sadly, my eigerBeta2 based router must operate under some Draconian operating perameters (due to it being in the same room as where my wife studies for exams) .. hence it must be ultra quiet. I have implemented this by using a friends old (5+ years old!) laptop with the Hard disk removed. It does operate without any noise whatsoever, but lately I had received complaints about the rather loud fan that would go on intermittently (usually I wasn't even using the connection when this happened) ... I found a setting in the BIOS to drop the laptop into a low power state when no activity was detected. ( Yes, I know that a router that enters sleep mode after a few minutes is indeed a sad beast, but such is my predicament!)
This works great, no more fan going on, and the power light turns yellow from green. No problems with using the network connection, the pcmcia cards seem to stay powered on, and as soon as I connect to a website on the outside or externally to the router via ssh, it works (without any noticeable lag in response time as it 'wakes up'). The trouble is that the routers time gets screwed up, as it doesnt seem to get updated when it is 'sleeping'. hence the uptime command is way, way off, and worse yet, timestamps on the logs are not accurate either! Looking through /etc/lrp.conf, I have seen a setting there for a date server that would be connected to in order to get the correct time. Has anyone used this? More importantly, can anyone list for me the date servers that they use? I have not ever used one of these before, and am in the Pacific Timezone. Also, what changes (if any) are required in the firewall rules (i.e. are there ports that need to be opened for the server(s) ????) Thanks for any replies! _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
