Re: System Recovery Disc & System Outage

[Dan Brosemer <odin@svartalfheim.net>]

> Jim started dismantling the router, and I headed down there at about 4pm.
> We selected a new disk for the router and replaced the dead drive.  After a
> re-install, we re-generated the VPN scripts and the NAT rules.  The PF rules
> have yet to be recreated, and it will not signal the other servers of a
> power failure yet.  Apart from that, all should be well.

I'm sorry... I forgot to mention that after a re-install, everything was as
it was before the hard drive was found to be dead... (ie all pear shaped)...

We decided it was a Shaw problem, since we could send out data and couldn't
receive any... so I called them up and... well... for the record, here's
what I received when we got our static IP:

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 09:48:25AM -0500, Kathie Brosemer wrote:
> Got a fax from Shaw yesterday with the following info:
>  
> Static IP assigned:   24.70.136.228
> Name servers:
> primary hostname:  ns3so.cg.shawcable.net
> primary address:  24.71.223.144
> secondary hostname:  ns4so.cg.shawcable.net
> secondary address:  24.71.223.145
> gateway:  24.70.136.1
> subnet mask:  255.255.252.0

So we've been using this IP for over a year... what do they tell me today?
"That IP is allocated for DHCP addresses.  You'll have to use
24.70.136.250."

I ask you, what's the poitn in having a static IP if they change it on you
without telling you????

ARGH!

OK... sleep now.  Wait for DNS changes to filter around the world.

-Dan

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 Of man who hangs bloodied and blind
 To reach for wisdom, not for bread."  -- Deoridhe Grimsdaughter