[IMC-Tech] Server/Transmitter Room Issues

[dan blah]

On 8/5/06, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Can someone give a short explanation of why we continue to have
> intermittent problems with the server/transmitter room. Is the power
> going out or is just a connectivity problem with the network?
>

as zach said, we are not having network issues... just imsahp issues.
when imsahp is not accessible from its outside ip, i am able to get to
it from its internal address.  we are working on this problem.

> The reason I ask is, in part, due to the problem WRFU had last night.
> Ray Morales was trying to do a remote broadcast, which failed. He says
> that the studio computer was disconnected from the internet, but in fact
> the transmitter seems to have been off, as no signal at all was going
> out. If it was just an internet problem, then the transmitter should
> have stayed on and just given dead air. It is also possible that
> connectivity in the internal network could have been lost between the
> studio and the transmitter, which would explain why it knocked the
> transmitter off the air.
>
as i understand it, the only way to actually turn the power off on the
transmitter is to go upstairs and unplug it.  i am assuming when ray
says the transmitter was off that he means the transmitter check
software said it was off.  this means someone turned off the
transmitter but did not power it off.  if this wasnt the case, then he
would not have been able to turn it back on unless he physically went
upstairs (which i dont think he has access too).

in the past the transmitter has been turned off (not powered down) on
accident.  i am assuming this happened again.

> In any case, I was again unable reach the IMC website or any of the
> groogroo mailing lists this morning between about 10:15am and 11:45am.
> It has come back up, but given only intermittent connectivity since. It
> loads about half the editor's webpage and then quits.This has gotten to
> be a major problem and we need to make it a top priority to get it
> resolved. It's like owning a car that is always in the shop and still
> having to make payments on something that won't get you around the block.
> Mike Lehman
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Daniel