Monthly Archives: May 2007

Fedora 7 Released!

Not really a NAMOS sort of a post but it has to be done! Fedora FAQ Fedora Release Notes Fedora Torrents Some wise words about issuing a ‘yum upgrade’ I’ll be upgrading as soon as the DVD is down and

Posted in Systems

Linux Temperature Monitoring for Compaq DL380 G1′s, Dell PowerEdges & Asus A7N8X

With the summer fast approaching I’ve noticed that the temperatures in the Server room have been increasing. I’ve yet to turn the AirCon units on as that would use way more power than I’m prepared to use when the weather

Posted in NAMOS, Systems

Asterisk ‘Ring All Phones’ – One Approach

When I setup an Asterisk system for my home telephony it was configured so that if the main phone didn’t pickup after a certain amount of time then Asterisk would proceed to ‘call’ all the phones in the house. Yesterday

Posted in Asterisk, VOIP

Link Dump – May 21st

This self made rack cabinet reminded me of the days of ONIMOS and I quote: “Where else would you find a switch and server racked up with a piece of 2×4, an ADSL modem dangling from a coathanger rail by

Posted in NAMOS

Caching Yum Package Updates to Simulate the Bandwidth Benefits of RHN Satellites

This months updates have meant that a lot of my servers now have outdated packages. Bandwidth isn’t really too much of problem when it comes to my RHEL servers as they sit on 100mbit connections in Telehouse and Texas, however

Posted in Datacenter, Networks, Systems

Link Dump May 16th 2007

This link dump is geared towards stuff that made today a hell of a lot easier to get through: Splunk is software that indexes and allows you to search all your server logs from any application in real time. MRTG

Posted in NAMOS

Free WiFi and What People Do With It

Anyone travelling through Reading may have at some point seen the unsecured wireless network called NAMOS. Well thats me. The Network isn’t totally insecure, the Access Points sit behind a Juniper NS5GT and all web / IM / mail is

Posted in Networks

NetworksAreMadeOfString

I was at a loss of what to do with this domain and it occured to me that the site that spawned this domain OurNetworkIsMadeOfString used to be a sort of blog. To be more precise I guess it could

Posted in NAMOS