Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Kannaiyan, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote: > It looks so funny with the business, why they urge to take orders > without any plans with the shipping date. I hope this is not the first > time happening with soekris. Lack of Planning? Lack of funds? > > Also in the website they mentioned May, now May g

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Teddy
Just in case anyone missed it here is a snip from the website now. *June 18, 2007 * NEWS ** The net5501 is *now shipping*, all back orders will be processed this week. Mike Tancsa wrote: At 02:54 PM 6/18/2007, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote: 1. Seen a quality product 2. Pay money 3. S

[Soekris] Anyone tried monowall? (Was: net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Greg Shenaut
It would be really cool if it worked "out of the box". Greg Shenaut ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Jared D. McNeill
On 18-Jun-07, at 9:37 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > Neato! I wonder how hard it would be to import it into FreeBSD. > Have you dont any benchmarks to see what sort of difference it > makes performance wise? Sure, I just posted the results on one of the NetBSD mailing lists: http://mail-

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 09:30 PM 6/18/2007, Jared D. McNeill wrote: >On 18-Jun-07, at 9:03 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: >>I think OpenBSD supports the crypto features of the chipset. Does >>NetBSD have any plans ? > >I ported the OpenBSD driver for NetBSD -current over the weekend and >it has since been pulled up to the 4.0

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Jared D. McNeill
On 18-Jun-07, at 9:03 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > I think OpenBSD supports the crypto features of the chipset. Does > NetBSD have any plans ? I ported the OpenBSD driver for NetBSD -current over the weekend and it has since been pulled up to the 4.0 branch. From the dmesg: glxsb0 at pc

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 05:26 PM 6/18/2007, Jared D. McNeill wrote: >On 18-Jun-07, at 1:53 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > Got my first 5501 today and just starting to look at it! So far so > > good. Quite a speedy bootup compared to the 45xx and even the > > 4801. I added the vr interface to our nanobsd flash, and it

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Jared D. McNeill
On 18-Jun-07, at 1:53 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > Got my first 5501 today and just starting to look at it! So far so > good. Quite a speedy bootup compared to the 45xx and even the > 4801. I added the vr interface to our nanobsd flash, and it booted > up without issue. I should probably share tha

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Hans Harder
He, I ordered mine 2 months ago, and next week I will be receiving it. I rather have a late but good product, than an a ... At least it was worth waiting for, although Mike will probally have a week longer uptime :) Hans > At 02:54 PM 6/18/2007, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote: > >>1. Seen a quality pro

[Soekris] net5501 - soekris website

2007-06-18 Thread Otfried Geffert
From www.soekris.com: June 18, 2007 * NEWS * The net5501 is now shipping, all back orders will be processed this week. -- I was impatient, but I am also a developer and it is better to deliver something stable than shipping prematurely. Otfried ___

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 02:54 PM 6/18/2007, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote: >1. Seen a quality product >2. Pay money >3. Send emails whether they have shipped or not (waste of time for the >business and buyer) >4. Check website on the shipping status >5. Atlast Get it ! > >I prefer soekris need to reduce to steps 3 rather th

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread dhartman
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:29:22 -0700, "Kannaiyan Natesan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks so funny with the business, why they urge to take orders > without any plans with the shipping date. I hope this is not the first > time happening with soekris. Lack of Planning? Lack of funds? This is

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Kannaiyan Natesan
Yes you are correct. Becoz of their quality hw, I'm just being here and watching the feedback on the products. But quality business is different from quality products. I mentioned on the term quality business (something on the management) which is missed here. I know people are waiting just becoz

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 02:29 PM 6/18/2007, Kannaiyan Natesan wrote: >It looks so funny with the business, why they urge to take orders >without any plans with the shipping date. I hope this is not the first >time happening with soekris. Lack of Planning? Lack of funds? > >Also in the website they mentioned May, now Ma

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Kannaiyan Natesan
It looks so funny with the business, why they urge to take orders without any plans with the shipping date. I hope this is not the first time happening with soekris. Lack of Planning? Lack of funds? Also in the website they mentioned May, now May gone, looks like it is May 2008, If I'm not wrong !

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Jaye Mathisen
Mike Tancsa wrote: > Got my first 5501 today and just starting to look at it! So far so > good. Quite a speedy bootup compared to the 45xx and even the > 4801. I added the vr interface to our nanobsd flash, and it booted > up without issue. > > That's pretty funny. Per the website, I did

[Soekris] net 5501 finally here!

2007-06-18 Thread Mike Tancsa
Got my first 5501 today and just starting to look at it! So far so good. Quite a speedy bootup compared to the 45xx and even the 4801. I added the vr interface to our nanobsd flash, and it booted up without issue. Here is a dmesg using a RELENG_6 image. Are there any bits and parts of what

Re: [Soekris] Where can I find a cdma450 mini pci card?

2007-06-18 Thread RB
On 6/15/07, Mats Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uh-huh... But I don't know where to get a pcmcia adapter either ;) Maybe Merlin has something you could use: http://www.novatelwireless.com/products/merlin/merlin-pc720.html http://www.novatelwireless.com/products/merlin/merlin-v620.html I

Re: [Soekris] Where can I find a cdma450 mini pci card?

2007-06-18 Thread David Dudley
The Merlin PC720 card works just fine with NetBSD. A 'cardbus' adapter is required. I'm using the ELAN P222 (a 2 slot adapter, the P111 is also available). I've had problems with some 'clone' manufacturer cards which said they were 'P111' but wouldn't recognize the PC720. The PC720 is actually

Re: [Soekris] Where can I find a cdma450 mini pci card?

2007-06-18 Thread Mats Lundqvist
Uh-huh... But I don't know where to get a pcmcia adapter either ;) The only available models in sweden are a wireless gateway and a usb-dongle. 2007/6/15, Paul Bartell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > it might be a good idea to get one of the Soekris with wither a pcmcia > slot or a regular pci slot, and u

Re: [Soekris] Where can I find a cdma450 mini pci card?

2007-06-18 Thread RB
We covered this a while ago, and I don't believe we found just a mini-pci card; there were a few other suggestions made, though: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical/11412 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical/11416 Looks like there were some oth