Hi:

There are still too many people logged in so I am delaying the firewall install until tomorrow morning.  That is U.S. Eastern Standard Time.

Regards,

John

Hi:

Today the primary FTP server (jccalvin.ddns.net) will go down and remain down until a new firewall is up and running, hopefully not more than a few hours.  The backup FTP server (jccalvin-2.ddns.net) will go down for a short period of time until the cable modem is back up, hopefully not more than 5 or 10 minutes.

Any of you currently logged in to jccalvin.ddns.net should log out and login to jccalvin-2.ddns.net.  I am hoping that the new firewall will be more stable than the last one.  That is not a criticism of Ipfire but just my recent experiences.

Regards,

John

Hi:

Three weeks ago I installed an upgrade to my IPFire firewall.  This runs on a dedicated Linux computer.  It turns out that my IPS system "Guardian" is not compatible with the upgrade. I have spent two weeks trying to correct the problem, without success. Two days ago I build another FTP server and have been using that in addition to the old one. 

Tomorrow I am installing a new commercial firewall/router Asus AC-3100 at a cost of $300.00.  When I am finished I will have a new FTP server and a backup server.  I am doing the best I can to correct the problem and to make it much less likely that it will occur again.

Regards,

John

Hi:

As I am sure many of you know I have been having serious problems with users not being able to login.  I have been trouble shooting for more than a week without success.  I think I have come up with a temporary fix.  The following is the login that works for some of the people.

Host: jccalvin.ddns.net
Login ID: FTP-User-1 or FTP-User-2
Password: SKNVr8du
Protocol: Plain FTP
Port: 21
Passive FTP
No TLS over FTP

You can now use an alternative Host name:  jccalvin-2.ddns.net.  The other login info is the same.

I apologize for the problems and I am continuing working on a permanent resolution.

Regards,

John

Hi:

Regarding the previous message.  FTP-User-2 can actually be used anytime you want.  It is just another login ID.

Regards,

John

Hi:

I have added a second login to my FTP server.  If you see a message that says the max connections for FTP-User-1 has been reached try the following login.  Everything is the same except for the login ID which is FTP-User-2.

Host:  jccalvin.ddns.net
Login ID:  FTP-User-1 or FTP-User-2
Password:  SKNVr8du
Protocol:  Plain FTP
Port:  21
Passive FTP
No TLS over FTP

Regards,

John

Hi:

The following roll was published today.

T-315 R-1992 298.Jg-Div

Regards,

John