[Rack] Ethernet is down

[Ben Kochie]

I think bikeshed was new enough that it boots off an internal USB stick, 
not a CF card.  I could be wrong.

We had talked about replacing bikeshed with a new Ubiquiti router.  I 
think we need to sit down and talk about budget and network design.

-ben

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014, Torrie Fischer wrote:

> On Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:54:58 AM Rubin Abdi wrote:
>> kjs wrote on 2014-08-30 10:44:
>>> On Wednesday, I noticed the ethernet network was handing out ip
>>> addresses, but not dhcp leases. I added 8.8.8.8 to /etc/resolv.conf and
>>> tried to get a lease with
>>>
>>>>> dhclient -1
>>>
>>> Alls well. Is this the desired behavior of the network?
>>
>> I have no idea, and I'm currently for the most part immobile and wont be
>> able to make it into the space today. I believe Casey is a bit tied up
>> right now too, which is unfortunate.
>>
>> We really need a Rack meetup to get multiple folks on the same page on
>> how the network should work so there are more hands available to fix it
>> if something goes wrong.
>
> +1, though I'm honestly not a networking person. I'd maybe show up to help
> document things but couldn't give good input.
>
>>
>> Also if anyone makes any network changes, please email the rack list and
>> let folks know what's up when you do.
>>
>>> It sounds like this was not the case yesterday. Did the power go out,
>>> bringing a modem or switch down?
>>
>> My guess (and I think Casey's too) is the switch simply croaked.
>>
>> At this point is the wifi still working and pushing bits from the
>> internet? If so, great! If not I'll try to make it out tomorrow if I'm
>> feeling up for it.
>
> It is, though when I got here earlier this evening it was dead. To fix it, I:
>
> 1. Unplugged all the POE lines
> 2. Wired together the lan ports on the two POE injectors
> 3. Plugged the monkeybrains line into a POE port
> 4. Plugged the noisebridge wifi line into the other POE port
>
> As it stands, the current setup is: Monkeybrains -> POE Injector -> POE
> Injector -> Noisebridge wifi. Ugly, but at least I've got wifi that can send
> mail to rack at .
>
> Bikeshed has been doing nothing at all and was last seen with an error light,
> so I've got it on a workbench to try and coax some serial data out of it and
> see why it isn't working. I also can't access minotaur, so I'm kinda grasping
> around in the dark.
>
> Should Bikeshed have some CF card to boot off of? Its socket is empty :(
>
> Related: I hear that we might be getting a new switch sometime soon? Would it
> have POE so that we wouldn't have two loose POE injectors just sitting there,
> waiting to be messed with? I'm in favor of buying a standalone rackmount POE
> injector as well if a non-POE switch has already been acquired.
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