Subj : Re: Fiber Optic Update
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Thu Jul 09 2020 00:49:02

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Jun-2020 09:29 <=-

 BM>> Another update!  Called tech support for my lack of connectivity issue
 BM>> -- didn't tell them about the Ethernet line issue -- that was sort of
 BM>> my fault but the installation tech should have caught that last Monday.
 BM>> Anyway, I get to sit here while the Tech Support guy runs a few tests.
 BM>> Ends up I'm missing a piece of hardware!  Have whatever the device is
 BM>> on the wall (might be just a demarc type box), have the modem.  Now
 BM>> need a router between the modem and the rest of my system -- according
 BM>> to the tech my computers can see the modem, the modem can see my
 BM>> devices, they just don't know how to talk to each other.  Probably also
 BM>> explains why I have been unable to 'see' the modem (ping IP_address,
 BM>> nmap or otherwise find the device address).
 NB>> Well, that clears things up nicely... ;)
 BM> Yup!  I know I don't know at that much about fiber optic but the
 BM> generalities still apply.  Which is kind of funny as that's close to
 BM> the way the second tech described things as we were chatting about my
 BM> old tube-type oscilloscope, the serial port data switch he took a
 BM> picture of for the joke about why the customer only had 1 Kbps service,
 BM> etc. 

Some things are valid across platforms, technologies and all... ;)
 
 BM>> So theoretically my problems will be over around noon tomorrow.  Or
 BM>> today as this will be uploaded my tomorrow.
 NB>> And are you flying now....?   <G>
 BM> Overall yes!  Will be interesting as I see I have a software update
 BM> waiting on this machine (Ubuntu).  Was reasonably fast with the DSL (8
 BM> Mbps), plus goes to a solid state drive (SSD) which is much faster
 BM> than the hard drives with the platter. 

That should be a good test of things.... :)

 BM> Yesterday did an update to an older machine -- is a Frontend in the
 BM> Living Room and that computer is pretty much used for only MythTV,
 BM> so watching recorded programmes vs. 'computer work'.  The download of
 BM> the rather huge update didn't take long but the installation portion
 BM> did (because it is an old/slow computer). 

Yup, the upgrade of the delivery system doesn't change the rest of it,
after all... ;)

ttyl         neb

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