RE: Barter proposal

["Graham P. Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

Paul, thanks for the offer, MS Exchange expertise would be very welcome.
As you know I have just installed Exchange server at home as part of SBS
and it certainly falls into the 'works but probably not very well'
category. Lots of things I'd like to sort out are Exchange specific,
like remote access to mail, locally cached newsgroups, sharing calendars
etc etc. The new job will start on the 7th January and they use Outlook
as a mail client for Lotus Notes, so I want to be able to connect the
Outlook client at the office to my Exchange server at home to download
all the stuff from the list!

I am certainly up for a bit of Comfort customising, but I may well be at
a similar point on the learning curve to yourself. For example I have
followed and understood the recent Comfort discussions, but I'm not sure
that I would have been able to describe the system as clearly myself. Of
course I can help on web stuff, ACE (used for Comfort web interface) is
all ASP so I shouldn't have much problem working that bit out.

Let me know which day(s) are good for you and I will try to arrange a
mini-meet here to cover various things, with refreshments included of
course!

Regards

Graham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 December 2001 09:52
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Barter proposal
>
>
> Graham, I'll help out in any way I can - I see this as not
> really being any
> different from the "cabling party" concept - i.e. sweat
> equity or exchange
> of knowledge/skills/etc. for mutual benefit. - it's just that we'd be
> sorting out software config problems rather than drilling
> holes/pulling CAT5
> etc...
>
> I'm a bit rusty these days, as I've been really concentrating
> on working
> with MS Exchange for the last couple of years, but I have
> been an MCSE since
> 1996 (for what that's worth!!), and I have done a fair bit of
> network-y work
> over the years. Plus, if I don't know the answer to a
> particular problem, I
> have direct access to some Microsofties who will!!
>
> Arranging anything this side of Xmas is likely to be tricky
> though - I'm
> having a hard enough time trying to find the time to fit in
> even a few beers
> mith me mates, as I'm working down in Brighton just now...
>
> For my part, in the new year, I plan to purchase a Comfort
> UCM and web
> interfACE, so I'd certainly appreciate some help installing &
> configuring
> that, and I'm planning (hoping?) to do some reasonably
> radical reprogramming
> of Comfort at that time too. Also, I'd *really* like to
> figure out getting
> my central heating automated as well, either via Comfort
> outputs/relays, or
> by X10 AD10's (I don't have a problem with X10 in my house...)
>
> interested?
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Graham P. Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: "UKHA List (E-mail)" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Barter proposal
> >Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:19:04 -0000
> >
> >I know that there are lots of different skills on this list and so
I
> >thought I would make the following proposal and see what, if
> anything,
> >happens.
> >
> >I have a home network that is based on a SBS 2000 server and XP
Pro,
> >Win9x, WinNT, ePOD clients. I have an ISDN connection to my
> fixed rate
> >ISP (V21) with a router handling the calls. I use SQL server and
> >Exchange server on the SBS box. Everything works, but not
> well. I think
> >a lot of my problems are in some way related to DNS and IP
> routing, but
> >I could well be wrong (I am no network expert). I want to sort out
> >things like workstation connection delays, error messages in
> the event
> >logs, unnecessary dialling of my ISP, roaming profiles, backup,
DDAR
> >server as a service and probably some stuff I haven't even
> thought of.
> >All of this is probably quite straightforward for a MS
> network expert,
> >but it is just too steep a learning curve for me at the moment and
I
> >never have the time to sort it out.
> >
> >So, I thought, why not get an expert in for a day or two to
> help me sort
> >it all out once and for all. Well the obvious reason is cost, you
all
> >know what my income situation has been for the majority of this
year.
> >Next I thought, do I have anything to offer as a swap? I did
consider
> >paying for someone's time in ePODs or DDARs, but I am still
> desperately
> >trying to hold on to them for my own use. Next I thought about my
> >experience and this is what I came up with:
> >
> >- web design, especially ASP based sites with SQL server database
> >interaction
> >
> >- web hosting, I have a server with permanent connection
> located with my
> >ISP (U-Net) that runs IIS4 and SQL Server 7
> >
> >- CAT5 cabling, I have put a lot of CAT5 in to this house
> >
> >- impressive tool collection (ooer missus!), I have RJ45
> crimps, Krone
> >punch down tools, CAT5 testers, 2-way radios (good in larger
> >installations), SDS drill, lots of cordless drills, routers (with
> >table), table saw, skill saw, pillar drill etc.
> >
> >- knowledge of Homevision and Comfort (not as great as others on
this
> >list, but I do have both installed here)
> >
> >So, is there someone on the list who has the knowledge and
> the time to
> >sort out my network problems and in return would like to
> make use of my
> >skills/time/equipment for their project.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Graham
>
>
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