PBW server upgrade?

[Ed Kolis]

Geo, you didn't by any chance upgrade the PBW server? I've been noticing some unusually high download speeds...

[Narrew]

maybe they had a black ops team go to Hugh Manatee's place and stole all the goodies out of his GOOD machine, and did a refit job on the PBW machines.

Yea..thats it..Black Ops and Black Helicopters..

[geoschmo]

Hey, have I slipped into Bizarro universe where the PBW threads aren't complaining about down time?

No server upgrades. The only change of any consequence recently is I moved it to my garage. Instead of a direct connection to the DSL router it's hooked up via wireless network to the DSL router. No matter how good I doubt the wireless netweork is faster then a 5 foot cat 5 cable so the limiting factor is still the DSL itself. Perhaps the ISP has made some improvements to the backbone.

I suppose being in the garage and the only thing plugged into the outlet instead of sharing a power strip with another pc and printer could have made the server more stable. Don't think it would make it faster though.

And maybe it's running better since then cause I cleaned out a few months worth of dust when I took it out there.

Geoschmo

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
No server upgrades. The only change of any consequence recently is I moved it to my garage. I suppose being in the garage and the only thing plugged into the outlet instead of sharing a power strip with another pc and printer could have made the server more stable.

Or it doesn't like sharing space with lawnmowers and old deflated basketballs, 'cause now it's down again.