Root Access

nah actually i got it for really cheap a few years ago - they had tons of these compaq and i thought it would be a good idea to use it as """router"""

Journeyman Geek

ahh

dequis

i've got a raspberry pi that should replace it, but i don't know what to do with the 160gb IDE disk that is holding my torrents right now

Journeyman Geek

lol

dequis

1:11 AM

could also move the network stuff to the openwrt, but i really don't trust it

Journeyman Geek

Raspi is probably slower

dequis

:D

Journeyman Geek

I have mine set up as a nas for backups

I USED to run btsync and torrents on it

(pretty nice setup actually, 128mb card for boot, OS is on a external HDD mounted via a powered USB hub using berryboot)

and lol. I'd suggest new hardware... but... meh, I like your setup. Its crazy.

dequis

hah, thanks

oh, i didn't mention the other issue yet

Journeyman Geek

(granted, the oldest system I have in use is a c2d, the shittiest is an atom, and I have spare core 2 systems)

and I'd replace the atom with say a NUC if I can afford it

other issue?

hmm, I wonder if the latency isn't network

dequis

1:14 AM

sometimes, ping from bolsa to futari fails with destination unreachable (icmp reply from bolsa itself, that means it couldn't resolve ARP right?), but ping from carl0s to futari succeeds - and when that succeeds, ping from bolsa to futari starts working again

Journeyman Geek

With a system that old, I'd check the hard drive

ugh. THAT is ... one of those things

(I have no idea about)

dequis

hahah

i barely understand ARP magic, but i guess the openwrt bridging is going wrong somehow

Journeyman Geek

if there's a issue its likely at the router end

which leads us back to carlos

dequis

goddamn carl0s

Journeyman Geek

;p

I'm guessing here though

dequis

1:16 AM

all guesses are appreciated! better than being completely lost

Journeyman Geek

For testing purposes, since I almost trust dd-wrt, I'd replace carlos with your router, and see if you still have those issues

dequis

the point about the hard disk is a good one - i mentioned a 160GB ide disk, but the system disk is actually a 2.7gb one from (probably) 1999

it's almost like i'm waiting for it to die one day

Journeyman Geek

(Actually, this is not odd as having your network drop off every time the washing machine is turned on...)

Considering the size, if you REALLY want to keep it running, you might be able to swap it with a smaller old-new stock SATA drive with an adaptor, or an industrial flash unit

dequis

hmm, i'm not particularly attached to the hardware, and nuking carl0s is probably a good place to start.

Journeyman Geek

;p

I generally assume that people who keep old hardware have a good reason ;p

Its currently my most obvious point of failure

dequis

1:22 AM

well... i do. irssi runs there, and i'm obsessed to keep it logging absolutely everything. moving a few GB of logs to a VPS is going to be effort

Journeyman Geek

well, carlos as an IRSSI box might work better than carlos as a router.

dequis

yeah, true

btw, another point of failure i often ignore - my ISP. i ignore it just because "it worked before that reboot in february" but i have no way to verify that

Journeyman Geek

lol

or your modem

dequis

right

btw, any ideas on how to reliably monitor improvements on the latency issue? right now i just see that irssi says "Lag: 15 (??)" and goes up to 150 seconds, but that kind of monitoring only works while i'm watching it... and might get subjective interference.

Journeyman Geek

yeah. hmm

dequis

1:29 AM

by "subjective interference" i mean i'm terrible at realizing how often it really happens

Journeyman Geek

That might actually be a good question for the site.

dequis

\o/

Journeyman Geek

(IE, I have no clue, and I am curious as heck!)

dequis

i think it hasn't always behaved the same way - my tests a few months ago showed that pinging 8.8.8.8 had no significant spikes in latency, but the established irc connections and new http connections got stuck for a minute or two.

now i think even ping dies...

Journeyman Geek

"even ping dies" is a notable data point. And I still suspect your router

;p

dequis

1:37 AM

gee, nice accepted answer! superuser.com/questions/430128/random-internet-latency-issues

Journeyman Geek

or that ;p

rofl

thats a horrible question. Asking how to monitor it makes sense

dequis

yeah

Journeyman Geek

well, actually I have something worse I once posted >_>

0

Q: P8Z77V built in ethernet fails with Code 10

I have an Asus P8Z77-V motherboard with a built in intel 82579V adaptor. For some odd reason its being detected as 82579LM. I'm running windows 8, and the system worked properly before. Its a known issue but the utility either crashes or tells me there's nothing to do. I've also tried the dos ve...

on the other hand, the question covers the normal way to fix it

dequis

2:21 AM

0

Q: How to monitor changes in the frequency of network latency spikes over time?

