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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/13 12:41, Simon Avery wrote: > For some reason (Historical?) DCLUG has its own irc network spread > over two servers. So far this year it's been quite unreliable, with > one or the other server being down. > > Currently it's split, which means the link between the two isn't > in sync, so you can have two groups of people, one on each server, > which can't see or talk to each other. > > I would recommend using freenode as the irc host. I see Neil has > already registered #dclug there previously and owns the channel. > > Freenode is reliable and hosting lug channels is part of its stated > aims. OK, reliability check... neil@vhost:~$ ping chat.freenode.net -c 5 PING chat.freenode.net (128.237.157.136) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from HUBBARD.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (128.237.157.136): icmp_req=1 ttl=49 time=88.9 ms 64 bytes from HUBBARD.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (128.237.157.136): icmp_req=2 ttl=49 time=88.4 ms 64 bytes from HUBBARD.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (128.237.157.136): icmp_req=3 ttl=49 time=88.5 ms 64 bytes from HUBBARD.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (128.237.157.136): icmp_req=4 ttl=49 time=88.6 ms 64 bytes from HUBBARD.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU (128.237.157.136): icmp_req=5 ttl=49 time=88.9 ms - --- chat.freenode.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 88.486/88.719/88.991/0.333 ms neil@vhost:~$ ping chat.freenode.net -c 5 PING chat.freenode.net (140.211.167.106) 56(84) bytes of data. - --- chat.freenode.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4030ms neil@vhost:~$ ping chat.freenode.net -c 5 PING chat.freenode.net (130.239.18.172) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from leguin.acc.umu.se (130.239.18.172): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=43.1 ms 64 bytes from leguin.acc.umu.se (130.239.18.172): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=41.4 ms 64 bytes from leguin.acc.umu.se (130.239.18.172): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=41.6 ms 64 bytes from leguin.acc.umu.se (130.239.18.172): icmp_req=4 ttl=50 time=41.4 ms 64 bytes from leguin.acc.umu.se (130.239.18.172): icmp_req=5 ttl=50 time=42.6 ms - --- chat.freenode.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 41.483/42.075/43.111/0.732 ms neil@vhost:~$ ping chat.freenode.net -c 5 PING chat.freenode.net (140.211.167.105) 56(84) bytes of data. - From corv-car1-gw.nero.net (207.98.64.177) icmp_seq=3 Packet filtered - From corv-car1-gw.nero.net (207.98.64.177) icmp_seq=4 Packet filtered - --- chat.freenode.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4001ms neil@vhost:~$ ping chat.freenode.net -c 5 PING chat.freenode.net (213.92.8.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from calvino.freenode.net (213.92.8.4): icmp_req=1 ttl=52 time=34.7 ms 64 bytes from calvino.freenode.net (213.92.8.4): icmp_req=2 ttl=52 time=27.8 ms 64 bytes from calvino.freenode.net (213.92.8.4): icmp_req=3 ttl=52 time=28.6 ms 64 bytes from calvino.freenode.net (213.92.8.4): icmp_req=4 ttl=52 time=27.7 ms 64 bytes from calvino.freenode.net (213.92.8.4): icmp_req=5 ttl=52 time=28.9 ms - --- chat.freenode.net ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 27.795/29.619/34.782/2.628 ms As we can see, freenode servers are NOT as reliable as some may think... What's the general concencus ? Would everyone else prefer I kill the IRCd and we run from Freenode instead ? Though, I would LOVE to see how you're going to get me to fix a small netsplit when their links go AWOL... Over to you... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRXFfnAAoJEMGETyvV8P/Iw+cIAI+z/ijEBcXJj3hvxJ+98F5K 9cqf800+qSeZb3SLCmzzypXsS+O5y+rg/WVYpvJDXP6TNW4AUMlXzVZEFV/V4cET KRTVsRTpBhTxYbYJRdnAIEYRaGqx3XQXxkCPPaVlz5l7idbge266UbeBoHfDOPtq wZTbAdJKDy2q7dyD5lJOi7XOTYWDDTaglWGJExyAhYc6o4ecGVk5E9Adzul5Jvh9 ev1fAnDv3bNKEw8SWOEymlJVwFzHiJfv+fqUlHKDVDCdtbCGmTNJEKr3TgwRbMce 60jBnAboymZ/qbSGdhbchVcUaM7VAr+hUHCOQjjYxTsHEG6b9+9D1Tn3f44YB2U= =MraN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq