Saúl Ibarra wrote:
I've tested the null modem cable, by doing a
loopback test and it's working . I put a m0n0wall image to a 1GB CF and
the unit boots, I'm able to access m0n0wall GUI at 192.168.1.1
http://192.168.1.1. But I can't access serial console in order to
configure comBIOS.
Justin,
Justin Derrick wrote:
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone using a non-network
(lan1641, etc.) PCI card with any of the Soekris line to extend its
functionality beyond network routing, etc.
These are perhaps more examples of what you call network routing, but a
number of
Martin,
Martin Johnson wrote:
I myself have a Sangoma S518 working in a
Soekris net4801
Hi Jan,
Out of interest, what OS are you using?
On that Soekris (which at the moment is in fact sitting unused in a
drawer) I've installed Linux 2.4.31. I've used it for approximately 8
months while
Hans,
Hans Harder wrote:
Jan,
never looked at it, seems it was default on.
When I test it with or without readahead, it makes no difference.
Hans
I would not expect to see a performance difference depending on whether
read-ahead was on or off if the test method is hdparm -tT, because I
der Mouse wrote:
I put accelerator in quotes because I found that, in those tests,
using the crypto hardware (a 1411, I think it was) actually impaired
throughput. Apparently the penalty of crossing the kernel/user
boundary outweighed the benefit from the crypto hardware.
I kind of like the
Lars Noodén wrote:
I'm considering the possibility of entirely replacing my home ADSL modem
/ hub with a Soekris unit.
Which DSL modem cards work well on Soekris with OpenBSD or Debian
GNU/Linux ?
I'm using a Sangoma S518 in a net4801. This card fits the standard case
(although you
Antoine,
Antoine Zen-Ruffinen wrote:
I'm using a net4801 with a RTOS on it. On the net4801, all the 3 NS
dp83816 NIC share the same interrupt (10). That cause me trouble
because my RTOS is not able to differentiate where the interrupt came
from.
Is there a way to change the interrupt
Gregory,
Gregory Colpart wrote:
When I start Iperf[*] between Box1 and Box2... Soekris net4801
always reboots after few seconds! I use OpenBSD 4.3 on the
Soekris and I test with PF enabled (first seconds, speed is about
25 MBps) and without PF enabled (first seconds, speed is about 80
MBps).
Malcolm Herbert wrote:
What sort of throughput do others see in this configuration?
Not sure if this is relevant, but I've got a Sangoma S518 (ADSL) card in
a net4801 with 4640 kbps downlink speed and 512 kbps up. This is the raw
bandwidth, within which I'm establishing a PPP session using
Andy,
andyk365 wrote:
We supply the ADSL2+ card you're talking about in the UK now. It
presents as
a realtek ethernet NIC and as far as we are aware works well with xBSD.
You can check it out at http://www.oem-router-solutions.co.uk
http://www.oem-router-solutions.co.uk - if you have
Robin,
Robin Kipp wrote:
that's an interesting idea, hehe... :-) The only problem is this also
requires a running Linux I could use to copy the kernel onto the CF card
which I don't have :-(
A LiveCD comes to mind (e.g. http://www.knoppix.net/)
This way you can just boot a laptop into Linux
TechKid PC wrote:
I do not have a serial cable. The way I have currently been testing
the device is by simply watching the disk activity light.
I strongly suggest that you get a serial cable to that
you can see what the BIOS is telling you.
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A Linux kernel bug was introduced in the sc1200 module in the 2.6.29 era. The
bug causes an oops during boot, so Linux can essentially not be booted on the
net4801 since that time.
The bug was found in September and has been fixed in Linus's tree, but it's
taken until recently for that fix to
William Estrada wrote:
I'm new to Debian, how do I install this driver??
William,
(Re-posting to the list as well. Can the list owner please automatically add an
appropriate Reply-To header?).
I agree with Andy, you may have been bitten by the persistent net rules (put in
place by udev
William Estrada wrote:
I wanted to install a small system image, so that is way I went the
Debootstrap route. The standard installs, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. all seam
to install the world for you, like M$ does. My build was relatively
small ( 1/2 gig ).
r...@skr03:~# df .
Filesystem
Scott Newell wrote:
We're upgrading our ADSL connection at work, and I'm told we need to
get a new modem. (I guess the ancient Westell we're using now isn't
good enough anymore.) So, does anyone have a favorite model, or
models to avoid? It'll be connected to a '4521 acting as our
Ted Phelps wrote:
FWIW, I have a Viking in my net4801, and I find that it runs too hot.
I'm currently running with the top of the case removed and it's fine,
even in the heat of the Brisbane summer. Aside from that, the card
works a treat!
I've had heat issues as well, until I upgraded to
Mads,
On 23/08/10 19:07, Mads Hjorth wrote:
Hi,
I just upgraded to a new internet provider (fullrate in denmark) and
they are using the VSDL2 protocol.
