Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 05:58:51PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-) But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! yep thats right, I run the local ssd drive and the tdm from there. Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one partition for the monowall firmware and the other for the stripped down linux install to run Asterisk?) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samada...@samad.com.au wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 =eRW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Scully: I've heard the truth. Now what I want are the answers. The X-Files: Paper Clip signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
At 03:57 AM 7/21/2009, you wrote: But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! yep thats right, I run the local ssd drive and the tdm from there. The power to the header is only used to ring phones so if you're not ringing phones you don't need it. I don't have it connected in my box as I unly use it for connection to the outside world, all the phones are SIP. Ira ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Brian McEntire Photographer Owner B Scott Photography (240) 358-6655 studio www.bscottphoto.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Look into AstLinux as one possible solution for both Asterisk and a firewall on the 5501, with no hard drive. John Novack Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Dog is my co-pilot ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
At 10:09 AM 7/20/2009, you wrote: If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? I just built a box for my Asterisk system using an Intel Motherboard with an Atom 330, 5400 RPM HD, TDM 400 with 4 red cards and the cheap PS hat came with the case. Draws 43 watts according to my Kill-A-Watt and except for the TDM 400 which I already had it cost under 250 as parts from NewEgg. The only annoyance might be it has only one ethernet port with the only easy place to put another being a USB port. Ira ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Thanks Ira - I may yet still go with a standard Intel solution, but I think there could be major power savings to be had going with a smaller box like a Soekris if it can work. A good rule of thumb for 24x7 devices is $1 per watt per year, so 45 watts, while good, will still be $45 per year. I don't know what a Soekris would draw, but without a power supply fan, and using a CF card rather than a conventional HD, I'm hoping the power use would be much reduced. I will look into AstLinux. I'm actually hoping to run a VM (like VMWare) on this solution and run the firewall (m0n0wall) inside the VM. M0n0wall is a tiny distro that runs from a CD (or can run from a CF card), so I think it would still run fine inside a VM. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Irai...@extrasensory.com wrote: At 10:09 AM 7/20/2009, you wrote: If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? I just built a box for my Asterisk system using an Intel Motherboard with an Atom 330, 5400 RPM HD, TDM 400 with 4 red cards and the cheap PS hat came with the case. Draws 43 watts according to my Kill-A-Watt and except for the TDM 400 which I already had it cost under 250 as parts from NewEgg. The only annoyance might be it has only one ethernet port with the only easy place to put another being a USB port. Ira ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Brian McEntire Photographer Owner B Scott Photography (240) 358-6655 studio www.bscottphoto.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
At 12:47 PM 7/20/2009, you wrote: I may yet still go with a standard Intel solution, but I think there could be major power savings to be had going with a smaller box like a Soekris if it can work. A good rule of thumb for 24x7 devices is $1 per watt per year, so 45 watts, while good, will still be $45 per year. I don't know what a Soekris would draw, but without a power supply fan, and using a CF card rather than a conventional HD, I'm hoping the power use would be much reduced. There is a version running on a Blackfin based board that claims to only use 4 watts, http://blog.astfin.org/ I thought about it, but didn't want to be stuck to that hardware and OS version and it's not cheap. Ira ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-) But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one partition for the monowall firmware and the other for the stripped down linux install to run Asterisk?) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samada...@samad.com.au wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 =eRW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Brian McEntire Photographer Owner B Scott Photography (240) 358-6655 studio www.bscottphoto.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Brian McEntire wrote: A good rule of thumb for 24x7 devices is $1 per watt per year, so 45 watts, while good, will still be $45 per year. In San Diego, CA we pay $0.33 per kWh (Over 200% of Baseline rate). With 8,760 hours in a year. That works out to $2.98 per watt or $130.86 for a 45 watt device. -- Thanks in advance, - Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
I still don't see what you gain by using m0n0wall and a separate Asterisk install. I can't think of one thing that you would need a separate m0n0wall instance to do that AstLinux can't do on it's own. The web interface has become quite completely in the last few releases. Traffic shaping, firewall, vpn support etc. I don't understand how a VM does anything more than complicate an otherwise simple set up. Darrick Brian McEntire wrote: Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-) But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one partition for the monowall firmware and the other for the stripped down linux install to run Asterisk?) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samada...