Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread William Hermans
> > I bow to the expert and throw away any calculations based on worst case > scenarios and any experience I have had with 1000s of boards. > > Some may indeed work. A lot will not. I choose to err on the side of will > not. > > Gerald hahah, no Gerald, I've not tested 1000's of boards. only 5,

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread Gerald Coley
I bow to the expert and throw away any calculations based on worst case scenarios and any experience I have had with 1000s of boards. Some may indeed work. A lot will not. I choose to err on the side of will not. Gerald On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:20 PM, William Hermans wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread William Hermans
> > USB power is enough to power the ethernet. I've been doing this since 2013 > . . . > However, you can not use any other peripherals, or the board will start behaving inconsistently. FOr instance, I can run ethernet all day long with only USB power, I can even use the serial debug port with

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread William Hermans
USB power is enough to power the ethernet. I've been doing this since 2013 . . . On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > USB power is not enough to power the Ethernet. > > Gerald > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 3:14 PM, evilwulfie wrote: >

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread William Hermans
On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Denis Cosmin wrote: > Yesterday the board didn't freeze. Today I tried to connect the ethernet > cable to the board and some USR leds lighted up and remained stuck. I've > lost the ssh connection and the board became unresponsive. If I

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread evilwulfie
get a 2 amp 5v power supply to power your board. some times if you try to power from usb there is not enough power to run everything. On 8/8/2016 1:12 PM, Denis Cosmin wrote: > Via USB cable. It's my first board, never owned any other board before. > > On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 9:59:30 PM

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread Denis Cosmin
Via USB cable. It's my first board, never owned any other board before. On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 9:59:30 PM UTC+3, Wulf Man wrote: > > how are you powering the board > > On 8/8/2016 11:54 AM, Denis Cosmin wrote: > > Yesterday the board didn't freeze. Today I tried to connect the ethernet >

Re: [beagleboard] When I connect the ethernet cable the board freezes.

2016-08-08 Thread evilwulfie
how are you powering the board On 8/8/2016 11:54 AM, Denis Cosmin wrote: > Yesterday the board didn't freeze. Today I tried to connect the > ethernet cable to the board and some USR leds lighted up and remained > stuck. I've lost the ssh connection and the board became unresponsive. > If I