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El Cerrito Natural Grocery Expands Solar Array

3/20/12

Did you know that LMi.net has saved 14,240 pounds of CO2 since our solar panels were installed four years ago?

We’re pleased to note that a green neighbor began expanding their solar array this week: Berkeley Natural Grocery’s sibling store in El Cerrito! http://www.naturalgrocery.com

On Tuesday, El Cerrito Natural Grocery began preparing for the new panels, which is possible now because they recently purchased the adjacent building! They’re building a solar bridge over the parking entrance to expand their existing rooftop array.

Conscious Construction, certified green builders are also building a café in the newly-acquired space. http://www.consciousconstruction.com

Congratulations, ECNG!

3/7/12

Today is LMi.net’s 20th Anniversary!

For newcomers, here’s a bit of our colorful history:
http://www.lmi.net/about/history

The following is a compelling article about LMi.net’s 2001 victory over corporate raiders! http://themonthly.com/eastbaylife-12-08.html

Thank you, founders Gary and Dan for all the good times! And thank you, LMi.net members and clients, who helped build LMi.net/ACR, our beloved local, solar-assisted ISP, Web Design and Computer Repair shop!

For the past several months we have been using ZTE 831 DSL modems when installing PHLO lines for customers. If you have one of these, you can query the modem’s web GUI to see the actual connection speed of the DSL line. This is more accurate than the various speed test websites.

Here’s how to access the web GUI:

1. Attach your computer directly to the DSL modem using an Ethernet cable (i.e. bypass a router if you have one)
2. Open your network settings, and set your IP address manually to 192.168.1.10. Set subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway (router) address to 192.168.1.1
3. Open your web browser, and enter this in the address bar:  http://192.168.1.1
4. You should get a login prompt. The user name is “admin” and the password is “admin”
5. The resulting screen will show you the current speed that the modem is in sync at.
6. After checking, you will want to restore your computer’s network settings to obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP.

Under MacOS X

You can generate a key in Mac OS using the ssh-keygen command. You should run it in Terminal. You will be asked for a file in which the key should be saved to and for a passphrase (password) for the key:

user@localhost: ssh-keygen -t dsa
Generating public/private dsa key pair.

Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/user/.ssh/id_dsa): id_dsa
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):  XXXXXXXX

Enter same passphrase again: XXXXXXXX
Your identification has been saved in id_dsa.
Your public key has been saved in id_dsa.pub.

Under Windows using PuTTY

You can generate an SSH key on Windows using the free PuTTY SSH client.

To generate a key with PuTTY, you should:

1. Download and start the puttygen.exe generator.

2. In the “Parameters” section choose SSH2 DSA and press Generate.

3. Move your mouse randomly in the small screen in order to generate the key pairs.

4. Enter a key comment, which will identify the key (useful when you use several SSH keys).

5. Type in the passphrase and confirm it. The passphrase is used to protect your key. You will be asked for it when you connect via SSH.

6. Click “Save private key” to save your private key.

7. Click “Save public key” to save your public key.

A quick little video tour of old office at the corner of Bancroft and Roosevelt in Berkeley. This was shot right before we moved to our current office on Martin Luther King Way. Sorry about the mess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg2E6LUUBGs