@samad.com.au wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 =eRW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Darrick - You seem adamant, and I will look deeper into the firewall in Astlinux! :-) The one thing running monowall in a VM would do for me is (in theory) make it very simple to move my existing, working m0n0wall configuration. I've been running it for a while, it serves a bunch of DHCP clients, does a little NAT, and has 20 or so specific rules for what can talk to what across the LAN, WAN, and DMZ segments of the firewall. If Astlinux can do all that, and I can grok it easily, it might be easier than running m0n0wall inside a VM. I suppose the other thing running m0n0wall inside a VM might do is a little extra security. If the firewall is in a VM and the asterisk part is running on the hardware without access to the LAN ports (which are all owned by the VM) then it *might* make the asterisk install a little more secure or less exposed to automated attacks. Not saying this is a high payoff for me, but another potential pro for a VM setup. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Darrick Hartmandhart...@djhsolutions.com wrote: I still don't see what you gain by using m0n0wall and a separate Asterisk install. I can't think of one thing that you would need a separate m0n0wall instance to do that AstLinux can't do on it's own. The web interface has become quite completely in the last few releases. Traffic shaping, firewall, vpn support etc. I don't understand how a VM does anything more than complicate an otherwise simple set up. Darrick Brian McEntire wrote: Thanks for the reply Alex. I'm not too scared of the soldering iron (I own one, but my work with it isn't pretty ;-) But can you confirm, are you just using the small power header on the board to supply power to the pci card? I was wondering if I was going to have to snake an another wall wort into the box to power the card, would be good if I don't have to do that! Not 100% sure I could run a VM on it, but the new net5501 board comes with 512MB ram and I think a 500-ish MHz processor, way more than what I'm currently using to run m0n0wall, so even if the VM takes a bite out of it, it should be fine, hardest part might be configuring the VM to boot monowall from CF. Can you partition a CF card? (ie, one partition for the monowall firmware and the other for the stripped down linux install to run Asterisk?) On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Alex Samada...@samad.com.au wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:09:30PM -0400, Brian McEntire wrote: Hello - I've been running Asterisk (quite happily!) for several years now using a Digium TDM400P card in an old Linux box (P4 1.6 w/ 256MB RAM). I'm also running another old PC running m0n0wall as a firewall. Between these two boxes, that run 24x7, I'm drawing a lot more power than needed and hoping to make a dent in my monthly electric bill by consolidating the two into a single box with efficient power supply, low power processor, and no spinning HD platters. Main question is whether anyone knows if the Digium TDM400P should be compatible with the 3.3V PCI slot in the Soekris Net5501-70 box? Hi I have a the same setup you mention here, except I have a tdm410 card. I have a cf boot and a SSD card as well. Running Debian for firewall and asterisk server. Works well I have 3 vpn tunnels and a 6to4 tunnel ending on this machine, 2 fxs + 1 fxo. from my collectd graphs it looks like it really only spike when I am taking readins :) One catch the case that comes from soekris is too tight to put the molex on, I had to solder it to the connectors underneath. all fine though I am not sure about running a vm on this box though - I have some thing similiar at another site, but a bigger box. Alex Soekris' description for the net5501-70 says, in part, it has support for one or two low-power standard PCI board I see on my Digium card that it requires a molex connector supplying voltage. The Net5501 has a small 4-pin molex header on the board, I wonder if a small to regular sized molex power cable would do the job to supply this card. If the Soekris isn't expected to work well, are there any mainstream small form factor/low-power solutions for a SoHo asterisk server? -- Expense Accounts, n.: Corporate food stamps. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpk1yMACgkQkZz88chpJ2NvmgCg3+4zJhQBcnQzxMPeQ1N+KXn1 XBMAnjtAOUjpC/++2acwVuHcYOpPQG21 =eRW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Brian McEntire Photographer Owner B
Re: [asterisk-users] Digium TDM400P in Soekris net5501-70?
Brian McEntire wrote: Darrick - You seem adamant, and I will look deeper into the firewall in Astlinux! :-) Brian, I am one of the developers, so I happen to like what we've done. There have been some huge changes to the web interface and the overall project in the past year or so. http://www.astlinux.org The one thing running monowall in a VM would do for me is (in theory) make it very simple to move my existing, working m0n0wall configuration. I've been running it for a while, it serves a bunch of DHCP clients, does a little NAT, and has 20 or so specific rules for what can talk to what across the LAN, WAN, and DMZ segments of the firewall. If Astlinux can do all that, and I can grok it easily, it might be easier than running m0n0wall inside a VM. The firewall part of Astlinux is Arno's IPtables firewall. The web interface can handle most (if not all) of what you're trying to do. We've exposed a few more options in our svn trunk, but that's undergoing some big changes right now to support dahdi. I'm running an image based on that right now, but it will probably be another week or so before trunk is stable enough for general use. If there's something you need that's not exposed in the web interface, ask and someone on our mailing list can get you going in the right direction. If you have any problems/questions, ask over on our mailing list or in the #astlinux channel on freenode. I suppose the other thing running m0n0wall inside a VM might do is a little extra security. If the firewall is in a VM and the asterisk part is running on the hardware without access to the LAN ports (which are all owned by the VM) then it *might* make the asterisk install a little more secure or less exposed to automated attacks. Not saying this is a high payoff for me, but another potential pro for a VM setup. That could very well be the case, but I highly doubt you're going to like the results of using a net5501 as a virtual machine host. The hardware was never really intended for that purpose. Darrick ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