I had hoped for ADSL2+ so I could use my existing traverse viking pci
card, but I don´t think it will play wity VSDL2.
Is there
On 01/10/10 20:49, Goran Sandin wrote:
I have problem with the NMEA output from my GPS.
Goran,
I suggest you ask your question on news:comp.protocols.time.ntp
Jan
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On 22/09/10 23:37, Soren Kristensen wrote:
Our experience is that 9 out of 10 times issues with stability is either
problems with the power supply or with the software, especially Linux as
it seems to have taken long time for a stable VT6105M Linux driver to
show up
If it's one of the
Hi Soren,
On 11/10/10 14:10, Soren Kristensen wrote:
A couple of question/suggestions:
1) Does it crash without wifi activity ?
Yes it does. I've had it crash in the middle of the night, when all of
the laptops in the house were powered off.
Happened only once though. And when it crashes
On 11/10/10 16:11, Andrey Safonov wrote:
2. I write my own driver for VT6105M for this board, but this is an
alpha version now.
I don't have place (http/ftp) for share it. If someone have such place
- I can send sources my email.
It works OK for me and I'm using it now instead standard Linux
On 11/10/10 16:16, Soren Kristensen wrote:
Oe thing about drivers, our small slow embedded computers can provoke
driver/software errors that are normally masked by faster processors,
Understood.
The CPU on my server is a 1.5GHz Via C7, which indeed has between 1.5
and three times the bogomips
All,
On 11/10/10 14:10, Soren Kristensen wrote:
Jan Ceuleers wrote:
I have similar problems with my 5501 crashing very frequently. I've
tried two separate power supplies without effect.
Some questions to everyone out there:
(...)
- One data point: when my machine crashes
On 29/10/10 19:40, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
Well I've tried something else, namely to use eth2 and eth3 for my
traffic instead of eth0 and eth1. This has now been working without
crashes for a week, whereas previously it would crash at least once
every 2 days, and sometimes as frequently as once
On 06/11/10 16:18, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
This seems to be confirmed: the box is much more stable in that it has
not crashed since I moved my traffic over to the Ethernet ports that are
furthest away from the mini-PCI card.
I'd be grateful if others could try and replicate these results.
After
On 31/12/10 20:02, Doug Dodge wrote:
Essentially the question I would be asking is what is the BEST setup,
best being defined as robust, hassle-free (as much as possible) and one
that hits the ‘sweet spot’? The device will be used as a firewall.
Hi Doug.
If all the machine does is firewalling
On 04/04/11 14:33, Francesco Trentini wrote:
sorry if this is not the proper channel, but I remember a discussion on
Soekris list time ago about the possibility of the inclusion of a simple
RAID1 chip on board.
Due to the imminent new board 6501, and the presence of two SATA
interfaces, this
On 13/05/11 17:53, Michael Proto wrote:
Linux? dmidecode might have such information (I don't have access to a
Linux-on-Soekris box to confirm)
root@skr03:~# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
# No SMBIOS nor DMI entry point found, sorry.
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On 08/27/2011 08:49 PM, JF Straeten wrote:
May I ask which VDSL2 modem you are using with your soekris box (brand
and model) ?
I don't need (and rather prefer not) a full featured one, just a modem
to handle the DSL connexion initiated by software (under Debian
GNU/Linux, if it's matter) on
On 01/04/12 12:05, Attila Kinali wrote:
Can it be fixed? Not really. It's a design issue. The only way to
really fix it is to change the design and redo the boards.
If you already own a net5501, the only thing you can do is, to patch
it up until the crash probability reaches a level where you
On 08/04/12 13:22, Attila Kinali wrote:
Could be. I think that's unlikely. I rather think that the wlan card
has a spiky power need, probably drawin ~300mA for very short periods.
The VIA6105M should have about the same spikyness, but with less power
consumption. As both share their power
Svenning Sørensen wrote:
Two machines sending high rates of UDP packets to each other would make
the box hang rather fast, often within a few seconds under certain loads.
I made a few fixes to the 3.2.13 driver which seem to have solved the
hangs as well as another major problem (the one
Lars Noodén wrote:
I've bridged vr0 - vr3 and they show up in the bridge. I've assigned an
IP number to vr0 and serve DHCP to that ip range. If I connect to vr0,
I can get an address via DHCP. If I connect to the other ports, then I
cannot. If I understand correctly, connections from vr1
Hi.
I've been using net4801s and a net5501 as broadband routers for use at
home for some time now.
Generally great and fun. There's just one down side: these boxes are not
completely silent, in that they make a strange hissing sound while
they're doing actual work (like routing network traffic).
On 06/10/2012 10:17 AM, Frank Schuhmann wrote:
Hello Jan and list.
Hi Frank, thanks for your reply.
Were these boxes brand new or did you buy them used?
Are this hissing was occurring since the first days, you was using the
boxes?
