nullroute | network | dunelab

Also see hosts.

Dunelab is the "retro computing" part of the network. In the narrowest sense it is a small storage room containing Dune and its adjacent hardware, but it also encompasses various other physical equipment that is part of the same network.

It is the place to tinker and experiment with such things as:

• Various things involving Cisco routers:
  • X.25 over physical 128 kbps 'sync serial' links (see also Telebahn); also IP-over-HDLC and IP-over-X.25.
  • Routing ISO CLNS, AppleTalk, IPX.
• Backup uplinks via powerline, LTE, anything else I can get my hands on (maybe LoRa?)
• Wireless 802.11g link through old LEMA hardware. (Search keyword: symC73C8E.) I think I need to find some N-type attenuators for this to work more reliably.

Attempts to run "retro" services:

• Vintage Active Directory domain dunelab.sym and Windows NT domain DUNELAB (hosted on CHASM, a Windows 2000 Server VM running on Dune).
• FirstClass 11 server (installed and running, although mind-numbingly boring)
• Lotus Notes/Domino server (pending; can't decide on hostname)
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 server (as above)

Feb 2025