[Soekris] net5501 and NAPI

2013-03-18 Thread Chris Babcock
Has anybody here had any success using NAPI on the net5501 on Linux 3.x+ kernels? -Chris ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech

[Soekris] ACPI?

2012-11-28 Thread Chris Babcock
Any word on when firmware supporting ACPI will be available for the net6501? There seem to be several subsystems that just won't initialize or work right without it under Linux. (Power Management, HPET, more than on HT thread with Xen enabled, etc.) __

Re: [Soekris] 5501 Sensors on linux

2008-09-15 Thread Chris Babcock
Marco A. Calamari wrote: > I'm trying to find what packages on Debian linux > stable allow to access temoerature/voltage sensors > on a 5501/4801. > > Any experience to share? > You need lmsensors. In addition, there are references in the list archives for most of the bits of a lmsensors config

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: >> Lars Noodén wrote: >>> Maurice Janssen wrote: >>>> On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >>>>> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >>>&g

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Lars Noodén wrote: > Maurice Janssen wrote: >> On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >>> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >>> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual >>> ethernet board. >> Why not use serial

Re: [Soekris] Hard drives for the Net5501: Travelstar?

2008-08-10 Thread Chris Babcock
Martin Johnson wrote: > I'm about to build a couple of modest NET5501 servers, so I'm looking > for some 2.5-inch hard disks that can tolerate 24*7 running. The > Travelstar E5K and E7K ranges looks plausible for this job: > > http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/travelstar

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Chris Babcock
Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? Timothy Holtzen wrote: > Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm > and no magic smoke release. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. Th

Re: [Soekris] problem using multiple wireless cards

2008-07-26 Thread Chris Babcock
RB wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Chris Babcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So then to the users here organize their networks to avoid radio contention? > Yeah, there was a typo there... It should have read: So then how do the users here organize their netwo

Re: [Soekris] problem using multiple wireless cards

2008-07-25 Thread Chris Babcock
David Young wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 03:50:17PM +0200, Emilio Ancillotti wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have a problem using my soekris 4801 with two miniPCI wireless cards >> (R52H High Power Mikrotik 802.11a/b/g mPCI). >> >> The problem is the following. When each wireless card works alone >

Re: [Soekris] Can't cold boot new 5501

2008-07-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Scott Reber wrote: > I am not able to get m0n0wall 1.3b13 to cold boot on a Soekris 5501 with > combios 1.33c. I just received two of these units today and both > exhibit the same symptoms. M0n0wall begins to boot and pauses for quite > a while detecting ata0 and apparently detects no disk. It d

Re: [Soekris] Should I use a SATA or PATA harddisk?

2008-07-21 Thread Chris Babcock
Pieter Verberne wrote: > Hi list, > >>From Soekris Wiki: > net5501 supports PATA or SATA (this is connected by a bridge to PATA; > you can't use both ports and a CF; it is possible to use one PATA and > one SATA drive together with a workaround). > > Uhmm.. So if I connect a SATA harddrive I get

Re: [Soekris] NET5501 Boot Problem

2008-07-17 Thread Chris Babcock
Eternity wrote: > Hi! > > I have a problem with a whole bunch of NET5501:s. I have read some posts > with similar problems, but not exactly this, I think, so I post my > problem: > > On a Cold boot my CF Card is detected: > > Pri Mas CF CARD 1GB LBA Xlt 983-32-63 990 Mbyt

Re: [Soekris] Silicon Systems CF and working SATA

2008-07-16 Thread Chris Babcock
Steve Clark wrote: > Chris Babcock wrote: >> Ok, so I'm looking for a version of combios for a net5501-70 that >> works with both a Silicon Systems CF card and a attached SATA drive. >> >> I believe that 1.33c is supposed to work with both and have the >> d

[Soekris] Silicon Systems CF and working SATA

2008-07-15 Thread Chris Babcock
Ok, so I'm looking for a version of combios for a net5501-70 that works with both a Silicon Systems CF card and a attached SATA drive. I believe that 1.33c is supposed to work with both and have the detection issue fixed, but can somebody confirm this? Also, the download link for 1.33c still d

Re: [Soekris] net5501 network throughput

2008-07-05 Thread Chris Babcock
Vincent Li wrote: > Hi List, > > I am thinking to get net5501 installed as transparent firewall for the > university department network I manage. We are on 100M public network > and I manage up to 120 computers on the 100M public network. > > Note that as educational public network, we have lot

Re: [Soekris] 5501 USB to RS-232 Adapater.

