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One of the most famous quotes was about a server that is online and pings, but the sysadmin doesn't know anymore where it physically is.

by toyg 3y ago

bayindirh 3y ago
Ah, I probably missed it because we had the following dialogue at the office. <senior-sysadm> Hey bayindirh, is the log server up? <bayindirh> *SSHs to server* Yes, it's up and running nicely. <senior-sysadm> Where's that thing in the system room? <bayindirh> *Scratches head* Umm, I don't know? <senior-sysadm> Go find it, we'll upgrade it to newer HW. <bayindirh> Uh, OK. *leaves desk to dig the system room*. P.S.: I'm the one who installed that server physically and configured it in the first place. :D
- INTPenis 3y ago
  I once resolved a similar situation by having the PC speaker play the simpsons theme song.
  - inversetelecine 3y ago
    Funny, we used to do the same with random pcs in our lab that people would setup and forget about. We used the Duke Nuken 3D theme song from when the game first loaded.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    Ah the fond days of being able to identify a machine remotely by ejecting its CD-ROM drive.
    - alsetmusic 3y ago
      You mean the cup holder?
bluedino 3y ago
Famously it ends with the server being behind drywall or something after some construction project.
- toyg 3y ago
  Also known as "the mexican cartel".
susam 3y ago
Yes, it is this one: <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230610235249/http://bash.org/?5273 http://web.archive.org/web/20230610235249/http://bash.org/?5...
- renewiltord 3y ago
  Gotta use audible pings and leave the PC speaker plugged in haha! Many network devices have a "blink management LED now" feature for the same reason.
  - shagie 3y ago
    There was a lab I hung out in back in college. The nature of the room and the devices that we had in there, there was 10bT, 10b2, and 10b5. Twisted pair, coax, and thick. The someone had what was termed "the connector of evil". Apparently coax and thick had the same signal... just thick was more rigid about where you connected into it. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE5 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_tap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_tap ). The connector of evil looked like a 10b5 terminator on one side and 10b2 on the other... and passed the signal between them. When adding another computer onto the 10b2 segment, we would invariably disrupt the wave in the wire and some devices would drop off. The trick was to have each machine ping -f one of the systems on 10bT and redirect its output to /dev/audio. If the machine was making noise, it was good. And so then we'd fiddle with different lengths of coax between the T connectors until everything was buzzing away.
sph 3y ago
And decades before the Raspberry Pi.
frantathefranta 3y ago
Happened to me recently when moving. Couldn't find one of my zigbee temperature sensors, but it was still reporting information diligently, so it had to be somewhere in the house. Took about 6 months before I found it.
- aspenmayer 3y ago
  Where was it?
  - frantathefranta 3y ago
    Anticlimactic, partly unpacked moving box. I was mostly surprised it was able to re-join the mesh while being in a completely different spot, something that a lot zigbee chips struggle with.
    - aspenmayer 3y ago
      I’m reminded of the time I dropped a Juul behind/beside a makeshift workshop table and it magnetically attached itself a foot or so below to the freestanding metal shelving unit directly next to it. I don’t advise using Juul products for this and other reasons.
- cozzyd 3y ago
  You didn't set each room on fire until you found it?
qingcharles 3y ago
I'd love to find the contact details for this old server I used to use. It's been online continuously since 1996 and I know the first name of the guy that has it, but I don't remember his last name. Shit, the server hardware might even be mine, I don't even remember. I can't even remember if it is Linux or *BSD at this point. http://resworld.eolith.net/staff.html http://resworld.eolith.net/staff.html The email address is no use as that is my domain name and I dropped it in like 1997 o_O Dustin: if you see this I would love to pull my DMs off Resworld :)

One of the most famous quotes was about a server that is online and pings, but the sysadmin doesn't know anymore where it physically is.

by toyg 3y ago

One of the most famous quotes was about a server that is online and pings, but the sysadmin doesn't know anymore where it physically is.

bayindirh 3y ago

Ah, I probably missed it because we had the following dialogue at the office. <senior-sysadm> Hey bayindirh, is the log server up? <bayindirh> *SSHs to server* Yes, it's up and running nicely. <senior-sysadm> Where's that thing in the system room? <bayindirh> *Scratches head* Umm, I don't know? <senior-sysadm> Go find it, we'll upgrade it to newer HW. <bayindirh> Uh, OK. *leaves desk to dig the system room*. P.S.: I'm the one who installed that server physically and configured it in the first place. :D

INTPenis 3y ago
I once resolved a similar situation by having the PC speaker play the simpsons theme song.
- inversetelecine 3y ago
  Funny, we used to do the same with random pcs in our lab that people would setup and forget about. We used the Duke Nuken 3D theme song from when the game first loaded.
- bombcar 3y ago
  Ah the fond days of being able to identify a machine remotely by ejecting its CD-ROM drive.
  - alsetmusic 3y ago
    You mean the cup holder?

bluedino 3y ago

Famously it ends with the server being behind drywall or something after some construction project.

toyg 3y ago
Also known as "the mexican cartel".

susam 3y ago

Yes, it is this one: <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20230610235249/http://bash.org/?5273 http://web.archive.org/web/20230610235249/http://bash.org/?5...

renewiltord 3y ago
Gotta use audible pings and leave the PC speaker plugged in haha! Many network devices have a "blink management LED now" feature for the same reason.
- shagie 3y ago
  There was a lab I hung out in back in college. The nature of the room and the devices that we had in there, there was 10bT, 10b2, and 10b5. Twisted pair, coax, and thick. The someone had what was termed "the connector of evil". Apparently coax and thick had the same signal... just thick was more rigid about where you connected into it. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE5 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_tap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_tap ). The connector of evil looked like a 10b5 terminator on one side and 10b2 on the other... and passed the signal between them. When adding another computer onto the 10b2 segment, we would invariably disrupt the wave in the wire and some devices would drop off. The trick was to have each machine ping -f one of the systems on 10bT and redirect its output to /dev/audio. If the machine was making noise, it was good. And so then we'd fiddle with different lengths of coax between the T connectors until everything was buzzing away.

sph 3y ago

And decades before the Raspberry Pi.

frantathefranta 3y ago

Happened to me recently when moving. Couldn't find one of my zigbee temperature sensors, but it was still reporting information diligently, so it had to be somewhere in the house. Took about 6 months before I found it.

aspenmayer 3y ago
Where was it?
- frantathefranta 3y ago
  Anticlimactic, partly unpacked moving box. I was mostly surprised it was able to re-join the mesh while being in a completely different spot, something that a lot zigbee chips struggle with.
  - aspenmayer 3y ago
    I’m reminded of the time I dropped a Juul behind/beside a makeshift workshop table and it magnetically attached itself a foot or so below to the freestanding metal shelving unit directly next to it. I don’t advise using Juul products for this and other reasons.
cozzyd 3y ago
You didn't set each room on fire until you found it?

qingcharles 3y ago

I'd love to find the contact details for this old server I used to use. It's been online continuously since 1996 and I know the first name of the guy that has it, but I don't remember his last name. Shit, the server hardware might even be mine, I don't even remember. I can't even remember if it is Linux or *BSD at this point. http://resworld.eolith.net/staff.html http://resworld.eolith.net/staff.html The email address is no use as that is my domain name and I dropped it in like 1997 o_O Dustin: if you see this I would love to pull my DMs off Resworld :)