Archive for March, 2008

Server now with UPS

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

The server went in with UPS on Friday.
Track it.

now offline

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I shut down the server about 24 minutes ago. Happy shipping.

16.5 hours until the move

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

At 10:30am EST, the server will be shut down and deracked. Then it will be shipped to Austin. Donations for shipping are doing well. Thank you.
I know the new IP block, the router, and the DNS servers. I have already amended the following files:

/etc/rc.conf - ifconfig aliases, defaultrouter
/etc/pf.conf - host IP […]

FreshPorts website moved

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

The FreshPorts website has moved. It was at 216.168.29.4 and is now at 64.147.113.42, on the other side of the country.
If your DNS is lagged, you will be redirected from http://www.freshports.org/ to http://beta.freshports.org/. Once your DNS catches up, you won’t be directed. This wonderful solution is accomplished with this directive on the […]

FreshPorts server moving to Austin

Friday, March 14th, 2008

The FreshPorts server is moving from San Jose to Austin. The server has been kindly and expertly hosted by Supernews since it arrived there in November 2006. However, Supernews has been bought by Giganews, who have kindly offerred to take over the hosting and sponsorship of FreshPorts.
Here’s a map showing the source and […]