I'm currently trying to troubleshoot an issue with my network in which I get latency spikes up to 200 seconds (normally around 50 secs) in an apparently random way at apparently random moments of the day. While trying to find what part of my messy network needs to be blamed (outside of the scope...

networking ping latency

as usual, it took me way too much time to write that question.

..lol i just called the question "ticket". NINJA EDITING

Journeyman Geek

2:53 AM

lol

There's a reason I only have just under 100 questions here ;p

DragonLord

0

Q: Community ads are not displayed, but normal Stack Exchange ads are

It took me a while for me to notice this, but it has come to my attention that community ads are not being displayed anywhere on the main site. This issue occurs regardless of whether or not I am logged in. The ad slot on the right side of the page displays Stack Exchange ads (such as questions ...

bug advertising

HUGE issue. It's been like this for at least the last two or three weeks, and I'm surprised nobody noticed this until now.

ekaj

3:15 AM

Woo, got the fanatic badge

Journeyman Geek

3:51 AM

I really need to set up my orbweaver for POE

I'm not overfond of the keyboard layout they use and this is the sorta thing it would be perfect for

Michael Frank

4:27 AM

@JourneymanGeek ...you play PoE?! :O

Also, Belkin n52TE > Orbweaver

Actually, that's a lie. Mechanical > rubber domes. :(

Journeyman Geek

lol

precisely

@MichaelFrank: on and off. not for very long

I'm on the seekrit singapore server

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Ahh Garena?

Journeyman Geek

no

I didn't want to use that. There's a singaporean server that predates the Garena deal

Michael Frank

Ooooh.

Journeyman Geek

pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/637016

Michael Frank

4:42 AM

...that's incredibly dodgy.

Journeyman Geek

(amusingly, I was using the europe server before but it stank cause I was on wifi)

Michael Frank

That thread is amusing though. So many people obviously didn't read Chris' reply about it still be available, just not visible.

Journeyman Geek

yup

Michael Frank

5:08 AM

@JourneymanGeek Anyway, I've been thinking about modding my n52te to use cherry switches

Journeyman Geek

o0

@MichaelFrank: converting from membrane to mechanical?

Yea!

sounds tricky

imgur.com/a/tQow7

6:10 AM

ahh ripster, that ol maniac

Journeyman Geek

6:40 AM

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Q: Reason for down-voting a question made mandatory

My question was down-voted, I know something was wrong, but I don't know what exactly was wrong. So I request that please make mandatory for down-voters to explain the reason why a question was down-voted, so that the person who asked the question can know exactly what corrections he has to make &...

feature-request

read the comments ;p

Journeyman Geek

7:30 AM

videopro.com.sg/products/… this seems rather tempting

I can afford it, in a month or two, and I could probably replace my current seedbox with it

and its the bigger model so I can use a hard drive

Bob

8:06 AM

@JourneymanGeek That's... actually, you want me to ship you one? :P

It would actually be cheaper for once O_O

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: there's shipping fees, and it seems that expensive everywhere here :/

Bob

@JourneymanGeek arc.com.au/pub.php?pid=55466&p=product

Journeyman Geek

and I'm not yet sure whether I want one ;p

>_>. THINGS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE HERE. SAY IT ISN'T SO

Bob

@JourneymanGeek That's usually my line :P

Journeyman Geek

I know, right?

Bob

8:08 AM

Though, it is out of stock at Arc :\

Journeyman Geek

Most hardware is cheaper here

lol

Maybe cause its so darned cheap

its within what I'm willing to spend though, course I also need ram

I can probably scrounge a drive

(or put the DOID in it)

Bob

o.O identical but cheaper? arc.com.au/pub.php?pid=55605&p=product

@JourneymanGeek Still cheaper to build an ATX box of similar specs, though

$50 mobo, $50 CPU, $50 case + PSU (cheapie) and you have an equivalent

Add $20 for the wifi

Journeyman Geek

The size is a factor here :p

Bob

the main attraction of a NUC is its size

^

:P

@JourneymanGeek and that's why if I ever get a full x86 machine for a router, it's gonna be a NUC

not much space around the networking equipment here

Ok. Internet here only works when the phone is off hook

wtf.

