Re: [sudo-discuss] front door computer offline (but working?)

last week I power-cycled the front door beaglebone black and its ethernet interface started working again. Before I did that, the ethernet port was not getting a link at all, even when connected to a known good cable. After the power cycle, its ethernet worked, but since I had not power cycled the USB hub and magstripe reader, it was giving errors until i rebooted it, and then it worked properly. well i spoke too soon, it just came back online by itself. The front door computer has a battery backup so that it can keep working even if the rest of the world disappears. But we won't find out about it losing power unless it has a connection to the internet. presently it goes through at least one hub on the way back to the server area, and that hub does not have a battery backup, and apparently gets unplugged regularly. I still think we should have a dedicated CAT5 ethernet run from the front door to the server rack, since this is such important infrastructure. thank you -jake On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Marc Juul wrote: Eh it's pretty far and going through a floor and the timeless infinite > light room. Let's not run that again if we can help it. I'll go check on > it > in a bit. We could do a new run up to the public terminals and just join > it > to the existing wire from the doorputer to get a dedicated run. > > -- > marc/juul > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: > > the front door computer is still not on the network as far as i can tell. >> >> i haven't seen sudobot talk (in irc) about the front door since 9/13 >> >> i'm assuming people are still able to use their cards to get in? >> >> we really need a dedicated CAT5 cable run from the front door computer to >> the server rack in sudoroom. No hubs or switches along the way. >> >> -jake >> >> >> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016, robb wrote: >> >> reseated ethernet connections >> >>> the bbb's ethernet port leds blink >>> >>> i noticed the power cord is miserably connected to the wall & the >>> ethernet >>> run takes an unfortunate journey under the rug between sudo to stage >>> door >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: >>> >>> the front door computer does not appear to be on the network. >>> >>>> >>>> i'm guessing people are still using their cards to get in, but if >>>> there's >>>> a problem, for example if it gets unplugged from electricity and >>>> switches >>>> to battery backup, we will not be notified and will not know to send >>>> help. >>>> >>>> can someone take a look at the ethernet situation over there and see >>>> why >>>> it's not getting back to the main network? >>>> >>>> -jake >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sudo-discuss mailing list >>>> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss >> >> >