duke.za.net

I hope the guys from dwc don’t mind me using this photo.

heh, these last two days were quite amusing in CTWUG world, people fighting about … fighting about … well actually as I type this I realize I’m not sure what they are fighting about, and it is quite possible that they don’t know either.

Anyways here are some of my thoughts on the do’s and dont’s of CTWUG …

1. If you have access on a high-site it does not make you the king of the universe it makes you a wugger with some knowledge of routing and that is willing to help people when they have issues on that specific high-site.

2. If you have bought your kit and installed it and the only thing that is left to do is getting your MAC added to one of the high-sites ask one of the admins (This is now one of those guys with access to the high-sites) once to get your MAC added and don’t keep on bothering them every five minutes, they will add your MAC as soon as they have time they won’t let you wait on purpose remember you are not paying for this service and they also have lives outside of the wug (lol).

3. CTWUG IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY but the reality is that we do need money for new high-sites and the maintenance on them and in order to get that money we ask for donations. I have no problem donating a bit of money to the wug and I’m sure all of the wuggers are willing to give donations if they do have a bit to spare. The big selling point of CTWUG is the fact that it is completely free. If you are connected to the wug in theory you don’t have to pay a cent afterwards, but that is not the type if people that join CTWUG and if they do they loose interest within the first month because being part of a wug meens you want to grow a network to cover and connect as many people as possible, ctwug is not just about wireless it is also a community of friends making new friends.

4. When it comes to setting up a new high-site everyone should try and be involved, high-site installs are fun and the best way to learn about the technology, afterwards there is normally a lekker braai where you can talk about who gets the best signal and speeds. The other cool thing about attending these installs is that no one can later point fingers and say that you are not helping when it comes to high-site installs.

5. Meetings are important and in my books you don’t qualify as a real wugger unless you have attended at least two meetings. The CTWUG meetings are normally very informal and not very boring and generally covers new high-sites and what is needed to make them happen. If you are unable to attend a meeting the minutes of the meeting will be available on the wug so if there were any decisions made you have no reason not to know about it. There is also normally a braai afterwards.

6. Changes to the network happens and always with good reason . These changes generally involves the routing of the high-sites and can cause some down time or in extreme cases have you change your IP range (this is fscking annoying but needed when a new high-site is added to the loop), the best thing to do is be patient and wait for the admin people to apply there 1337 routing skills so that the network will run more efficiently. What ever you do don’t complain about the down time because these pour guys are already struggling to get the things up and running as fast as they can without you whining all the time.

7. There are a few people running different services on the wug for example, game servers, voip, irc and torrent trackers. Don’t steal other peoples services or try to upstage them, it is very rude and frowned upon rather give them some feedback or help them improve theirs. If you want to run a service on the wug get something unique and interesting and not something that has already been done.

There is a few other things I’ve not mentioned in this post like gaming hours and downloading, but for now I think I’ve said enough.

/me wonders if other WUG’s have the same issues?

Okay CTwuggers, here is a nice trick for accessing wug services from a computer that is connected to the internet but not the wug (you know, like your work desktop ).

What you will need …

1. PuTTY

2. Access to a SSH server with a public internet IP and wug access. (I’m sure if you ask nicely Mufasa or Rellik might be able to help you).

3. The IP and port of the service you want to access.

What you need to do …

1. In putty under session enter your host name (in my case serv1.rellik.za.net).

2. Make sure the SSH radio button is selected.

3. Under connection->ssh->tunnels enter the Source port you want to use on your local machine (in my case port 1234).

4. In the Destination field type in the IP and port of the service you are going to access. (in my case the IP is 172.18.129.18 and the port 80).

5. Click the Add button.

6. Click the Open buton.

7. Log into the SSH server.

8. Access the service by pointing to your localhost and selected port.

And thats it.