Cable ISP and IPv6
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the issue of not needing to memorise an IP address was solved years ago.
Not as much as you might think. When I VPN in to work from home, I can only connect to my work computer by hostname some of the time. Connecting by IP always works. CBA to try to figure out what the problem is.
Though admittedly I only had to memorise it once for each computer I VPNed in from; now I just select it from my Remote Desktop jump list.
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Pinko.
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Not if you include duties.
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CBA to try to figure out what the problem is.
Probably not forwarding broadcasts from the NETBIOS service.
Broadcasts are typically blocked inter-vpn, so DNS is needed for name resolution. I bet that if you tried connecting to MyWorkComputer.WorkDomain.com (or whatever the FQDN is), it might actually work.
Filed under: [Then again, I have no idea how your work network structured is.] (#BlindAdvice)
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I bet that if you tried connecting to MyWorkComputer.WorkDomain.com (or whatever the FQDN is), it might actually work.
It does - sometimes. (When I connect by name, it is by the FQDN; it works more often than the unadorned hostname, but still only about half to two-thirds of the time.)
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It does - sometimes
I call shenanshenanigans (dag nabit chrome!Not going to go back and correct that...) on your vpn software then?
At least you're allowed actual vpn access. What my workplace dares call "VPN" is actually a citrix gateway hosting mstsc.exe, which we then use to connect to the work PC.
Filed under: Why yes, that's a window within a window within a window. No possible performance impacts at all!
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Why not just use Terminal Services Gateway and save the overhead?
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Because "It's not secure enough! We need RSA Security! More Enterprisey!"
Filed under: It's also highly probably that this system was set up before TSG was even theorized
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Filed under: Why yes, that's a window within a window within a window. No possible performance impacts at all!
Years ago, I (vaguely) recall one client that remoted in using some abomination like this: via firewall VPN to get to an RDP of a desktop which bridged via pcAnywhere to his private office computer, and complained that the mouse was "so unresponsive at times."
Filed under: I feel like I'm making part of this up, All I remember is it was a downtown client that went through three different screen hops to get to his computer. Because security, in the days of Windows 2000/XP when XP was new and shiny. The pcAnywhere I am certain of because even then it was rather unusual but useful across LANs.
Also, cognitive dissonance due to lack of caffeine.
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Yeah, that's not too far off from what we're using. I think there's a hidden version of the pcAnywhere service somewhere on this machine for remote management.
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Memories.
Memories indeed.
I remember using LapLink 5 over parallel port to transfer the Windows 95 install CABs to my laptop so I could run setup from the hard disk instead of floppy-disk jockeying for an hour. Moved the install to about ten minutes (after "hardware detection").
Filed under: Why can't we install OSes in minutes anymore?
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Windows 95 install CABs
Try carrying around a CD-ROM with IDE connector everywhere to run the CD, because so many computers in the mid to late 90's didn't have CD-ROM drives yet. In most cases, the 10 minutes spent prying open the case and connecting the drive was much faster than:
floppy-disk jockeying for an hour.
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carrying around a CD-ROM with IDE connector everywhere to run the CD,
Backpack drive for the win! 'Course, you had to have a boot floppy to load the driver...
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Yes! Though mine was themed with a Red background, for the cool factor.
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Backpack drive for the win!
+1
'Course, you had to have a boot floppy to load the driver...
... and a compressed air can to clean out the floppy drives, and multiple floppies in case that wasn't enough to prevent the drive from damaging your floppy...
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damaging your floppy
OMG the horror!I'll admit, once in a while I still have nightmares about my HP Pavilion mysteriously eating floppies. Sure, they worked in that machine, but try putting them into another system and it's SOL for you!
edit: Also,
Filed under: Though, thinking on it now, it was probably a broken rootkit on that machine...
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once in a while I still have nightmares about my HP Pavilion mysteriously eating floppies.
My lab partner and I in college talked about designing a floppy drive with data-destruction capability. Concept: Execute command:
C:>Shred.exe A:and you'd hear a grinding sound followed by bits and pieces of the floppy disk flying out the front of the computer.