2008-07-02 Thread Chris Babcock
Juan Ignacio wrote: > Hi all: > > Well, I want to buy an USB to RS-232 Adapter but I see there are a > lot of them. Can anybody recomended one?. > > I needed for Mac (iMac, Powerbook) and PC-Standard (Desktop,Notebook). I have had the best results with the Keyspan adapters. I have had very

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 and RHEL5.2

2008-06-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Przemyslaw Maszenda wrote: > It's not true. > > RHEL5.2 with 'i686' CPU kernel 2.6.18-92.1.1 work very well. > uname -a just shows: > Linux my.host.domain.net 2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.SOEKRIS #1 SMP Sat Jun 21 > 23:04:59 CEST 2008 i586 i586 i386 GNU/Linux > > I recompiled kernel from .src.rpm. The prob

Re: [Soekris] net 5501 and RHEL5.2

2008-06-20 Thread Chris Babcock
Przemyslaw Maszenda wrote: > Hi > > I try to boot and install RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2 on net5501-70 > (with sandisk CF but this doesn't matter, I think), but without success. > > > > I know, I lame :), but what should I do run to RHEL5.2 with net5501-70? > > 1) Should I recompile kernel?

Re: [Soekris] MFS filling up on net4521

2008-06-16 Thread Chris Babcock
Brian Candler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:20:23PM +0200, Bill Maas wrote: >> A significant part of it >> does not seem to be accounted for as actual disk usage: >> >> df -h: >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >> mfs:22103 7.7M 5.4M 1.9M74%/var >> >>

Re: [Soekris] MFS filling up on net4521

2008-06-16 Thread Chris Babcock
Brian Candler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:20:23PM +0200, Bill Maas wrote: >> A significant part of it >> does not seem to be accounted for as actual disk usage: >> >> df -h: >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >> mfs:22103 7.7M 5.4M 1.9M74%/var >> >>

Re: [Soekris] Compatibility Issue w/ Soekris 5501 and Cisco 2640 Switch

2008-06-14 Thread Chris Babcock
Joel Jaeggli wrote: > Chris Babcock wrote: > >> I have also seen similar behavior with devices that do auto MDI<->MDIX >> setting with some devices. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there is a >> way to control the MDI/MDIX function in software. Anybody,

Re: [Soekris] Compatibility Issue w/ Soekris 5501 and Cisco 2640 Switch

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Babcock
Phil Brutsche wrote: > Yes, but it's specific to managed switches, and even then only if the > switch supports MDIX. > > No managed switch? Sorry, not much you can do about it. > I wasn't referring to the switch. I was referring to the Soekris box. The ethernet ports on the net5501 are Auto MDI

Re: [Soekris] Compatibility Issue w/ Soekris 5501 and Cisco 2640 Switch

2008-06-11 Thread Chris Babcock
jmc wrote: > --- Chuck (Doc) Beaudette [Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 01:32:42PM -0700]: --- >> I have noted what appears to be a compatibility issue between the new >> Soekris and Cisco 2640 switch. I previously had a 4801 in my network >> connected to a Cisco 2640 for customers on a local Fiber network.

Re: [Soekris] Cold boot failures on Net5501?

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Babcock
K K wrote: > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Wim Vandeputte wrote: >> I would blame it on the 1.33b soekris BIOS, not OpenBSD, due to the initial >> timeout I see when detecting the Pri Mas > > Soekris explains (in the URL posted previously) why they blame it on > the flash card manufacturers. >

Re: [Soekris] Wirelsss Cards for net4511

2008-06-06 Thread Chris Babcock
Heather Lockridge wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations on a wireless card which is known to > work well on debian etch on the net4511? > Thanks! > Heather :-) > Atheros based cards are usually recommended for use on Linux (debian included). There are many different manufacturers that

Re: [Soekris] Sizing a Soekris

2008-05-25 Thread Chris Babcock
Crist J. Clark wrote: > Like so many other messages I've seen in the archives, I am > looking to replace a loud, power-hungry old desktop PC that > is working as a bastion host/broadband router/wireless AP with > something small and QUIET. But I am not sure if I'm "sizing" > up the system right. Fr

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Chris Babcock
Stephen Brown Jr wrote: > > You may find that you prefer one of the BSDs. > > I was just sitting here playing with OpenBSD and it's been a hair > raising experience so far :/ > > I set up a basic install in Vmware and the install was a little tricky, > but I managed to get it. OpenBSD may be a

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Chris Babcock
Stephen Brown Jr wrote: > Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys! > > Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious choice for me, > I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall solution I > am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased, but playing >

Re: [Soekris] Hot insert CF card?

