Thanks Bob,<br><br>Just let me know the spec when you have the time.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 December 2010 15:10, Bob <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob@citystrolls.com">bob@citystrolls.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Good work Martin<br>
I have a machine at my mates I will find out the spec. Its got a sound card and a flat screen and is running linux, might be useful. Thanks for the heads up on the mail. Merry xmas Bob<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 22/12/2010 14:43, Martin McGrath wrote:<br>
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Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
I've spent quite some time here over the last couple of days investigating<br>
potential causes of bandwidth excess problem.<br>
<br>
There are two machines currently connected to the router in the club room.<br>
<br>
1. Compaq 5221, AMD K6 380Mhz, 320MB RAM. Running Windows XP, missing lots<br>
of patches, no Antivirus software installed.<br>
2. Ubuntu based machine, reasonable spec CPU, 512MB RAM. Running an<br>
unsupported (ergo unpatched) version of Ubuntu.<br>
<br>
In the interests of security please don't operate a Windows PC without anti<br>
virus software installed, it's just common sense.<br>
Please user Firefox as your default web browser.<br>
<br>
The XP machine had no application software other than uTorrent (a bit<br>
torrent client) and CClean installed.<br>
This machine is terribly slow, I've earmarked a machine to replace it which<br>
is significantly faster and we have more RAM in the cupboard which I can fit.<br>
<br>
Do we really need a Windows machine in the club? I'd like feedback on this<br>
please.<br>
A linux machine is just as easy to use for everything this machine could<br>
have been used for, and far easier to maintain.<br>
<br>
The XP machine passed a full system virus scan and three rootkit scans.<br>
<br>
I plan to upgrade the Ubuntu machine to a version of the operating system<br>
which is at least supported. If anyone has data they'd like backed up<br>
please do so, or let me know where and what it is and I'll do it for you.<br>
<br>
The room still has it's WIFI point, at the moment secured with WPA-PSK, the<br>
details for which are on the poster on the right as you enter the room.<br>
I plan on investigating this more at a later date.<br>
I disabled the WIFI point on the modem running in the comms room. There was<br>
no point in us having two.<br>
<br>
I'm not convinced that anyone would waste time cracking the WPA passphrase,<br>
given that there are two other open access points in the area.<br>
<br>
I plan on documenting and laminating some notes about EC kit, the network,<br>
the computers etc. I'll get round to this once I've fixed up the systems in<br>
question.<br>
<br>
Snail mail has arrived for the following people, I've left it in a neat<br>
pile on the table:<br>
<br>
Mitch Miller<br>
Glasgow Social centre limited (two items)<br>
Robert Hamilton<br>
Jonathan Agnew (two items)<br>
<br>
When I arrived yesterday the place was a bit of a mess. There were chairs<br>
all over the place, some rubbish on the table, an old mug of what I assume<br>
was coffee and papers scattered over the desks.<br>
<br>
I've done a little tidying but I've got other things I need to be doing at<br>
the moment.<br>
The room is a space for all of us, please tidy up before leaving.<br>
<br>
Have a nice Christmas and a safe New Year.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Martin<br>
<br>
<br>
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