Too bad we never followed up, not that it would matter these days.
Sure, they worked in that machine, but try putting them into another system and it's SOL for you!
Filed under: Though, thinking on it now, it was probably a broken rootkit on that machine...
Um, that's what the write-protect tab was for.
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Here (with here being the Netherlands) I have a properly functioning dual stack internet connection with a /48 range. 50/50 mbit for 40 bucks a month. Also, should I want to cancel that contract I don't have to jump through hoops on the phone.
Ziggo (former UPC) I assume?
They're going to move everyone onto DS-Lite and phase out use of a proper v4/v6 dual stack. They'll begin by placing new customers on DS-Lite connections and will allegedly allow you to move back to the dual stack if you experience problems with DS-Lite, but the plan is to migrate everyone eventually.
According to their spokesperson "less than 1% of new customers" should experience problems by no longer having an externally visible IPv4 address that allows incoming connections. I wonder where they got that number from, as I'm pretty damned sure the percentage of Steam users alone will exceed 1% by a fucking huge leap.
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Um, that's what the write-protect tab was for.
Unless you were trying to write data to said floppy.At the time, the HP was the most powerful PC in our home and the "server" for everything, which meant it handled all FTP, MS File and Print Sharing, LimeWire, BBS, and homework tasks.
This also meant that all of the house's mission-critical stuff was all in one place, and the only real way to get a dead system booted was from the floppy images held on that machine. Sadly, those (few) other computers that had the requisite hardware were incapable of communicating on the network at the time, so it was... interesting.
Hence my research into LapLink, which allowed me to transfer the floppy image to the laptop and write it from there (a discovery had only after several days of panic).
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According to their spokesperson "less than 1% of new customers" should experience problems by no longer having an externally visible IPv4 address that allows incoming connections. I wonder where they got that number from, as I'm pretty damned sure the percentage of Steam users alone will exceed 1% by a fucking huge leap.
Console players also won't be happy - another huge userbase right there.
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Unless you were trying to write data to said floppy.
Why would you do that on a system/application disk? (Unless that's all you had?)
homework
Ah ok. I remember lack of resources days.
This also meant that all of the house's mission-critical stuff was all in one place, and the only real way to get a dead system booted was from the floppy images held on that machine. Sadly, those (few) other computers that had the requisite hardware were incapable of communicating on the network at the time, so it was... interesting.
Hence my research into LapLink, which allowed me to transfer the floppy image to the laptop and write it from there (a discovery had only after several days of panic).
A panic followed by triumph. That's why you're here reading TDWTF instead of being an article on TDWTF. ;-)
Filed under: Though truth be told, I'm sure we've all had at least a few moments where we realized we were TRWTF. At least, I know I have.
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Nope. XS4ALL user here. They give a proper dual stack connection. If you want you can even get up to 7 additional IPv4 addresses for a total of 8.
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get up to 7 additional
Lucky! In order for for me to get that, I have to triple my monthly bill while slicing my bandwidth to a sixth of current.being an article
Sometimes I wonder if it's worth the pseudo-fame...Now though, I won't tell anyone about the time I purposely infected said HP machine (after completing the migration to a shiny new Windows Server 2003 box, magical at the time) with approximately 400 unique viruses/worms/adware.
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Smoke
There was a day in sixth trimester when we were working in the lab and someone from another class across the lab inserted an electrolytic capacitor in backwards in the bridge circuit of their power supply. POOF! Instant white smoke. Good times.
Paging @HardwareGeek...
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@redwizard said:sixth trimester
Paging @HardwareGeek...
Um, Yes?electrolytic capacitor in backwards ... POOF!
Indeed. Although I've never done that myself, that I can recall, and I'd probably remember it if I had.
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sixth trimester
Explanation: The school I went to had 3 trimesters per year, 9 trimesters total to graduate.
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9 trimesters total to graduate.
Agreed. Though I think my personal program ended up being like, 10 trimesters due to poor scheduling...