[Bassetlug mailing] Re: slow internet

[Mark Pengelly Online]

I get spots like that Philip too, sometimes for hours...

markp



> my 8mb/s broadband is now running at 42kb/s which is slower than dial up
> is
> anyone else experencing slow speeds
>
> kind regards
> philip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Pengelly Online" <markshop at pengelly.info>
> To: <bassetlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bassetlug mailing] eGroupWare]
>
>
> Correction not free on 17th (Jun). Could do Wed 11th though...
>
> markp
>
>
>
>
>> resent for the mailing...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Responding to some of your comments Martin:
>>
>> I only used a LAMP vmware server image with EGW 1.2 prebuilt when I was
>> trying to setup a test machine, so I didn't get to go through the proper
>> install process myself. For our production machine I think John built
>> the
>> machine up from binaries nearly two years ago now.
>>
>> Be glad to look at VMware server etc (and other options which john has
>> had
>> some experience of recently), esp if John's there (on June 27th), we
>> could
>> make that our focus perhaps?
>>
>> We could get together (all 3?) and have a look at the db. Could be round
>> at mine (vpn in) or at The Crossing - When? First evening I have free is
>> 17th June
>>
>> My PDA is a palm tungsten e. I'm using using Synthesis SyncML Standard;
>> didn't get much joy with funambol. When attaching the usb pda to a
>> windows
>> PC I had to also use Softick PPP:
>>
>> "Softick PPP allows you to access the Internet or Local Area Network
>> from
>> your Palm OS device using your desktop PC as a fast and cheap gateway.
>> Softick PPP was designed to establish PPP sessions over USB connection"
>>
>> Without that I couldn't access the IP network... Don't know how I would
>> connect now that I'm using a linux desktop full-time (yey). At present
>> I'm
>> quite merrily syncing the pda to Evolution's calendar using Gnome's
>> 'Palm
>> OS Devices' module.
>>
>> nuf for now I think!
>>
>> markp
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When I think through the logic of making changes to the times recorded
>>> in
>>> the database when the clocks move the hour I could not at first think
>>> of
>>> a
>>> reason why there is a need for this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, If the server is located in a different time-zone to the users
>>> then
>>> there is a problem with the users knowing how the data is to be
>>> interpreted
>>> in their time-zone.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that it would be useful to look at the switches used in the
>>> installation of mySQL and eGroupWare to see if there are any that deal
>>> with
>>> the times and which may be able to be set up to conflict. The way to do
>>> this
>>> may be to work through a complete installation from scratch and take
>>> special
>>> note of any options. I used separate binaries for my installation
>>> rather
>>> than LAMP, which I believe is the route that you chose?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps it might be time for you to teach me about using virtualisation
>>> at
>>> the next meeting? J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I remember you saying that there was a method of installing
>>> eGroupWare using an image. I would suspect that using this would mean
>>> that
>>> one would be unable to make lots of choices of how the installation
>>> would
>>> look?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It would be useful to have a quick look at the actual time data stored
>>> in
>>> the mySQl tables to see if the software is massaging the times when it
>>> delivers them to user or is delivering them raw. I might find this in
>>> the
>>> web-page code, but it would confirm any understanding gained from this
>>> route.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The other reason that looking at the database would be useful is that
>>> you
>>> can only access your own data using some of the SyncML clients. Is it
>>> only
>>> your time data that was altered or that of users (if any) that have not
>>> accessed the data in this manner?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As you know, I am having to learn all about the system as I go along. I
>>> am
>>> getting a vague understanding of the PDA to eGroupWare connection, but
>>> I
>>> now
>>> need to understand a little more. Which PDA do you connect with and
>>> what
>>> is
>>> the SyncML client it is using? (I am guessing Funambol?) The PDA is
>>> really
>>> only relevant in terms of the OS it is running and the method by which
>>> you
>>> access the website.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
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