Journeyman Geek

If I did, I would want a dual Ethernet model

Bob

8:13 AM

@JourneymanGeek eh, a router would only have to manage lan to wan, and my wan connection is nowhere near even 100mbit

a single gbe port can handle it, no problem

Leathe

Bah. Looking for work seems to be more difficult than the work you're looking for. :I Should add "Really good at editing Excel and Word templates" to my resume.

Journeyman Geek

Best internet we can get here is gigabit :p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ...I don't think anyone offers that to residential here.

Even a business line at 1gbit is a pain to find.

@Leathe "Doesn't lose mental faculties at the sight of a computer."

BlueBerry - vignesh4303

hi all

Leathe

hi

BlueBerry - vignesh4303

8:28 AM

friends i need a suggestion in taking up an ssl

is it the right place to discuss here

Bob

> HP Beats Special Edition 23" All-In-One Desktop

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

@BlueBerry-vignesh4303 "taking up an ssl"?

please elaborate

do you mean purchasing an ssl cert to use on a website you operate?

BlueBerry - vignesh4303

@Bob yes friend

i am under confusion so taking it up

verisign,comodo,digicert

Journeyman Geek

@Bob 50 dollars a month ;p

and that includes a US VPN

Bob

8:38 AM

@JourneymanGeek God damnit. Ok, Singapore just got added to my list of possible places to move (@allquixotic)

@JourneymanGeek What's the monthly transfer limit?

Journeyman Geek

...

What is this "monthly transfer limit" you speak of?

Bob

I'm getting shitty constantly disconnecting ADSL2+ (though unlimited) for... something like $70/month

fuck.

@JourneymanGeek ...I just assumed, because just about everything is limited here

Journeyman Geek

(oh, phones have em. 1-2 gb a month I have 12. Old plan ;p )

Bob

Singapore, most of Europe... seems to have decent internet infrastructure and pricing.

Journeyman Geek

well, yeah

the density of population, and having quite an amount of competition helps

we quite literally have two of everything, even fiber optic networks

(our fiber optic 'monopoly' is having trouble keeping up, so Singtel, who indirectly own them, and M1, who're a mobile company are offering to help)

jackopen

8:51 AM

i have hardware queries anyone can help me out?

how to check independently whether motherboard is working or not?

Bob

@jackopen minimum required is a power supply, cpu and ram

jackopen

yeah i have those @Bob

but i am not sure whether RAM is functioning or not?

is there any way to check RAM independently?

it is very old RAM may be DDR1

& hence new computers may not support them

so i cant take it outside & test it on my friends' computers

Bob

9:06 AM

@jackopen aside from sticking it in a different mobo, not really

jackopen

my computer is not working since last year; & i doubt there are multiple components failure.

Bob

it's cheaper to buy an old mobo than any specialised test equipment anyway

basically, the standard way to check is to swap in known working components

jackopen

do RAM fail frequently?

if RAM is ok, SMPS is ok & i connected SMPS & RAM to MOBO; what should be next check point?

@Bob

searching old equivalent mobo could be another project for me; anyway i am putting that into my worklist.

is there any flow chart available to debug/test computer from bottom to top? from scratch?

Bob

@jackopen unless you're tying to certify a machine, it's much simpler to troubleshoot top down

@jackopen it happens.

@jackopen the CPU

Journeyman Geek

9:22 AM

"it is very old RAM may be DDR1" then its... probably something like 15 years old

there's a point where you want to cut your losses ;p

jackopen

k8v-mx @Bob asus motherboard

Journeyman Geek

Does it have/is it connected to a buzzer?

does it beep?

Psycogeek

@jackopen IMO ram does not ever fail, what is there to fail in it, the controller?

Journeyman Geek

ram does fail

I had an old AMD system that would fry any ram you put into a specific slot ;p

jackopen

@JourneymanGeek is it possible to connect DDR1 ram to other recent computers(<5 years) to check whether it is working or not?

in my case also there is AMD system

amd athlon

Journeyman Geek

9:25 AM

no

Psycogeek

also CPUs of the intel variety are very robust items, as long as the heat sink was not removed quickly, while running. or the chip is not cracked.

