From the land of broken hardware

[fleetfootmike]

Good news: freezer trick worked, busy rebuilding configs.

Bad news: adsl router died in power cut. Unlikely to be back before Friday.

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

Another good example of Finagle giveth, Finagle taketh away :-)

[bardling.livejournal.com]

*hugs* The house of broken hardware indeed. Please to be stopping with the hardware-breaking, now?
A&A were pretty quick with sending me my router, next day delivery - or you can borrow my old non-wifi-router in the meantime, if you like.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

"Good news: freezer trick worked, busy rebuilding configs."

[CROWD:] Hurrayyyyy!!!

"Bad news: adsl router died in power cut. Unlikely to be back before Friday."

[CROWD:] Booooooooo!!!!

[INTERVAL IS ANNOUNCED; ICECREAMS ARE SERVED IN FOYER]

UPS

[unix-vicky.livejournal.com]

It may seem silly, but we have enough power fluctuations here that it's worth it to put ethernet switches, routers, and whatnot on UPSs (things that are close together can share a UPS). And it can be a pretty small UPS, as those things don't draw much power.

Re: UPS

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Yeah - there is a UPS in the room - unfortunately, I hadn't got round to wiring up an IEC to UK adaptor to plug the two wall warts for router and switch in.

Re: UPS

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I now have two 8-way UK mains blocks each of which has an IEC plug on the end to fit into a UPS (I took off the UK plug and wired an IEC one instead). That still, oddly, is not enough...

Re: UPS

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Life is too short - ordered a pre-wired one.