Yep, indeed... they advised to use gigabit ports as only 10/100.... really a master fix :D http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/news.aspx?showarticle=4
Fun to know that 1st gen product is better than the following (unfortunately often happens for several other junk...) On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Comete <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > i have a Sheevaplug (first generation) since more than one year now. I use > it as web server, ssh, torrent web client and XMPP server without > overheating any problem. It works nicely with a SD card for the system > (debian...) and an usbdisk for the data. I also would like to use OpenBSD on > it. > I know that some work has been tried here > http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Trail_Sheevaplug_OpenBSD but i don't > know the status... > > i've heard that Guruplugs had overheating problems but this should be fixed > now but no problem with Sheevaplug. > > Le 14/02/2011 11:03, Paolo Aglialoro a C)crit : > > Thank you all for the answers! >> >> I also had doubts about the overheating stuff (did also some reading >> through >> complaints) but the failing power supply also looks like a major >> show-stopper. Actually I was thinking about such boxes just as a >> comfortable >> 5W NAS/torrent server (activities which do not tax the cpu till the point >> of >> overheating, even if it looks like that overheating came from NICs...). >> >> About the porting side, well... the pile-o-dung bugginess is unfortunately >> true about such devices... but still, if they run run some kinda linux, >> there might be hope... it looks like a matter on the pure terms of >> "luck".... >> >> Maybe it's just about waiting or.... modding the plug with some aluminium >> to >> dissipate heat... even if some metal radiator near 220V circuits (who btw >> might also lack grounding) doesn't sound much "sexy"... :((((