Journeyman Geek

IF it boots you can test it

also make sure that the CPU power is plugged in

Psycogeek

But Motherboards and power supplies, they all have capacitors which pretty much guarentee failure mostly due to the way they are utalised (much work for them).

jackopen

@JourneymanGeek there is no display in monitor so i am not sure whether it is booting or not

Journeyman Geek

@jackopen: thats why I asked about the buzzer

jackopen

9:27 AM

i have tested monitor with other CPU; there is no any problem in monitor; monitor is working fine.

as when i was checking all these components last night; i have isolated all parts; i dont remember the last situation when it worked/didnt worked because my cousin was using this computer.

so i amnot sure whether it buzz or not

can we imagine both conditions?

Journeyman Geek

nope. Imagination is useless in troubleshooting

the buzzer will tell you if the ram is faulty

jackopen

PC is not in front of me now.

ok i noted it @JourneymanGeek.

if it sounds then there is problem with RAM or motherboard?

Journeyman Geek

also check the 4 pin CPU power connector

oh, you can look it up

jackopen

is there any particular pattern of voice/sound?

Journeyman Geek

it does mean however chances are the motherboard is fine

jackopen

9:32 AM

or any kind of voice

Journeyman Geek

depends on the bios. Look it up

it beeps

jackopen

& if it dont beep; then mobo is faulty?

bios? how to look it?

i have seen mobo last night; there was no any physical damage seen. so i guess 4-pin power connector is ok.

still i will recheck.

@JourneymanGeek

so i put a point like this (one light conclusion): if it sounds beep voice, i have to replace RAM. everything else may be fine.

Journeyman Geek

google up the manual probably

jackopen

i found manual

checking it

is it possible to check motherboard thoroughly without connecting monitor?

becasue monitor is lying at my uncles home :far away @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

9:50 AM

@jackopen: beeps!

but troubleshooting without a monitor is too much work

jackopen

is there any flow chart available to debug/test computer from bottom to top? from scratch? if you have come across any kind of web link/web resources earlier? & top of your head?

Journeyman Geek

google.com.sg/search?q=computer+troubleshooting+flowchart ;p

and from there

fonerbooks.com/pcrepair.htm

Sathya

via this I found this blog post which mentions an undocumented page

jackopen

oh thanks; your keyword combinations are getting useful results from google. Thank you & sorry for paining you.

@JourneymanGeek

oh thanks; your keyword combinations are getting useful results from google. Thank you & sorry for paining you.

Sathya

Tag Future Report.. which predicts what questions tagged will be answered & avoided by me - replace with your user id, to get a glimpse - doesn't work for others' ids..

Journeyman Geek

9:56 AM

;p

jackopen

wow @Sathya seesm great link.

Journeyman Geek

XD

anyone mind sharing mine? ;p

its amusing

jackopen

@Sathya
Page Not Found
last link.

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek superuser.com/users/tag-future/10165

Journeyman Geek

@jackopen: you need to change the link

Sathya

9:58 AM

like I said, replace last number with your user id.

Journeyman Geek

@Sathya: You can only see yours right?

I mean sharing mine, not getting the link ;p

Sathya

@JourneymanGeek yeah I can see only mine, even as mod I can't see others

@JourneymanGeek screencap & share ;)

Journeyman Geek

(cropped it a little)

Sathya

pretty accurate for me

Journeyman Geek

Seems accurate for me too, but in the sense that I'm a generalist ;p

Sathya

10:02 AM

;D

jackopen

10:27 AM

@Sathya meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2114529/jackopen

i guess my user iD is 2114529

but still the link which posted didnt work

superuser.com/users/tag-future/2114529

page not found

Bob

@Psycogeek factory defects do happen

jackopen

@Bob & @Psycogeek my computer worked for 8 years smoothly.

Sathya

@jackopen replace with your Super User user id, which is 202707

ah, you're question blocked, that's why here

jackopen

yup

Journeyman Geek

10:47 AM

@Bob oh, I think he means those chips that caught fire in the bad ol days ;p

jackopen

i have to give feebdack fixingmycomputer.com it is also good

Hennes

12:01 PM

Yay. Weather code ORANGE till 22:00 :)

That means rain and no more hay-fever today.

allquixotic

1:11 PM

@Bob you'd LOOK the part ;) but people would try to speak Chinese to you and you'd just go "O.o"

allquixotic

1:33 PM

@Bob 你最好看的部分，但人们会尝试说中国话向你和你只是给他们一个白眼。

badp

hey guys, Windows seems to be acting up

I have plenty of memory free, but every few seconds the System process is writing several megabytes of... things to the swap files.

any ideas?

