I have an old PII 300 system in a separate building the purpose of which is to act as a wireless router and camera platform. Why a PII-300? Don't care if it gets stolden. I use SCSI hard drives, a Cheetah 18 gig and two Compaq 4 gig drives connected to an Adaptec 2940U2W. Trouble is, the hard drives randomly drop. Anyone experience this problem that knows of a solution?
Another question, a full blown computer seems like overkill. I want a non intrusive indoor AP, possibly wireless cameras, and phone capability. It should be possible to call through the network anyone in the other two buildings and via a special code perhaps access an outside line. The output of the cameras should be visible from anywhere on the network. So, I'm looking at 8 locations for telephone. Alternatively, being able to ring a bell remotely would be helpful. Another problem I'm having, I have a USB connected APC ups that I'm trying to connect via the latest version of NUT. I get kernel won't release or something similar, permission denied errors. Obviously, running a battery backup when the computer has local hard drives is important. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug