I had a network core at a thrift shop that also did appliance repair. I would take one of the dryer cases from a non repairable unit before they sent it to scrap. Nice old ones that were built well, cut up the case to what ever shape I needed. Very nice baked glaze that is tough.
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:11 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ya, LOL I used an old 19db flat panel for one tower that kept overheating! > What do you use? > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Jeromie Reeves <jree...@18-30chat.net>wrote: > >> I add sun shields to all my boxes these days. Does not take much to do >> and it keeps temps far lower. I do not even bother with temp >> monitoring any more and weird random failures from gear has dropped >> off to near zero. >> >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Simon Westlake <si...@powercode.com> >> wrote: >> > I have the exact same OEM boxes Baltic uses, we use them for Powercode >> BMUs. >> > They still don't have the kind of temperature range the 1100 has, it's >> rated >> > at -30 to +60c, the x86 boxes are 0-40. Granted, they may work somewhat >> > outside that, but in the summer, they are going to get way over 40c in >> some >> > of the enclosures. Plus they are generating a lot more heat and bringing >> the >> > temp of the box even higher. >> > >> > >> > On 6/16/2012 8:12 AM, Scott Reed wrote: >> >> >> >> Have you checked out the x86-based routers from Butch Evans or Baltic >> >> Networks rather than putting your own together? >> >> >> >> On 6/15/2012 4:30 PM, Simon Westlake wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I have a mix of RB1100 x2AH in towers along with some x86 boxes for >> >>> larger towers. The big benefit of the RB1100 x2AH is that it has a much >> >>> better operating temperature range than any x86 box you're going to be >> able >> >>> to affordably put together. >> >>> >> >>> So far, I only have three RB1100 x2AH deployed but they are working >> very >> >>> well (they replaced RB493s with similar issues, couldn't process the >> needed >> >>> amount of packets.) I have about 35 RB450/493 deployed and 5 x86 boxes >> in >> >>> towers. We'll be using the RB1100x2AH for the future, I think.. until >> they >> >>> get squashed and we need something bigger. Some of the locations they >> are at >> >>> are sitting at 100f+ inside the box and they are still rocking along. >> >>> >> >>> On 6/15/2012 11:40 AM, Troy Settle wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Curious as to other people's experiences with the 493AH. I have a >> site >> >>>> that >> >>>> needs to push up to about 20Mbit/s and run 150-200 simple queues. >> It's >> >>>> been >> >>>> working fine until we added the queues, then it started dropping >> packets >> >>>> all >> >>>> over the place. I guess we just overwhelmed it? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Looking at the RB1100AH as a replacement, but should we consider going >> >>>> up to >> >>>> an x86 based router? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > Simon Westlake >> > Powercode.com >> > (920) 351-1010 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mikrotik mailing list >> > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com >> > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> > >> > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> _______________________________________________ >> Mikrotik mailing list >> Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com >> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> >> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> > > > > -- > -RickG > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20120619/75472f47/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