DragonLord

@badp It looks like a kernel-mode driver is responsible for this behavior.

Sysinternals Process Monitor might offer some insight.

Have you installed any new devices or updated any drivers recently?

"System" is just a catch-all for everything the NT kernel is doing, including any kernel-mode drivers on the system.

badp

DragonLord

Are you low on memory?

badp

No, not at all

Bob

1:45 PM

@allquixotic whowhat

DragonLord

When did this start happening? Is this recent, or has this issue been around for a while?

Bob

> You'd better look the part, but people will try to speak Chinese to you and you just give them a supercilious.

A supercilious O_O

!!define supercilious

ChatBot John Cavil

@Bob [supercilious](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki?curid=undefined) Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as…

allquixotic

@Bob Google Translate fail :P

Bob

...I have no idea what that sentence is supposed to mean. Give them a what now? O_O

allquixotic

1:46 PM

it's just the same sentence as the previous

DragonLord

Is there something you're doing that is related to the thrashing in any way?

Bob

@allquixotic ...that's pretty messed up

badp

@DragonLord Today

DragonLord

Maybe a program has requested more memory than the system has?

Bob

@badp And what was the last thing you did before it started happening?

badp

1:48 PM

@Bob ...close Bioshock?

Bob

@badp And before that?

allquixotic

this makes me sound like an asshole, but have you rebooted your computer?

2

Bob

@allquixotic Nono, the correct question is "HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND ON AGAIN?"

badp

well yes of course I have rebooted my computer 17 hours 19 minutes ago.

Bob

►

allquixotic

1:49 PM

@badp since this started happening? :P

OOH. this tool looks awesome: processhacker.sourceforge.net

better than process explorer maybe

wtf does "Reduce Working Set" do O_O

DragonLord

@badp In the Task Manager detailed view, under Details, right-click on the top bar, click Select Columns, and add Commit Size. It's possible a process requested more memory than it should need.

Bob

> Why is Process Hacker able to kill processes that no other tools can kill?
Process Hacker loads a driver that searches memory for an internal Microsoft kernel function and calls it. This special function is not known to be hooked by any malware and security software.

Interesting.

And slightly dodgy.

allquixotic

@Bob so you're saying Process Hacker was likely developed by a fox?

they're interesting and slightly dodgy, usually

badp

@DragonLord Commit rate is 5.3/10.4 GB

Chrome's rather infamous for stupid high commit rates but nothing seems out of ordinary there

I suppose I'll give it a reboot

allquixotic

> IEEE SECON 2014
IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking
30 June - 3 July \ Singapore

you goin, @JourneydogGeek?

Journeyman Geek

2:00 PM

@allquixotic this is probably true of most of the people who I went to school with ;p

@allquixotic: nope >_>

@DragonLord: clearing up my truncated comment about adblock and your reply. I have no idea how or why that got posted ;p

Bob

2:49 PM

►

> A Chip-8 emulator written entirely in Squirrel using the scripting system in CS:GO.

2

allquixotic

3:07 PM

@Bob reminds me of that guy who implemented a calculator that could do addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots and Sin(x) all using redstone in minecraft :P

@Bob so the bomb on that level is trying to blow up his incredible computer-within-a-computer creation?

Bob

@allquixotic Heh, that would make for an interesting map.

(but there's no bombsite on this one)

allquixotic

yay, I can finally switch my mobile hotspot over to 5 GHz tonight... new Linksys USB dongle is arriving that can do proper 5 GHz

apparently the Android mobile hotspot app (at least on my phone) can listen on 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz... the wireless radio for connecting to other routers is definitely dual band through and through, but it's one-band-at-a-time for hosting an AP.

upgrading from a ~2010-2011 Draft N 2.0 model to a 802.11ac final revision model with dual band and support for the final 802.11n spec as well

new model also seems to be MIMO, though I'm not sure if my phone's wifi is MIMO... I'm guessing not, since that would require more space and antennae

only reason I want MIMO is that I often use the phone's network for communicating between devices on the LAN, and it's not very fast, especially on the 2.4 GHz band

fast enough to saturate the LTE but not nearly fast enough for intra-LAN communications (like Steam streaming)

Zirak

5:55 PM

@allquixotic If you guys are using removed commands, then just yell at me. The purpose was to remove commands which were never used by anyone.

I don't want to work against you

Or rather, making you work against me

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