Re: Router on a Compact

[Jack Gallemore]

I was hesitant to use the EN/SC approach, but I didn't even consider 
the second PDS NIC solution.  I'll look around for another NIC and let 
you all know how it works out.  I don't think I need a hard drive if I 
roll a kernel on floppy with IPChains.  The SE/30 has 128MB of RAM so 
that should be enough juice to handle the routing.  Heck, I don't think 
you can put more than 16 or 32MB in a Cisco 2501 (68EC030).

Jack

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:07:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Router on a Compact
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Clark Martin wrote:
At 8:48 PM -0600 12/1/04, Jack Gallemore wrote:
Obviously, the choice was an 020 or 030.  but I was wondering if 
anyone
has done a router on a compact.
Possible but not recommended.  Assuming you are talking about a 
broadband
connection you'll need two Ethernet interfaces.  You can do it with 
one but
it is strongly recommended against.  It will have to be a SE/30.  But 
the
only way to get two NICs is to use a PDS card and a SCSI-Ethernet 
interface.
If you use the pass-through PDS capability with a PDS right angle 
adapter
and some clever adaptation of the ethernet back panel (or are willing 
to
case-mod) you can get two PDS ethernet adapters in one SE/30.  I have 
done
this, and Asante made it pretty easy since you can manually set the
adderss of each card with jumpers.

I also have a dual ethernet, accelerated (thanks to a twin PDS adapter
from a IIsi) SE/30 assembled that I need to test - I had to give up the
internal hard drive bay for the accelerator to fit, but it all does 
fit.

Long live the SE/30!
- Nathanl

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