@vga256 The Cisco 2500 is a mighty box for its time, and for sure it can route faster than a LC475 – if you’re running Mac OS on the Mac and not some BSD.
But in terms of raw CPU performance, the LC’s 68040/25 runs circles around an 68030/25, it is 2-3 times faster due to the large 8 KB L1 cache and optimizations.
https://kb.pocnet.net/wiki/Modell%C3%BCbersicht_Cisco_Router:2500er_Serie
does anyone know a museum or collection that contains a working/operational Ericsson AXE10 digital telephone exchange? #telecom #ericsson #history #retronetworking
@steely_glint @voltur In terms of people I know: @hanshuebner was certainly a "creative" user of X.25 back in the day and still plays with it today, primarily in the context of VAX machines, AFAICT. #retronetworking
upstream #linux #kernel developers talking about removing the in-kernel echo cancellation code that has no in-tree users anymore (however, out-of-tree DAHDI can optionally make use of it). See https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/23/416 and the responses for details. I don't think it's critical at all. #retronetworking
@vwestlife #Funfact: In #Europe, #Cband dishes weren't common so #SatelliteInternet used simiar #Tuner cards with #VSAT terminals, oftentimes acceptibg downlinks from regular commercial #TV #satellites...
I've got one of those...
And yes, I used that to share a #dialup connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!
I really want to get this #Force10 C300 switch into the #HomeLab to play with, but the thing is so damn heavy. Its lived on this cart for like four years now because moving it anywhere else is too arduous.
On top of that is some #Avaya #IPOffice gear, though, and we will definitely be connecting that up to the telephony lab.
Some adventures installing @openwrt@lemdro.id
@openwrt@lemmy.world on a #Google #WiFi "puck" (AC-1304)
If you follow the directions between the links: https://openwrt.org/toh/google/wifi
and the updated details in this thread
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/finally-installed-openwrt-on-my-google-wifi-ac-1304/183541/2
you can get #OpenWRT installed on those #Google #Wifi #pucks (AC-1304).
It is a bit of a challenge, since you are flying blind based on the light colors and blinking of the puck; along with the typical poor documentation of open source projects (as typical, written as someone is well familiar with the topic and process, rather than written in a #KISS for the #n00b).
Once installed, you can configure as #repeaters following this tutorial
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/relay_configuration
and the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfmx5NjIWLQ.
#openwrt #opensource
#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNoWantNot #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#retroNetworking #networking #wifi #homeWiFi #homenetworking #AP #accessPoint
There have been *so many* great responses, and thank you everyone for contributing! I got some great new #telephony, #RetroNetworking, and #HomeLab contacts and tags to follow, including the formerly-elusive #OtherNetworks tag!
I know that one of the things that people do on enthusiast retro phone networks is hold 'test calls' to other 'subscribers,' with increasingly esoteric equipment.
Is there an in-group term for these 'test calls' that's analagous to QSOs in the #HamRadio world?
@loriemerson @w8emv @mediaarchaeologylab I'd probably have never found the #othernetworks tag on my own (like the elsewhere-mentioned #retronetworking tag), looking forward to falling down that rabbit hole!
I've not yet personally played with #appletalk beyond some scratchy memories as a user from long-enough-ago, but do recall some recent posts where people were playing with it -- and trying to run it over barbed wire or something? Not sure if that's the same group, but it looked fun.
Thanks!
IGHFt (communications museum dresden) has just acquired a NZ96D (digital PBX built in 1988 in thr GDR) in ots original wooden crates, brand new. #retronetworking #telephony #gdr #ddr https://www.tag24.de/dresden/kultur-leute/museum-in-dresden-erinnert-an-meilensteine-der-telefonie-und-wird-jetzt-groesser-3347937
@ety @Athena @LaF0rge maybe and the hashtag #retronetworking