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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Thanks for all the suggestions. I think what Brodie is really looking for though is someone who could just run a few tests across the network to satisfy him that the service he's signed up for is what he's getting.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Essentially what he's got is a maintenance free network with no servers involved. Until yesterday he didn't really even have a network, but just a wifi hotspot and a few ethernet over power devices.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">He's now got 20 gbit capable ethernet points and is expecting a swarm of net savvy individuals for a solid weekend of coding/hacking.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">I'm still collating, so keep the ideas flowing - thanks.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Regards,</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">Euan.</p></div><br><div id="fenix-reply-header"><p>On 6/03/13 8:43 Andrew Cooks wrote:<br></p></div><div id="fenix-quoted-body"><div>
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 05/03/13 20:31, Kevin Shackleton wrote:<br>
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>> Maybe there should be a squid installed? Kevin<br>
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> I'd say squid and a local bind cache would be an essential starting point.<br>
> And off load the nat to the squid box to take the router out of the<br>
> equation.<br>
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We're starting from the wrong point here. The requirements have to<br>
come first, then we look at what's already in place. If we start with<br>
a bag of tricks and solve problems that don't exist, we're simply<br>
complicating things and it may not be appropriate for whoever is<br>
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Since startup weekend is so close (and that seems to be the main worry<br>
at this point), I'd start by asking Brodie about the fluctuations he<br>
mentioned and printing a "Please turn off your torrents" notice.<br>
Getting a nat box or bridge in place would be next, simply as a point<br>
to measure and observe, so that potential problems can easily be<br>
pin-pointed.<br>
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Any major http/ftp uploads/downloads won't be cached by squid anyway.<br>
With torrenting and youtubing under control that's more than half the<br>
battle won, but dare I mention shaping?<br>
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