<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Team,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ok, my "iptables" problem
last week was a major setback, but I was able to get it resolved this weekend!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have started to upload the files to
wiki.laptop.org rather than point everyone over to my personal webpage.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony
(my new page about me and my projects)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/nepal
(topology diagrams and details of nepal project)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/scripts
(scripts under MIT license)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I resolved my "iptables" issue
with a new set of iptables rules. I am fortunate to have a Barnes
& Noble</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">nearby with an extensive collection
of computer books, and can usually find the right book for each</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">task. This time it was "Linux
Networking Cookbook". Chapter 3 is EXACTLY what we are trying
to do.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have written fire-start script, and
posted here, with explanations of where I put it, and how I got it to be
active at boot.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Az990tony/scripts#fire-start</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">(Sorry Wad, I just couldn't figure out
how to get this to work using the data/config files from the base XS-150)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For lack of better terminology, I will
use the following to designate each box:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ISP -- my ISP model (DSL to the outside
world)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">HUB -- my D-Link Wi-Fi and four-port
hub. In my case, my XO is pure mesh, so never sees the WiFi.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Win -- my Windows box which has
my keyboard, mouse and screen</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XF -- headless Firewall/Dansguardian/Proxy/Squid
</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XS -- school server (LAMP with Moodle)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XB -- backup server (I don't have one
yet, and might have XD double for now as the backup server)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ISP --- HUB --- Win</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ISP --- HUB --- XF --- XS --- XO</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Here is what I have working:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Win ---> (SSH) --> XF
(this gives me a Windows view
into the headless XF machine)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Win --> (SSH) --> XF --> (SSH)
--> XS (this gives me a Windows view into the headless
XS machine)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XF --> (eLinks HTTP) --> XS
(this is my main page for XS school server)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XF <--- (eLinks HTTP) <-- XS
(this is just the dummy Fedora/Apache
test page running on XF)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">XS <--- (Browse) <-- XO over Channel
1 mesh (clicking "Schoolserver" on Google start page launches
XS main page)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am able to display the main page and
Moodle pages from the XO and they look great except for the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Nepali script getting garbled into square
characters.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I had working yesterday the ability
to go XF<--XS<--XO where I could view the test </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fedora/Apache page on XF, and could
view the outside internet! Unfortunately, I shut </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">everything down, and today it is not
working, so I must have failed to write down a </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">critical step somewhere along the way.
I find that forcing everything to shut down and</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">start back up each day guarantees that
I document and make certain all the changes </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">that I make are accurately accounted
for.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I also did a "yum install nmap"
to provide nmap tool on both XF and XS.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bryan Berry wrote:</font>
<br><tt><font size=2>>>Finally, here are the two areas Tony can really
help us w/<br>
>><br>
>>1. Backup scripts for the XO's and the XS<br>
>> a. backup the student's data to the server. There is some
stuff in <br>
>> b. backup the XS across the network, possibly w/ rsync or
rdiffbackup<br>
>>2. Installation and configuration for dansguardian. We haven't
gotten<br>
>>around to working w/ this yet.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I am in a good position now to research and work on
both of these. </font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>1) I will research "rsync" and these other
tools.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>2) I don't yet have squid or dansguardian running,
but at least I am </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>much closer than last weekend.</font></tt>
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<td><font size=1 color=#0060a0 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><b>Tony Pearson</b></font><font size=1 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><br>
Senior Storage Consultant, IBM System Storage™<br>
Telephone: +1 520-799-4309 | tie 321-4309 | Cell: +1 520 990-8669<br>
email: tpearson@us.ibm.com | GSA: http://tucgsa.ibm.com/~tpearson<br>
Blog: </font><a href=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage><font size=1 color=blue face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><u>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage</u></font></a><font size=1 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><br>
AKA: 990tony Paravane, eightbar specialist </font>
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