I had a bunch that I retired once we had Ipcop running. I have been slower recycling them -- a couple of weeks ago, I had given one to my son's client and it was doa though it was working fine at the time it was retired. Cheaper price but not happy with their performance lately.
Hendrik Schaink wrote: >Hello all, > >I'm stumped on this one so I'd like to invite yourfeedback. This is the >first time I'm experiencing _this_ kind of (unexplainable) trouble. > >Three (3!) D-Link firewall routers (wired, model DI-804HV) with linux >firmware have died at a client's site in the past 5 days, each within 12 >- 24 hrs of being installed. For several hours each appliance would work >just fine, then, for some unknown reason, stop responding to requests at >the Admin interface, stop forwarding requests to/from the internet. When >hooking a computer directly to the the ADSL modem, no problem getting on >the 'net. > >My preliminary diagnosis options: (1) power bump/surge; (2) static >electricity discharge through the network cabling; (3) phone line >voltage spike(?). > >Location: close to University Research park, power grid transformer in >the back yard. Been using Telus ADSL for years without major problems. > >I'm about to put in an IPCop firewall -- trying to see if _it_ will >survive in that environment. > >Am I overlooking something? I appreciate your comments & suggestions. > >Hendrik Schaink > > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
