Taylor Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Well, just about the worst thing that could happen to me with C4 just did. I was in the middle of updating 10 MTS's. I'm on a job site right now that uses DirecWay (satelite) for internet. For no good reason, it just crapped out on me, right in the middle of my update. It's still off and on, and will not allow me to re-connect to some of the non-updated devices. I had 10 MTS on my system manager screen before, now I have 3... 7 MTS's are either down, ruined, or need re-enabling (via Telnet i'm afraid)Lesson learned: NEVER USE SATTELITE. Unfortunately there is no other choice where I am at, but cable is so much better. It may be because it's pretty cloudly, but this could end up taking a loong time to fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy.cytexone Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 That sucks, man. Satellite is really terrible in my limited experience with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 I don't know what the problem with it is, but it is going UBER slow. I really hope I can re-access all the MTS's. I took a screenshot of all the IP addresses so that I can access them via Telnet if I need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlevine Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 They are totally dead? I believe you can hookup a Null Modem cable right to the unit and then fix it with C4 over the phone. I would assume that would be the way.Can you telnet into the boxes?Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 I am able to telnet into the MTS's! I am going in, rebooting (to renew the IP/DNS) and typing: sysman updateIt runs the update via telnet and so far it seems to be fixing it! I'll let you guys know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Wired Up! Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Taylor,We came out of the satellite industry with hundreds of satellite internet systems installed. DON'T TRUST THEM! They are fine for high speed web browsing when there is nothing else available but the residential systems just can't be trusted for commercial applications. They can drop connection for a hundred reasons.Have you looked for wireless internet services in your area or considered cell phone with an external antenna?Let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Yeah, this house is way out in the middle of nowhere (Above Aspen,CO). Sat is the only way for high speed internet. UPDATE:I actually did get all but ONE of the MTS's to work. Major Telnetting, and VERY unreliable because the internet was STILL jacked up. I ended up having to send it telnet commands more than once, hoping that it would "catch" during active internet. The commands I had to use to updat it via Telnet were thereapt-get update (that downloads the updates)apt-get upgrade (that "upgrades"/installs the downloaded updates)After fiddeling with that, most of the problems were fixed... *gulp* Such a pain for what should have been a simple job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy.cytexone Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 wow - very helpful and i'm sorry you had to go through so much to get the job done. nice job, taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samer Shami Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Didn't the "sysman update" command work for you? You mentioned it in a earlier post. Why did you use the apt-get versions? Just a friendly question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 sysman update did work, but I think the problem was the internet connection. There were so many variables that went wrong during that time that it's hard to know which problems where what. Sysman update works on a WORKING MTS, with a WORKING internet connection. I finangled it so that the atp-get update/upgrade worked too, but I think that was more timing than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Wired Up! Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Taylor, if you ever want to change providers, look at wildblue satellite internet. It's a more stable platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 I never set it up or decided to use it. Again, I'm just a tech:) I get stuck using the bad stuff. Hell, if it were my choice, I'd stick them with dialup! It's more reliable than that... All Ican say is that I will never live somewhere where the internet isn't fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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