Re: [Soekris] Dying net6501 servers
I too have suffered the RLOD too. Given my needs, I replaced the router with a Turris Router <https://www.turris.cz/en/> . Its not as powerful, but has far better support and good enough for my needs. regards Robert -- Robert Guerra Phone: +1 416-893-0377 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org PGP Keys : https://keybase.io/rguerra On 27 Feb 2016, at 22:02, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote: On Sat 20 Feb 2016 04:43:32 PM Ben Kochie wrote: Hey soekris-tech, I bought 5 net6501-70 servers just over 3 years ago to be used as routers and utility servers. They were mostly flawless for that time, but over the last few months 3 of them have died with the red error light and no BIOS post information. Sometimes they will boot up if you unplug them for a few days and then try again, but they flake out after a few days of running and then won't boot. I contacted support, and they confirmed that they were all out of warranty and they were likely not repairable. :-( Has anyone else started seeing failures of their net6501 servers? Mine /just/ died. Tried a second PSU that I know works, and still nada. RLOD (Red Light Of Death). It was working, then I changed something and rebooted, and it wouldn't boot up. So I've replaced it with a VM on another box. It's my firewall so I needed something asap that wasn't installed on either of my server's host-os installs. -- Thomas Fjellstrom tho...@fjellstrom.ca ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Network content monitoring on Net6501 - any, suggestions?
In regards to Snort running on the Net6501 on PfSense 2.1 (details below), I have been using it for a while. 2.1-BETA0 (i386) built on Thu Sep 20 13:34:11 EDT 2012 FreeBSD pfsense.pvt 8.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p4 #1: Thu Sep 20 14:01:16 EDT 2012 root@snapshots-8_3-i386.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.i386 i386 I do seem to have an issue in that it runs for a while, and then terminates quite unexpectedly most of the time. This is quite annoying as i'm keen to have Snort be able to inspect traffic and generate alerts and block IPs for my users. Any suggestions on what might be causing the premature termination of Snort and ways to fix it would be - well... highly appreciated... regards Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-09-26, at 8:47 AM, Robin Kipp wrote: Hi Josh, If you're up for the task, snort could do the trick. I already have Snort running on the box, but that only detects and alerts for abnormal network activities (well, I'll still have to do some fine tuning). So, if you've got any advice / resources on how to do the things I've described with Snort, I'd definitely appreciate that! Regards, Robin. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] net6501 and pfsense 2.x performance?
Bryan, Have you or other members of the list compiled pfsense 2.1 from source so as to generate the Soekris 6501 kernel extensions? If not, might there be someone on the list that could help me with that? thanks Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-09-21, at 10:33 AM, Bryan Irvine wrote: Send me a couple and ill figure all that out for you! ;) Sent from my iPhone On Sep 21, 2012, at 2:58 AM, Jeff Rhys-Jones jeffrhysjo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Has anyone had a chance to run some benchmarks using the net6501 and pfsense 2.x? What is the max interface to interface firewallrouting the net6501 will handle? Cheers, Jeff ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Installing pfSense on a net6501
Andrew, Might I suggest you post your PfSense install docs on the Soekris Wiki as well. It is a great resource and might be easier to find there for those who are working to install it. You must have misunderstood my original question - I've been able to get 2.01 working, in fact i've posted several posts related to that effect. My question is how did you upgrade from 2.01 to 2.1. What is the preferred URL to use for the upgrade. Thanks Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-03-12, at 8:06 AM, Andrew wrote: Robert Guerra wrote: Jim, I'd be keen to try PfSense 2.1 on my Net6501. Can you point me to an upgrade and/or USB memstick installer image that I could use? thanks Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org Please go back to my original message on Saturday which contained the complete instructions including the proper binary image. Andrew On 2012-03-10, at 7:57 PM, Jim Pingle wrote: On 3/10/2012 5:27 PM, Andrew wrote: (5) By this point, if you're like me, 9600 baud is giving you a rash and reminding you of days best long forgotten when you spent big money on a 9600 baud modem. So I set everything up for 115200 baud. First, shell out of the configure menu with option 8. From the shell, edit /boot/loader.conf.local and add the following 3 lines to the end of it: In 2.1 I've added a selection in the GUI to pick the serial speed some other related fixes... won't need to hack it quite so much in the future. https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/c1becc31449ab147478fd05c8b139e00fddda729 https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/9d99eb95c95524b018c2754132c66451bf7b19ac https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/196d00856dfb5b24a829b4d9555fac378b696c42 https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/673966e45f35cc030a1535c223a08a9e94d189a9 Jim ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Installing pfSense on a net6501
Jim, I'd be keen to try PfSense 2.1 on my Net6501. Can you point me to an upgrade and/or USB memstick installer image that I could use? thanks Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-03-10, at 7:57 PM, Jim Pingle wrote: On 3/10/2012 5:27 PM, Andrew wrote: (5) By this point, if you're like me, 9600 baud is giving you a rash and reminding you of days best long forgotten when you spent big money on a 9600 baud modem. So I set everything up for 115200 baud. First, shell out of the configure menu with option 8. From the shell, edit /boot/loader.conf.local and add the following 3 lines to the end of it: In 2.1 I've added a selection in the GUI to pick the serial speed some other related fixes... won't need to hack it quite so much in the future. https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/c1becc31449ab147478fd05c8b139e00fddda729 https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/9d99eb95c95524b018c2754132c66451bf7b19ac https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/196d00856dfb5b24a829b4d9555fac378b696c42 https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/673966e45f35cc030a1535c223a08a9e94d189a9 Jim ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] confused about installing pfSense on net6501