I bought all my boxes straight from Soekris Europe in the
On 06/10/2012 11:45 AM, Frank Schuhmann wrote:
I don´t really know what the producers of the capacitors mean with low noise
suppression, but in normal times this caps don´t do piping or hissing.
Right. Well I mean acoustic noise, and I suspect your kind is the following:
On 06/10/2012 08:15 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
Hi.
I've been using net4801s and a net5501 as broadband routers for use at
home for some time now.
Generally great and fun. There's just one down side: these boxes are not
completely silent, in that they make a strange hissing sound while
On 06/14/2012 08:08 PM, Bob Bishop wrote:
Hi,
You (and the other consenting contributors to this thread) are lucky to have
hearing good enough to hear these effects. Make the most of it, it won't last.
You don't understand. I'm in my late 40s, and in my teens I was a sound
equipment rental
On 06/15/2012 09:27 AM, Bob Bishop wrote:
I have to say I've never experienced this working with these boxes over many
years, but maybe I've just never noticed. OK, back to the OQ then. A couple
of questions:
- Exactly what do you have plugged into the Soekris board? Ie, is it
supplying
On 06/10/2012 08:15 AM, Jan Ceuleers wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the hissing?
So I've now found some time to look into this more:
- the problem remains when I remove the wireless card (so leaving only
the CompactFlash card installed).
- the problem does not change in any way
On 09/27/2012 12:06 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote:
Are there any UK-based Soekris resellers (other than a rather expensive
amazon vendor with no feedback)? Pricing in EUR/USD can be a bit awkward
in some cases so there are times this would be useful. Not looking for any
myself right at the moment
On 01/21/2013 02:34 PM, Helmut Schlang wrote:
What's happening there?
First thing to try is a new power supply. Any regulated power supply
brick that supplies 12 VDC to a 5.5mmx2.1mm barrel connector (positive
centre) will do, but it's good to have some headroom current-wise. So
one that
On 05/03/2013 07:35 AM, Lon Willett wrote:
I recently hooked up a large external USB disk to a net6501 and made a
most unpleasant discovery. The machine hangs when booting. Note that
I'm *not* trying to boot from the drive. Just having it hooked up
prevents the net6501 from booting.
More
On 03/16/2014 09:59 PM, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
We will be soon getting a 25Mb/s link and I was wondering what max
throughput people had found for various models of Soekris boards - I
have some 4801s and a 5501 at the moment but was concerned that these
might not have the grunt to cope,
On 03/18/2014 06:12 PM, Alex Pilon wrote:
Are you using the in-kernel PPPoE, or the userspace implementation of
RP-PPPoE?
I used to use userspace PPPoE before my line was upgraded from ADSL to
VDSL2. I could not use synchronous mode for the reasons that are well
documented on the interweb. So
On 04/05/2014 07:44 PM, Vittorio Cipriani wrote:
Hi,
I want buy some soekris device to build an openbsd hardened firewall,
but I need of an advice about an adsl pci modem card. Anyone could help me ?
ADSL-only: Sangoma S518. You'll need drivers though; there's a howto on
the Sangoma website.
On 06/01/15 11:32, Philip wrote:
The 4G CF card that I use to boot my MiniITX server died over Christmas.
I pulled out the card, repartitioned and formatted it and tested it with
F3write/F3read and most of the card appears to be unusable.
This server is (was) running Debian with the CF card in
On 16/05/15 04:45, Bryan K. Walton wrote:
Hi, I'm curious if anybody has attempted an install of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
(any release version) on a soekris net4801, or other Soekris boxes? If
anybody has tried it, I'd be curious to know how it went.
I've been using Soekris boxen (4801, 5501) for
On 26/06/15 03:09, Jed Clear wrote:
I haven't explored iptables in bridge/layer 2 mode, but there is no
fundamental reason you can't packet sniff or firewall traffic in bridge mode.
The traffic has to pass through your kernel.
iptables can be a bit daunting to set up directly. I use
On 04/09/15 13:37, Nicolas wrote:
> I've plugged in the console cable, and it seems that as soon as it starts
> reading from the CF, it hangs :
The first thing to try is a different power supply. Many many many
people have gone before you who've faced similar symptoms that were
magically
On 07/09/15 14:01, Nicolas wrote:
> Did anyone sucessfully run a Jessie on Net5501 ?
Yes, I'm running Jessie on my net5501:
root@skr03:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.2 (jessie)
Release:8.2
Codename: jessie
On 11/10/16 23:22, Alvar Kusma wrote:
> This is where proud company owner may step in and donate board to devs.
And replace them when they break.
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On 07/04/17 18:18, David Ruggiero wrote:
> > Maybe it's just me ... but this is the part that I find unlikely. Why
> > would a huge company like Intel do that? They already admitted that a
> > similar problem exists in related chipsets.
>
> I fully agree - weakest part of my argument. Why would
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