Re: GPRS/EDGE modems to use with a notebook

2007-11-03 Thread Kevin Cheng
modems to use with a notebook On 2007. November 2. 19:30.56 Kevin Cheng wrote: Hi, these are summarized from documentation with tested or untested, up to 4.2+: Kevin [...] Thanks a lot! Where did you get this list? Daniel

Re: GPRS/EDGE modems to use with a notebook

2007-11-02 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi, these are summarized from documentation with tested or untested, up to 4.2+: Kevin . AnyDATA E100H . Belkin F5U103 / F5U120 . e-Tek Labs Kwik232 . GoHubs GoCOM232 . HUAWEI Mobile Connect E612 / E618 / E620 . Novatel Wireless Merlin NRM6831, U530, U630,

Re: hardware for vpn

2007-10-04 Thread Kevin Cheng
http://code.google.com/p/bsd-appliance/wiki/HardwareVendorsAxi omtekNA820 http://code.google.com/p/bsd-appliance/wiki/HardwareVendorsNex comNSA1085 Very solid machines that we run for two years too. Kevin

Re: Slow ral(4) 802.11b in hostap mode?

2007-09-23 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi, We have great performance by using these two PCI cards while on 11g mode. ral0 at pci1 dev 13 function 0 Ralink RT2561S rev 0x00: irq 5, address 00:0e:8e:04:8b:08 ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 ral0 at pci1 dev 15 function 0 Ralink RT2561 rev 0x00: irq 11, address 00:05:9e:84:9c:c8 ral0:

Re: Problem with ftp-proxy

2007-09-14 Thread Kevin Cheng
For 4.0: -- /etc/inetd.conf: ftp-proxy stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/ftp-proxy ftp-proxy -m 55000 -t 180 -- /etc/pf.conf: wired_if=xl0 wireless_if={ ral0, xl1 } localhost_ip=127.0.0.1 # ftp-proxy nat-anchor ftp-proxy/* rdr-anchor ftp-proxy/*

Re: Backport drivers from 4.1 to 4.0

2007-08-27 Thread Kevin Cheng
, 2007 4:21 AM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Backport drivers from 4.1 to 4.0 On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 02:42:34AM +0800, Kevin Cheng wrote: Hi Darrin, Thanks for reply. The reason is that we have bunch of files integrated with 4.0 and it would take us months to upgrade to 4.2

Re: Backport drivers from 4.1 to 4.0

2007-08-27 Thread Kevin Cheng
Artur, Thanks, Upgrade code based on release of obsd is easy, but it would a big job to maintain early released of products based on previous version of obsd. For example, we would maintain 8 version of products from 3.3 to 4.0 if codes are upgraded every half years. Kevin you would need

Backport drivers from 4.1 to 4.0

2007-08-26 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi, What would be the safe way to backport driver codes from 4.1 to 4.0, such as (/usr/src/sys/dev) ci, pcmcia, usb? Thanks, Kevin

Re: Backport drivers from 4.1 to 4.0

2007-08-26 Thread Kevin Cheng
by one manually as safety approach? Any CVS that we can trace for what files been changed for specific drivers? E.g., 4.0-4.1. Thanks, Kevin -Original Message- From: Darrin Chandler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:19 AM To: Kevin Cheng Cc: misc

Re: ral in hostap mode

2007-07-18 Thread Kevin Cheng
We tested three PCI Ralink RT2561 802.11 b/g adapter on OpenBSD 4.0: . Edimax EW-7128G (RT2561S) ral0 at pci1 dev 15 function 0 Ralink RT2561S rev 0x00: irq 5, address 00:0e:2e:c7:c9:9a ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 . Zinwell ZWX-G361 (RT2561)

Single-user mode stopped

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi, Anyone sees boot sequence stopped on Single-User Mode and I need to hit Return key to finish all boot sequence? it boots fine eventually. Using drive 0, partition 3. Loading... probing: pc0 com0 com1 apm mem[639k 223M a20=on] disk: hd0+ OpenBSD/i386 BOOT 2.10 boot here I need to hit

Single-user mode stopped (re-posted)

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
Thanks On the first time, I did see following error: d0(pciide0:0:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 512 c_skip: 0 pciide0:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21 But it went away once booted and no longer appeared, unless I mirrored my HDD again

Re: Single-user mode stopped

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi Alexander, Thanks On the first time, I did see following error: d0(pciide0:0:0): timeout type: ata c_bcount: 512 c_skip: 0 pciide0:0:0: bus-master DMA error: missing interrupt, status=0x21 But it went away once booted and no longer appeared, unless I mirrored

Re: Single-user mode stopped

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:41 AM To: Kevin Cheng Cc: 'Alexander Hall'; misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Single-user mode stopped On 2007/07/18 07:34, Kevin Cheng wrote: Plain keyboard and monitor, no serial console plugged in. Check the serial

Re: Single-user mode stopped - solved

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Henderson Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:40 AM To: Kevin Cheng Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Single-user mode stopped On 2007/07/18 05:35, Kevin Cheng wrote: Anyone sees boot sequence stopped on Single-User

Re: Single-user mode stopped

2007-07-17 Thread Kevin Cheng
Thanks J.C. It was done by hardware mirror machine from http://www.logicube.com/. No issues for Intel to intel platform, but if Intel to VIA then you are right that it's better to reinstall whole thing. This works for 5 years since BSD 3.1 When we mount the same mirrored HDD from intel to a VIA,

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Cheng
We are testing ralink RT2500 series chipset heavily here, see excellent http://ralink.rapla.net/ Even same chipset may perform different while on g-mode. Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Mullins Sent: Friday, March 09,

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Cheng
Steve is right that it would produce stable TX/RS by using higher gain antenna. Usually a reliable/stable range for TX of 11g would be 1 miles or few kilo, or it could be up / down. A higher power prism 802.11b would be more reliable than 11g if further than such range. Prism 2.5 chipset with

Re: Preferred hardware vendors

2007-02-24 Thread Kevin Cheng
Hi, We have developed wireless/wired security / hotspot appliances based on OpenBSD 3.3 to 4.0 since year 2002: http://www.wiborne.com/hotspot.html and http://www.wiborne.com/switch.html All hardwares are based on IPC from www.nexcom.com that offers quality appliance with excellent service.