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El 16/6/2000 22:00, QuickDNS Talk escribio - on 16/6/2000 22:00, =
Re: coincidence?
From: Webmaster
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000
Time: 8:16:57 am
QuickDNS
Talk wrote:
> Subject: coincidence?
> From: "Nick Quinn" <nquinn@acm.org>
> Date: 16 Jun 2000 09:04:58 +1000
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> hi,
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> Amongst others, we have a 5400 with 72MB running QuickDNS, MacRadius =
and SIMS
> (being supported by MacOS 9.0, Timbuktu and MacCoach) for over 2 =
years. Having
> 72MB, I allowed QuickDNS (2.2.1) 10MB to cache its stuff, and =
everything runs
> hunkydory (translates to OK) most of the time except for:
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> - the occasional freeze when Timbuktu shows the menu bar clock =
seconds stopped
> for a minute or so and then off it goes again, and
Hi
In the past, me and many people in this list that control remote =
servers
with Timbuktu, we have had problems of stability, crashes, freezes... =
when
controlling them. Well, I have found a value information; the installer =
in
=B3Custom Install=B2 mode, give information about the use of any Dropin
componets and other components. This information isn=B9t in =
Timbuktu=B9s help.
I have proved many combinations, and the result is that only seven =
component
are neccesary in the remote server to =B3Control=B2 and =B3Exchange=B2. =
This
configuration improves stability, specially in Mac OS 9.
Timbuktu Pro (Timbuktu folder)
Timbuktu Extension (Extensions folder)
Timbuktu Resources (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Timbuktu Host Helper (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
File Transfer Host Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
ScreenShare Host Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
TCP/IP Transport Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
AppleScript is necessary too:
AppleScript
AppleScriptLib
Scripting Additions
Original explanation of all components:
*Timbuktu Extension (Extensions folder)
Required for any use of Timbuktu@ Pro.
*Timbuktu Resources (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for any use of Timbuktu@ Pro.
*Timbuktu Host Helper (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for any use of Timbuktu@ Pro.
*Address Book Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for usercreated address books, which are lists of frequently
accessed computers; address book entries can be double-clicked =
immediately
with no need to browse the network.
*AppleTalk Browser Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required for browsing your AppleTalk network for Timbuktu=AE Pro users =
and for
editing AppleTalk entries in your address book.
*AppleTalk Transport Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required when using a Timbuktu=AE Pro service on any type of AppleTalk =
network
or when using Apple Remote Access with Timbuktu=AE Pro.
*Chat Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming Chat connections.
*Dial Direct Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming Dial Direct connections. A modem, =
ISDN
termina=A1 adapter, or other seria=A1 device is required for this =
service.
*File Transfer Client Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions
folder)
Required for outgoing Exchange connections.
*File Transfer Host Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required for incoming Exchange connections.
*Messages Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming FlashNote (formerly Send Files)
connections.
*Intercom Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming Intercom connections.
*Invite Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming Invite connections.
*Knock Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing and incoming Notify Me When Active connections.
*Office Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
- No comments-
*ScreenShare Client Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required for outgoing Control or Observe connections.
*ScreenShare Host Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required for incoming Control or Observe connections.
*TCP/IP Browser Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required for outgoing TCP/IP connections (over a local TCP/IP network, =
SLIP,
PPP, or the Internet). Requires Open Transport on your computer.
*TCP/IP Scanner Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions folder)
Required to browse for TCP/IP nodes. Requires Open Transport on your
computer.
*TCP/IP Transport Dropin (In Netopia folder inside the Extensions =
folder)
Required when using a Timbuktu=AE Pro service on any type of TCP/IP =
network.
Requires Open Transport on your computer.
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> - every two weeks or so MacCoach restarts the system due to a nothing
> happening for 5 minutes (ie a long freeze)
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> I "Timbuktu" to the server 2 or 3 times a day to administer email, =
dns and
> radius and I noticed a couple of days ago that the QuickDNS' free =
memory was
> getting down to well under 1MB and thought to myself "oh, its due for =
a
> restart". And sure enough, the 36 hours later, that is what happened.
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> Has anyone else had this coincidence?
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> Have I given QuickDNS too much rope and memory management is getting =
knotted
> when free memory gets to zero?
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> Should I simply restart every week at a preset time, just to be safe?
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> Upgrade MacOS to 9.0.4?
Yes. It's important.
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> Any other prayers or incantations?
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> Or should I tiptoe out of the office this weekend thanking my lucky =
stars for
> such a peacefull two weeks?
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> TIA,
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> Nick Quinn
> Sunshine Beach Software in OZ
> the delay is set for 5 minutes, the log shows little:
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> 15/6/008:22:28 PMSIMS launched15/6/008:22:28 PMMacRADIUS=99 launched
> 15/6/008:22:22 PMQuickDNS Pro Server launched
> 15/6/008:22:01 PMTime Synchronizer stopped
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMFinder launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMTime Synchronizer launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMTimbuktu Extension launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMOpen Transport SNMP launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMiDo Script Scheduler Extension launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMFolder Actions launched
> 15/6/008:21:50 PMControl Strip Extension launched
> 15/6/008:21:41 PMMacCoach device found
> 15/6/008:21:41 PMStartup
> 15/6/008:21:41 PMRestarted by MacCoach
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> which [I assume] means a hardware restart by the ADB device (like =
Rebound)
Don't ask me way, but in the past we had all in one machine, and we had =
to
make a script to load the aplications because QDNS needed to be the =
first in
the list, wait about 15-20 seconds, and continue with the other =
applications
at intervals of about 10 seconds. It wasn't enough with add a number to =
the
aliases inside of startup items.
You can get a demo of KeepItUp, it do the load order management easy, =
at a
given interval, and make much more usefull things...
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