NO, It has to be the one from Cisco. I had purchased the 16meg Pix flash upgrade and had the old Cisco Pix 2 MB flash card left over. That is what I am using in this home-built Pix.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Golovich" To: "netman" ; Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Homebuilt Pix Firewall [7:42022] > A standard PCMCIA PCI card will work for the flash card? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "netman" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: Homebuilt Pix Firewall [7:42022] > > > > > Any particular intel motherboard? > > > > > > Sure, I guess my other posts didn't make it to the list. > > > > Here is some more info. > > > > Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard (check the revision, the news revs of the > board > > seem to work better) > > 2 or 3 Intel 82577 Pro100/B NIC > > Cisco 16MB PIX Flash card (or the Cisco 2 meg Pix flash card) > > Floppy drive > > Case/power supply > > 128MB DRAM > > 350MHZ Processor w/ 512K cache > > > > I took this info from a post on securityie.com > > > > Anyway I am running on a P3-450 and 128 meg of ram. I tried other > > motherboard (ASUS) and the thing would not work. As soon as I used this > > motherboard, it came right up. I had a spare 2meg flash from a Pix upgrade > I > > did and that is what I am using. Of course you can't run the latest Pix OS > > on it which kinda sucks. I don't have the $700 to fork over for that card. > > > > I did nothing to the bios on the motherboard. It came right up and worked. > I > > hear you can change it to boot up from NET, but I think I will leave it > > alone (since it is working). > > > > One thing, do not try to buy this board from www.edgemicro.com. I have > been > > waiting 3 weeks so far for the board I ordered from them. I finally > ordered > > from another place in Texas and got it in 3 days. > > > > I ordered from www.directron.com > > > > Here is a link to the Motherboard. > > > > http://www.directron.com/mb-intel-bx2-na.html > > > > Hope that helps some, > > > > Don Hickey Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42795&t=42022 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
