Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-)
But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one partition for the monowall "firmware" and the other for the stripped down linux install to run Asterisk?) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samad<a...@samad.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: >> Hello - >> I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now >> using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). >> I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. >> Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power >> than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by >> consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, >> low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. >> >> Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be >> compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? > > Hi > > I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I > have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and > asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel > ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks > like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) > > One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex > on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though > > I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing > similiar at another site, but a bigger box. > > Alex > >> >> Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support >> for "one or two low-power standard PCI board" >> >> I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying >> voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I >> wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job >> to supply this card. >> >> If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream >> small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? >> > > -- > Expense Accounts, n.: > Corporate food stamps. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 > XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 > =eRW6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Brian McEntire Photographer & Owner B Scott Photography (240) 358-6655 studio www.bscottphoto.com _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users