2008-05-21 Thread Chris Babcock
Erik Cummings wrote: > I have a bunch of 4511 boards (BIOS 1.28) that I want to install and > build. > > I have configured DHCP, PXE, SystemImager, and autoinstall scripts to > do all the wonderful things I need done - it works great. > > HOWEVER: > - With a CF card inserted, even if it

[Soekris] Serial

2008-05-14 Thread Chris Babcock
How do most people here deal with adding a second external serial connector? Does everybody just grind out a section of the case? Has there been any discussion of the standard case including a punchout spot for the second serial port? ___ Soekris-te

Re: [Soekris] Transcend Industrial

2008-05-10 Thread Chris Babcock
Wim Vandeputte - Mailinglists only wrote: > hey, > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 04:22:08PM -0700, Chris Babcock wrote: >> 6) Doesn't cost more than the 5501-70 unit itself for a 4 GB card >> >> >> At this point, I haven't seen a card that reliably pass

Re: [Soekris] Transcend Industrial

2008-05-10 Thread Chris Babcock
Wim Vandeputte - Mailinglists only wrote: > hey Chris, > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 02:00:35PM -0700, Chris Babcock wrote: >> Does anybody here know if the Transcend industrial CF cards work >> properly in a 5501? Also, are they stuck as master or slave, or do they >

[Soekris] Transcend Industrial

2008-05-10 Thread Chris Babcock
Does anybody here know if the Transcend industrial CF cards work properly in a 5501? Also, are they stuck as master or slave, or do they properly honor the CS function on the Soekris boxes? ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com ht

Re: [Soekris] Reasons for not being able to boot from a USB CDROM?

2008-04-09 Thread Chris Babcock
Trevor Talbot wrote: > On Apr 8, 2008, at 10:48 AM, John Mealey III wrote: > >> It occured to me that the complex nature of loading on OS onto a >> Soekris box might be helped some if it could boot from a USB CDROM >> drive throught he onboard port. >> >> Anyone know of why this was not an opt

Re: [Soekris] net4501, Slackware 12, ethernet devices being shuffled

2008-03-18 Thread Chris Babcock
T. Marvin wrote: > The error I'm having (on the new one) is that when it boots up, the > ethernet devices will show up as eth0 thru eth2 in the boot logs or > whenever I force removal and reloading (i.e. rmmod, modprobe) of the > 'natsemi' driver, but show up as eth3 thru eth5 when the driver is in

Re: [Soekris] Any suggestion for alternative?

2008-03-16 Thread Chris Babcock
Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > I'm just trying to see if there are viable > alternatives that are in the Soekris class. There are solutions > like : > > http://www.plees.f2s.com/ec/mini-svr/mini-svr.htm > > but I can't see it being cost effective/supported/etc. > > I came to the

Re: [Soekris] Gigabit on 5501-70?

2008-03-04 Thread Chris Babcock
Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > > I have been using a net5501-70 with an Intel Pro 1000 GT PCI card, > using m0n0wall (FreeBSD) with good results. > > The card fits like a glove. You have to remove the 5501 board, > connect the 1000 GT NIC, and then slide everything into the back > panel of the ca

[Soekris] 5501 with 1024MB RAM

2008-02-27 Thread Chris Babcock
The product page for the net5501 on the new Soekris site still indicates that the 5501 is intended to have a 1024MB variant. Has there been any official statement as to whether there really will be a net5501(-90?) with this spec, and if so, when would it be available? -Chris ___

Re: [Soekris] Hard drives and temperature (was Re: Hard Drive Recommendations

2008-02-04 Thread Chris Babcock
Ralph Becker-Szendy wrote: > On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Igor Sobrado wrote: > > All this is true, for the temperature ranges they studied. > >> So, temperature is not a source of disk failures. > > WRONG! For the disks that were mounted in google's data center, there > was no clear correlation between

Re: [Soekris] Q on reliable WiFi card for Kismet

2007-11-21 Thread Chris Babcock
Steve Holdoway wrote: > I find that any aetheros-based minipci card/madwifi works fine. Has anybody here had any experience with the SparkLAN cards? (good or bad) Also, I noticed that Atheros has different model numbers that appear to be built for client vs access point (AR5008-3NX and AR5008AP-3