in its SYN segment, using a suitable option in the TCP header. Is this only possible at the beginning (ie when SYNs are echanged) or can the option be... paul4872 (2)

Packet size and TSO 5 19 (11/15/2012 7:44:27 PM) comp.os.linux.networking I have two servers whose ethernet interfaces have an MTU of 9000. The switch supports jumbo frames, and I can successfully exchange full-sized packets (9000 bytes IP MTU, plus ethernet headers). If I run t... paul4872 (2)

linux networking buffer 11 13 (3/30/2013 3:59:30 PM) comp.os.linux.networking Hi, A) RX count as seen and set by ethtool. B) sysctl -w net.core.netdev_max_backlog=3000 C) sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=256000 along with setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF) on transmit side D) TX count as seen and... Surinder.Singh1 (5)