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

[robb]

i think those (myself included) who want a dedicated line should run it at
our earliest convenience

as to the power, wouldn't a ups be nice for between the wall outlet & door
system?

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> 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 at 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 at 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
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