Services

War§ow

Have upped my War§ow server to the latest and greatest 0.5 version!

However the compile failed on the AngelScript module so I simply disabled it in the make file - this is on my PPC Air-Stream router/server. Seems to be working fine though I have yet to fully tweak the config file(s) - not all maps work with bots (I have 2 added) as on a PPC platform the prebuilt navigation files are broken and must be recreated on a PPC system - big-endian vrs little-endian biz I presume.

Visit War§ow here http://www.warsow.net/
or hit my ftp ftp://betsuin.skye.wan/ if you want to download the game.

Enjoy!


SPLAT!

Finally managed to wrap my brain around SPLAT! command line intracacies and PERL syntax. Still a few errors showing up in my Apache2 logs but not fatal and the scripts are mostly working as expected.

##Update - couple more errors found and now the profiles report has much more information!
##Update(9/9/9) - Thanks to the author now have SPLAT!1.3.0 successfully compiled and installed (up from SPLAT!1.1.1) - but the profiles report is back to less information. "man splat" me thinks is the answer, lol! ...

Original scripts can be found at ftp://cs.ecok.edu:4000/

SPLAT! takes information regarding transmitting (and receiving) radios, uses ground height data (SRTMv2 - Space Shuttle Topographic Mission Version 2) and calculates Line of Sight and expected Signal Strength.


Downtime Notice: Upgrades to Air-Stream Mail Services

Hi All,

Some problems have been identified with the current mail system, which is in need of an overhaul after providing many years of service to Air-Stream members via both the Internet and wireless network.

I have just completed a new server configuration with the latest packages and with custom integration to our Membership Portal. Read on for full information.


Nagios Auto Cfg

Have been looking at running a script that creates config for Nagios based on the shell command "route -n" now that my route tables are controlled by quagga/bgp/zebra. Awk is my friend ...

Bit of script stuff to find pingable ips on Air-Stream...

route -n | awk '{print($1" " $3)}' | awk '!a[$0]++' | awk '{print("ipcalc "$1"/"$2)}' | sh | awk '{if ($1 == "Network:") print($2)}' | awk '{print("nmap -sP "$0)}' | sh

...and a bit more to parse out the important Nagios bits from (tcp)traceroute output...

cat ip_trace_routes_break_21_6_09 | awk '{
i = 0;
while ($1 != "break") { arr[$1] = $2; getline; i++; }
if (i < 30) if (i > 1) print (arr[i]" "arr[i-1]);else print (arr[i]);
}' | awk '{


Jabber working again

Its been some time since I last tried to use Jabber, but I have just upgraded mu Ubuntu 6.06 box to the latest round of patches.

Well Gaim happily connects to the Air-Stream Jabber server! w00t!

No to find which groups there are to see =)


WARSOW

Have compiled War§ow4.2 on my G3 wifi box and am running a dedicated War§ow server at betsuin.skye.wan (10.122.128.3)
Not all smooth sailing as I did want to run a bot or two however due to what appears to be an big/little endian issue can not get bots to spawn - this is a non-fatal issue and the server runs up just fine sans-bots. Will look at solutions as time allows.

War§ow4.2 can be downloaded from the internet at http://www.warsow.net/?page=download or from my ftp at ftp://betsuin.skye.wan

ENJOY!


Bit Torrent Tracker - Experimental

Since failing at my attempts in getting an FTP Server going behind my firewall setup (damn dynamic ports, too hard CBF, and any other excuse) I've instead setup a Bit Torrent Tracker as a bit of an experimental exercise, and since there doesn't appear to be one on the AS network as yet. I'm aware that a BT Tracker is a bit out of place on a network such as Air-Stream but I wanted to do it anyway :)

The interface will annoy you with login requests which can be happily cancelled 7 or 8 times before they disappear, so I've setup a Guest account:
user: Guest
password: BTT


WebCam

I have put up a webcam for those interested in looking out some random window of mine:
http://betsuin.apana.wan/webcam/webcam.html

The actual camera was plugged into my laptop. The cgi wgot the image off of the remote machine via a wifi link. The html code simply refreshed every 5 seconds. Now it's plugged into my G3 wifi router and refreshes every 3 seconds.

Enjoy!


Interlinking of amateur stations using Air-Stream


The interlinking of amateur stations using the Air-Stream Wireless Network is not prohibited by section 11 of the Amateur Licence Determination provided non-amateurs cannot gain access to the amateur stations involved. When this requirement is satisfied, the network connection is equivalent to a private line. Users must hold a current amateur licence and communications must be isolated from the general public and other members through the use of software, hardware and operational measures.

Some software that can be used include:
* http://www.echolink.org/
* http://www.irlp.net/


New Member Database

Air-Stream members now have access to a new profile administration panel.

members.air-stream.org allows you to update your important contact information and change your password regularly. Give it go and let us know what you think.

See the rest of this article for news and updates..