Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Gerry Weaver
: Soekris equivalent the same site that has the atom based board from msi also has a jetway board. http://www.logicsupply.com/products/nc92_230_lf with add on, it can do 4 10/100/1000 network attachments.

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Anathae Townsend
the same site that has the atom based board from msi also has a jetway board. http://www.logicsupply.com/products/nc92_230_lf with add on, it can do 4 10/100/1000 network attachments.

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Marco Peereboom
No idea; it was a gift. Love it though; soekris, not so much. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:49:56AM -0500, bofh wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Marco Peereboom wrote: > > I love my crusoe, no moving parts and less than 1A: > > Wasn't it kinda expensive in the beginning (definitely more

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread bofh
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Marco Peereboom wrote: > I love my crusoe, no moving parts and less than 1A: Wasn't it kinda expensive in the beginning (definitely more than a soekris iirc) and even more expensive as museum pieces nowadays? -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.yo

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Marco Peereboom
I love my crusoe, no moving parts and less than 1A: OpenBSD 4.4-beta (GENERIC) #976: Fri Jul 11 16:41:38 MDT 2008 pvalc...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 ("GenuineTMx86" 586-class) 732 MHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Diana Eichert
I've seen various references to PoC (AKA Piece of Crap) generic motherboards. None of these are good comparisons to either the PC Engines or Soekris boards because of their limited serial port boot rom access. Anyone who has ever worked with PC BIOS "serial port redirection" knows how crappy it

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Laurence Tratt
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 02:38:43PM -0500, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > Is anyone aware of an equivalent for the Soekris Net 5501-70. I'm looking > to prototype an OpenBSD border gateway that offers web proxy capabilities > through squid cache but squid is a bit of a memory hog and I'd like to

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-18 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-12-18, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 20:56 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote: >> ALIX boards serve me well. See www.pcengines.ch. > > I can second that. Alix boards have served me as a robust drop-in > replacement for Soekris while being cheaper at the same time (maybe not > f

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Stephan A. Rickauer
On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 20:56 +0100, Marc Balmer wrote: > ALIX boards serve me well. See www.pcengines.ch. I can second that. Alix boards have served me as a robust drop-in replacement for Soekris while being cheaper at the same time (maybe not for non-Swiss customers, though).

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Louis V. Lambrecht
bofh wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Daniel E. Hassler wrote: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832 Interesting. I read somewhere that it is one of the things Intel is limiting customers to, via chipsets and whatnots. I wonder if these guys are using a 3rd party chipset.

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread ropers
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Daniel E. Hassler wrote: >> http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832 >> > 2008/12/18 bofh : > Interesting. I read somewhere that it is one of the things Intel is > limiting customers to, via chipsets and whatnots. I wonder if these > guys are using a 3rd part

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread bofh
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Daniel E. Hassler wrote: > http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832 > Interesting. I read somewhere that it is one of the things Intel is limiting customers to, via chipsets and whatnots. I wonder if these guys are using a 3rd party chipset. -- http://www.

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Daniel E. Hassler
http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832 Spec says it has dual LAN ports. Dan bofh wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Martin Schrvder wrote: Btw: Has anybody seen Intel Atom boards with >1 NIC for use as routers/firewalls? Intel won't allow it. Doesn't want it to ca

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread bofh
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Martin Schrvder wrote: > Btw: Has anybody seen Intel Atom boards with >1 NIC for use as > routers/firewalls? Intel won't allow it. Doesn't want it to cannibalize their celeron sales. That's why atom boards only have one pci slot too. -- http://www.glumbert.com/

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Martin Schröder
2008/12/17 Marc Balmer : > * Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: >> Is anyone aware of an equivalent for the Soekris Net 5501-70. I'm > > ALIX boards serve me well. See www.pcengines.ch. Btw: Has anybody seen Intel Atom boards with >1 NIC for use as routers/firewalls? Best Martin

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Bryan Irvine
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > Is anyone aware of an equivalent for the Soekris Net 5501-70. I'm looking to > prototype an OpenBSD border gateway that offers web proxy capabilities > through > squid cache but squid is a bit of a memory hog and I'd like to have >

Re: Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Marc Balmer
* Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > Is anyone aware of an equivalent for the Soekris Net 5501-70. I'm > looking to prototype an OpenBSD border gateway that offers web proxy > capabilities through > squid cache but squid is a bit of a memory hog and I'd like to have > something with a Gig of RA

Soekris equivalent

2008-12-17 Thread Christopher Sean Hilton
Is anyone aware of an equivalent for the Soekris Net 5501-70. I'm looking to prototype an OpenBSD border gateway that offers web proxy capabilities through squid cache but squid is a bit of a memory hog and I'd like to have something with a Gig of RAM. Power footprint is a consideration which