From 847ed2c62974a5ba9228e71311f04c2911925cc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:35:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] more troubleshooting instructions --- handbook/bierbook.html | 10 +++++++++- handbook/computer.html | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/handbook/bierbook.html b/handbook/bierbook.html index b757d30b8..bf84ac003 100644 --- a/handbook/bierbook.html +++ b/handbook/bierbook.html @@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ Getting infomation on the number of people attending dinner is always difficult. expofiles/writeups/2016/

Expenses and money owed

As well as writing the amounts of money in the books, printed receipts for expo expenses need to be put in the envelope in the potato hut. -

Each receipt needs the name of the person paying and a sequence number if you have more than one receipt. +

Each receipt needs +

+because matching up receipts with scribbles in the bier book is very time-consuming / impossible +otherwise and you may not get paid back.

Both expo communal expenses and shared group expenses should be entered into your Bank of Expo online account. When you have typed it in, make a written note "BoE done" against that line in the book. (If you don't do this the expo treasurer will have to do it. And you want to keep the expo treasurer happy don't you?)

diff --git a/handbook/computer.html b/handbook/computer.html index d563c3d05..4310d6b44 100644 --- a/handbook/computer.html +++ b/handbook/computer.html @@ -5,7 +5,14 @@

CUCC Expedition Handbook

+ +

Expo computing setup

+
+

If the internet is not working, the first thing to check is that
the black WiFi antenna is +still upright and has not been knocked sideways. +

+

In 2018 we now have proper internet access in the tatty hut so the set-up on expo is exactly the same as the rest of the year. An Expo laptop is also provided, but you should be @@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ are advised to use the Expo laptop first to see how it all works.

Either the Expo laptop or your own laptop will use the version control system to synchronise cave data. It's easier to use the Expo laptop as the software is already set up. But if you set up your own computer then you will get a more familiar environment. See -the Expo Website Manual for info on how to do that.

+the Expo Online Systems Manual for info on how to do that.

Through the miracle of the distributed version control system, everyone can edit the data on multiple laptops at the same time and it should all get merged.

@@ -55,14 +62,20 @@ data on multiple laptops at the same time and it should all get merged.

synchronised with the public server expo.survex.com during the expo.

Printing and Scanning

-We have A4 printer and scanner attached via usb cables and a usb hub (and coffee warmer) to the Expo laptop. -Configuring these to be used via WiFi is yet to be done. Meanwhile, use a usb stick to transfer files for printing. +We have A4 printer and scanner attached via usb cables and a usb hub (and coffee warmer) to the Expo laptop. +In 2018 we also connected the printer to the router with an ethernet cable and this made things more reliable. +Configuring the scanner to be used via WiFi is yet to be done, but the printer is "shared" by the +Expo laptop and so canbe usedby any laptop. (The printer has WiFi itself and so should be useable +directly but we haven't got this configured properly yet.) Use a usb stick to transfer files for printing +if you can't get your own laptop or phone to work with the printer.

Networking Hardware - experts only

The networking hardware is an Acer Aspire netbook which keeps us logged in to the Gasthof and does firewalling, plus a WNDR4000 router/AP to provide local connectivity and local WiFi. The antenna which we use to connect to the Staudnwirt WiFi -is a ~32cm long black stick mounted on a small shelf high above the sink/stove area and connected via a usb cable to the Acer netbook.

+is a ~32cm long black stick mounted on a small shelf high +above the sink/stove area and connected via a usb cable to the Acer netbook.

+

The potato hut WiFi is running DHCP and allocating IP addresses of the form 192.168.200.x where x is 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.

The Expo laptop has fixed local address 192.168.200.100. @@ -81,14 +94,17 @@ ssh expo@192.168.200.200 to run Mark Shinwell's script 

/root/fakenet/runfakenet
- +This typically needs to be run once or twice a day when the internt stops working. +Sometimes you have to walk over to the blue laptop and run this script directly by typing on its keyboard +as the network has collapsed so badly that ssh doesn't work.

Historical Note

Prior to 2018 we used to run an unconnected local network with our own DNS domain name "potato.hut", our own server holding all the website and survey data, and published WiFi as SSID "tattyhut". Updates to the rest of the world were done by taking an up-to-date laptop which had been in the tatty hut to a real internet connection and -pushing the changes to the distributed version control system on expo.survex.com to be merged. +pushing the changes to the distributed version control system on +expo.survex.com to be merged.

In 2017 the hard-drive on our server died which triggered the general reconfiguration @@ -96,21 +112,12 @@ pushing the changes to the distributed version control system on expo.survex.com a much-improved WiFi service at the Gasthof in recent years.

Footnote

-No, the usb coffee warmer doesn't work. It gets very slightly warm if you press the button to turn it on but the power drain makes horrid things happen to +No, the usb coffee warmer doesn't work. It gets very slightly warm if you press +the button to turn it on but the power drain makes horrid things happen to the laptops when they boot up. Don't touch it.