Make sure you are using a version of the pfSense installer that works well with a serial console, as is the case with Soekris Devices. Here's where I downloaded the image: http://files.chi.pfsense.org/jimp/ http://files.chi.pfsense.org/jimp/pfSense-memstick-serial-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.img.gz - I then plugged in the USB drive to my mac. - Then I used a combination of gzcat and dd to write the downloaded image to the USB (ref http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HOWTO_Install_pfSense#Mac_OS_X ) gzcat pfsense-embedded.img.gz | dd of=/dev/disk[n] bs=16k (where n = the drive # corresponding to your USB drive) - unmount the USB drive from your PC - connect up the serial cable to your PC - load drivers (if needed) to get the serial cable to work - Start up your soekris, and change the default connection speed to 9600 N1 - Reboot the device - Set your serial terminal program to 9600 N1 - connect the USB drive to the external USB connector on your Soekris - Watch for control-P to be displayed, then press it on your PC . This will bring the Soekris into terminal mode - Type - boot 81 - to have the soekris boot from the USB drive - The PfSense installer when then start... Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-03-01, at 5:48 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2012-02-29, Ovidiu Predescu ovi...@gmail.com wrote: Method 1: PXE install I first tried to use PXE to do the install. I have a small machine that runs dnsmasq as DHCP and TFTP server. I downloaded the pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz and installed the contents of the file in a directory accessible to the TFTP server. I'm serving the boot/pxeboot file from the tftp server. The net6501 box finds the pxeboot file, but it gets stuck shortly after: Building the boot loader arguments Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader It looks like the next load phase never happens. I don't know the FreeBSD/pfSense boot process particularly well, but that seems like it most likely *is* booting, just isn't using the serial console. Look for a boot-loader parameter to adjust this. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] confused about installing pfSense on net6501
I too had a bit of a hard time getting pfSense installed on a net6501. I couldn't get the PXE methods to work using Parallels on my Mac, so then proceeded to try running the installer on a bootable USB . it worked well, but required that I use a more modern USB stick. With that, the installation went well. let me share with you the thread on the PfSense forum as well as the URL to my collection of 6501 Pfsense notes. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,46718.0.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48937776/soekris6501-notes.pdf Hope it helps Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-02-29, at 5:37 PM, Ovidiu Predescu wrote: Hi there, I just got two net6501 boxes and I'd like to install pfSense on them. I'm new to both pfSense and Soekris hardware, so please bear with me. I tried at least three methods, with various degrees of success. Method 1: PXE install I first tried to use PXE to do the install. I have a small machine that runs dnsmasq as DHCP and TFTP server. I downloaded the pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.iso.gz and installed the contents of the file in a directory accessible to the TFTP server. I'm serving the boot/pxeboot file from the tftp server. The net6501 box finds the pxeboot file, but it gets stuck shortly after: Building the boot loader arguments Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader It looks like the next load phase never happens. Method 2: nanobsd install On a Mac machine I put the contents of pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-2g-i386-nanobsd.img.gz on a 2GB memory stick. I placed the stick in the internal USB slot where it's recognized just fine: Controller Bus#02, Device#06, Function#00: 02 Ports, 01 Devices Port-00: Hard Disk, INTEL SSDSA2CT040G3 Port-01: No device detected Soekris USB Expansion ROM ver. 1.01 20111203 81: USB 01 Single Flash ReaderXlt 997-64-63 2011 Mbyte When I type 'boot 81' I get 'Missing operating system' Method 3: Install pfSense on hard drive on a different machine I installed pfSense on a machine with screen and keyboard and selected the embedded kernel. When I plug the hard drive back in, I do get past the initial loader stage, but then the screen is garbled. I do set the serial to 9600 8N1 as pfSense is supposed to use that once it boots. What am I doing wrong in my attempts? I'd prefer to install over PXE, but I'd love to install through other means as well. Thanks, Ovidiu ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] NiMH battery for use in net6501?
Markus, Where did you order the battery from? Would like to get one too :) regards Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2012-02-08, at 5:36 PM, Markus Schatzl wrote: On Tue, 07 15:28 , Michael Sierchio wrote: Anyone using one? I'll entertain recommendations based on actual experience - I can speculate without assistance. ;-) I actually got one two days ago (1800 mAh @ 8.4 V) but it's obviously not that dead simple as I expected. Just plugging in the battery pack at the board header and pulling the power plug results in ... no power at all. As there is no further documentation about it, I really have no clue how this is meant to work. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance, /Markus ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] Soekris 6501 as a Wireless Access Point / Advice requested
Dear List, Happy New Year! I just bought a Soekris 6501/50 with a 1 Slot Standard Case a few days ago and would like to configure it as a Wireless Access Point to replace the failing Linksys Wifi router I have now. If possible i'd like to run PfSense as the OS and use a compatible wireless card . Below is a list of options i've come across. Wireless Card options: 1. Ubiquiti SR71-E PCI Card 802.11a/n 802.11b/g/n (802.11a/n 5GHz, 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz) http://store.netgate.com/Ubiquiti-SR71-E-PCI-Card-80211an-80211bgn-P309C29.aspx Mini PCI-E to PCI-E adapter MP2A with ANT2458Q5P (2.4/5.8GHz Rubber Duck Antenna) http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP2A.html http://www.bplus.com.tw/PDF/Compatibility_List.pdf 2. Atheros AR9280 AR5BDT92 PCIe Desktop WLAN Card Lenovo Antenna http://www.amazon.com/Atheros-AR9280-AR5BDT92-Desktop-Antenna/dp/B0062VCL80 Will the setup I've described worked well? If not, would it be best to not add a wireless card at all and just get off the shelf Wireless router (such as the Linksys E2500) and connect it directly to the Soekris. Look forward to people's comments. regards Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
