One ore question: I was thinking going for net4526-30 model. Is 64MB CF enough to run openbsd 3.8 for a wireless router?
Thanks in advance. 2005/12/8, Rick Aliwalas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Gustavo Rios wrote: > > > I hear CF is slow! Is that true? Which is faster: a 2.4 hard disk or a > > SanDisk CF? > > Since my Soekris is only used as a router/firewall, the CF card is only > read at boot time so speed is not much of an issue. The machine does boot > up real fast though since it's much simpler than a PC. I have heard > the CF Microdrives are kind of slow and not built to do lots of reads > and writes, but hey, if you need a PC, buy a PC! Soekris' are reliable > because they have no moving parts. Which is good - completely silent and > they generate little heat. I'd have to imagine that a good quality 2.5" > hard drive is faster than a CF card but don't know for sure. > > > Another question: what is your minipci wireless device model? > > Netgate has Soekris kits that come with all the cables, antennas, etc. > > http://www.netgate.com/index.php?cPath=27_43 > > I purchased the kit w/ the 802.11b Intersil 2.5 mini-PCI card > and a single antenna. I also purchased a 802.11b Intersil 2.5 PCMCIA > card for my OpenBSD laptop. They do have 802.11g support now for > OpenBSD but I haven't tried it yet. Also, looks like they have > dual-antenna kits now too. > > Looks like Netgate now has a nice case pre-drilled for antennas > for the net4526 and net4826. > > -rick > > > Thanks once more for your time and cooperation. > > > > 2005/12/8, Rick Aliwalas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Gustavo Rios wrote: > >> > >>> Dear gentleman, > >>> > >>> i am planning a single router for my 5 boxes network (ont incluind the > >>> router). I am thinking using Soekris for such a task. I was thinking > >>> on net4526 model (http://www.soekris.com/net4526.htm). > >>> > >>> If there is anyone here running such hardware, i would like to hear > >>> which harddisk and wireless (as also the anthena if it came apart) > >>> device are you running. > >> > >> I'm using a net4501 and a mini-pci Prism-based 802.11b wireless card from > >> http://www.netgate.com . Works beautifully w/ OpenBSD - one of the > >> few things in life I can always count on! I had to drill a hole in > >> the case for the antenna. I'm also using a SanDisk 256MB compact flash > >> card and did a plain vanilla install using pxeboot. I used to use > >> a SanDisk 64MB CF card and installed OpenBSD using flashdist (see > >> http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/ ). That worked fine too. > >> > >> -rick aliwalas > >> > >>> > >>> Thank you for your time and cooperation. > >>> > >>> Best regards.
