I just realized the maximum post character count was reverted from 100,000 (the maximum) to 5,000 in the upgrade.  Fixed it!

I'm going to be doing some work on the server this weekend, so the forum will be running slow at times and down entirely at other times.  It'll be faster than ever once it's back, though, which is great for all two of us that use it!


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(....ghost town!)

Test post.

The forum and FTP server will be down tomorrow from ~7:30am until sometime tomorrow afternoon.  We're getting our electrical service upgraded from 100 amp to 200 amp, which requires replacing the breaker panel, electrical meter, and the main line running to the house.


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(...MORE POWER!)

The forum and FTP will be down intermittently over the holiday weekend while I completely rebuild my home network.  I picked up a new four-post network rack and a used UPS, router, and firewall to replace the absurdly old stuff I'm using now.  The current router and firewall were installed in 2010, so they've had a good run!

I'll post pics!


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(...also gets to install a 30-amp outlet for the UPS.  Yay?)

I went a little bit overboard on the firewall.  It ended up pulling about 800 watts steady state (roughly equal to an dual-GPU gaming PC going full-bore) and it put out heat to match (the basement was 85° tonight with an outdoor temp of 60°) while sounding like a freight train.  A fan mod was out of the question due to the heat, so I threw in the towel and picked up a couple of the next-largest firewalls instead.  They're way less powerful (1.2Gbps each versus 10Gbps), but having two of them let me put together an automatic failover bundle like I used to have, so that's a nice consolation prize.

I installed those tonight, so apologies for the downtime.  I've got to finish the cabling for them tomorrow, but I'll try to keep one of them up while I work on the other to minimize downtime.

Outside of the firewall cabling, the only thing left is the new wireless system.  I picked up a couple of 802.11ac access points and a new wireless controller to manage them.  If all goes well, I'm going to throw another access point in the garage and bridge it back to house to provide better wireless coverage out back.  I'd like to put an outdoor AP on the back of the house, but I'm not sure I'm going to get Meredith to go for that. 


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(...toys!)

Wow that's pretty impressive.  Funny something that's not even 100mb causes that much disruption.   Thanks for keeping the board alive and ticking.

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The forum and FTP will be down tomorrow, June 1st, for about 8-10 hours while I replace my core switch.  The forum and FTP servers will move from 4x 1Gb connections to 2x 10Gb connections.  That won't mean anything remotely as the Internet connection will still be a limiting factor, but it will provide a tasty performance improvement locally!


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(...just installed 2x 10Gb connections on the Bobulator, w00t!)