Ah, thanks Chris, you helped me dredge my memory on why I gave up. I too had issues getting the image on the CF card working. I had got to the point where I was going to hook up a Cdrom drive to the ISA bus (making an adaptor) upon where I ran out of interest. ;-) Will try again sometime soon with the latest version of pfsense.
Cheers, Myself. On 21/07/2011 5:11 p.m., Chris Hellyar wrote: > Hi... > > The alix/pfsense combo is going fine. > > Also got a Wifi card from nicegear and use it as our access point as > well, works really well, no complaints, no hassles. > > The only minor glitch was getting the image onto the CF card. That gave > me some pain with a cheap (dealextreme $5) card reader I was using. > Switched to the Sandisk one off my laptop and it worked first time. > > The only disappointment in the plan was I wanted to use a PPPoE modem > instead of a ADSL router but it wasn't to be. Long story there but > essentially the supplier and importer (Hadley again, can't remember who > the importer was) were really helpful but the local exchange is using > some old/weird gear that the Draytek modem couldn't sync to properly. > > The alix has been up for about 6 months non-stop now as it's on the PV > solar setup and runs directly from 12Vdc, off-grid. (But unfortunately > my router doesn't / wont, that's why I wanted the Draytek modem to work.) > > What else can I tell ya? It just works... > > Cheers, Me. > > > > On 21/07/11 16:32, Andrew Sands wrote: >> Chris, >> >> How did you get on with utilising an ALIX board for pfsense? >> >> Or are you still using a mini-ITX setup? >> >> Andrew >> >> >> On 25/07/08 18:23, Chris Hellyar wrote: >>> Urrr, OK, I've got a power hungry mini-ITX setup. >>> >>> The only one I've currently got is an early VIA board with a laptop >>> drive that is doing 210ma on the mains side of the powersupply = 50W >>> >>> Still, I think the Alix boards are a better solution for >>> routers/firewalls than a mini-ITX platform. Cheaper total solution if >>> buying new (inc. case etc), smaller, no cooling fan needed, lower power, >>> three nic's inbuilt. >>> >>> I'm going to move my pfsense firewall onto one in a few weeks, and if >>> that goes OK my asterisk setup is next, then the world!!!! (Insert >>> Demonic laugh here...) >>> >>> Cheers, Me. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 22:49 +1200, Neil wrote: >>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:30:25PM +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: >>>>> a microdrive in them and run a full linux distro off a 12V wall wart and >>>>> only 5 watts rather than the 50-80 that a mini-ITX does. >>>> There might be some power-hungry mini-ITX rigs out there but 50-80 watts >>>> is a bit harsh. I have a few, each with a single disc drive and they >>>> draw between 15 and 25 watts as measured at the wall. >>>> >>>> - neil >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Regards, Brett Davidson Systems Engineer RHCE, CCNA, MCSE, SCSA, NZCE, TC(Electronics) -- Net24 Limited Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 | Web: www.net24.co.nz -- // web hosting / email hosting / data backup / VPS This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it and notify the sender. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
