Re: [Soekris] net6501: doesn't start if not first unplugged for 8 minutes

On 2017-03-19, Dries Verachtert wrote: > I have a net6501 soekris device and it has a strange issue: when the > device is working correctly and I reboot, then it doesn't start > anymore: [...] > If I keep the device unplugged from a power source for +/- 8 minutes, >

Re: [Soekris] net6501 hanging on reboots after 012345 (take 2)

On 2016-07-24, Denis Fondras wrote: > I'd like to know if anyone had solution for this : > http://marc.info/?l=soekris-tech=131703535427987=2 Unrelated. > The issue is annoying me. This is a reboot issue where POST hangs at 012345 on > NET6501-70 using BIOS 1.41c. > > It

Re: [Soekris] net5501 compact case for free plus postage

On 2016-07-06, Christian Weisgerber <na...@mips.inka.de> wrote: > I have a compact case for the net5501 to give away. It has been claimed. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de ___ Soekri

[Soekris] net5501 compact case for free plus postage

I have a compact case for the net5501 to give away. KD85.com case for Soekris 5501 with 4 ethernet ports, painted black, no company logo, includes the second serial port DB9 flatcable. http://soekris.kd85.com/images/tn/dsc08043.jpg.html I'll be happy to send it anywhere (DHL parcel,

Re: [Soekris] Dying net6501 servers

On 2016-02-21, "Hendrickson, Kenneth" wrote: > The warranty is clearly not long enough, and this is a *systemic* > problem, with many people experiencing the same failures. Soekris > ought to replace them. There's a bias problem here: You're only going to hear from the

Re: [Soekris] I see development of the net6801 has been dropped.

On 2015-10-06, Vadim Troshchinskiy wrote: > Besides, Lanner seems to have something out already. These Rangeley-based systems by ADI Engineering seem to be actually available and in quantities down to 1: US: http://store.netgate.com/Production-Systems-C209.aspx EU:

Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD-recent + nanobsd for 4801?

On 2015-07-01, Harlan Stenn har...@everett.org wrote: For a long while I've been gently trying to get FreeBSD/nanobsd built for a 4801 and installed on a Sandisk 4G CF card. Have you considered a standard FreeBSD install? I'm running FreeBSD 10, as an NTP server, on a net5501 using 2G of CF.

Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD-recent + nanobsd for 4801?

On 2015-07-01, Christopher Sean Hilton ch...@vindaloo.com wrote: Regarding the net4801, CPU_SOEKRIS and CPU_ELAN_* only appear to concern the GPIO port, so if you don't hook up anything there, my best guess is that a standard install with GENERIC should work just fine. The net4801 is

Re: [Soekris] com speed changing during boot

Jeff Simmons: That's due to different defaults in the Soekris comBIOS (19200) and the OpenBSD boot loader (9600). If you want to switch the latter to 19200, add stty com0 19200 to /etc/boot.conf. Tried that, doesn't work. Yes, it does. Can't read the /etc/boot.conf file until the

Re: [Soekris] com speed changing during boot

On 2015-06-06, Jeff Simmons j...@j-simmons.net wrote: I have suddenly run into a problem with one of my Soekris net6501 boxes. When I first boot it, the com speed is 19200, but just before the boot prompt it switches to 9600. This is raising problems with upgrading the OS (OpenBSD). Any

Re: [Soekris] OpenBSD 5.6 on a 4801?

On 2015-04-09, Peter Bako pe...@bakonet.org wrote: Has anybody successfully installed OpenBSD 5.6 on a net4801? I have two of these units (both with the latest 133 firmware), each failing in the exact same way, at the exact same place, while doing a PXE install. I can see my TFTP server

Re: [Soekris] 6501 with OpenBSD as firewall

On 2014-03-16, Marc Balmer m...@msys.ch wrote: What are people's experiences with the net 6501 and (recent) OpenBSDs, for firewalling and VPN purposes? It works. *shrug* There are two issues to be aware of: * Some mSATA SSDs are not detected reliably at boot. The KingSpec modules sold by

Re: [Soekris] net6501 + Transcend SSD + OpenBSD boot issues

David Paschal pasc...@surewest.net wrote: Has anybody had any success in finding an SLC mSATA SSD (either the Cactus 900S or otherwise) that (1) is currently and readily available for purchase, and (2) works reliably with the net6501 and OpenBSD? The 4GB KingSpec one I bought from Wim

Re: [Soekris] net6501-50 normal working temperature

Lon Willett x_soek...@lonw.net wrote: My net6501s (standard case) were running rather hot too, but had no problems. Then when summer came, they even started throttling the CPU because of high temperature. How can you tell that the CPU is throttling? -- Christian naddy Weisgerber

Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD 9.2 kernel config for 5501?

Martin Johnson martin.johnson.uk.li...@googlemail.com wrote: Or, can anyone confirm that the default GENERIC kernel in 9.2 runs properly on the 5501 hardware? Yes, I can confirm this. I originally installed 9.1 on my net5501 and later upgraded it to 9.2 with freebsd-update. Plain GENERIC all

Re: [Soekris] net6501 : CPU architecture ?

Chris Cappuccio ch...@nmedia.net wrote: There is no advantage to 64bit on this box unless forward-looking binary compatibility is on your list. If you are doing lots of crypto by way of OpenSSL's libcrypto, 64-bit can be significantly faster for a number of popular algorithms (AES, SHA256,

Re: [Soekris] Net 6501 second serial port with Openbsd 5.3

Laurent Salle lsa...@taciturne.net wrote: I'm unsuccessful trying to use the second serial port on a Soekris Net 6501 with OpenBSD 5.3. $ cu -s 9600 -l cua01 /dev/cua01: Device not configured link down $ Anyone has been able to use this port ? With which command ? It's cua03. See

Re: [Soekris] net6501 : CPU architecture ?

David Ruggiero thatseattle...@gmail.com wrote: So from this discussion, as far as I can tell, I have a choice of _four_ different OpenBSD kernels that could legitimately be booted on my net6501 and would probably run: 32-bit i386 uniprocessor 32-bit i386 SMP 64-bit amd64 uniprocessor

Re: [Soekris] net6501 : CPU architecture ?

Peter J. Holzer hjp+soek...@wsr.ac.at wrote: Is the BIOS even able to hide the lm bit? Or are operating systems supposed to ignore it and use information from the BIOS (DMI?) instead? For a decade, Intel and AMD have provided patches that work around processor bugs and are implemented in

[Soekris] Rubber feet dimensions?

Strange question time: What are the nominal dimensions of the little rubber feet attached to the bottom of the Soekris cases? They tend to fall off. I got a bunch of 12 x 3 mm ones as replacements, but they aren't quite tall enough, at least on the net6501. -- Christian naddy Weisgerber

Re: [Soekris] Clock losing time on Net5501

Joakim Aronius joa...@aronius.se wrote: [OpenBSD] I have not had time to look into the 'new' rc.d controlsystem for starting and stopping services but a cronjob with '/etc/rc.d/ntpd restart' should do the same thing as a reboot.. But I could not find anything on special handling like writing