Re: [pfSense-discussion] any chances to see pfsense on GuruPlug Plus?

2010-02-22 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 22, 2010, at 5:55 AM, Mark Crane wrote: Would think so, too. The only problem is that's it has only two physical NICs. Many things in pfSense need at least one OPT. it has wireless, that can be an 'opt'. it has USB2.0, which can make for a 10/100 'opt'. There is also wireless, and

Re: [pfSense-discussion] hardware

2008-07-31 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 30, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Chris Buechler wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Mark Dueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Throughput will be minimal. From 512Kbps to 2Mbps max. I guess my biggest concern is stability. I have lab tested the Soekris 4801 with openVPN to have throughput of

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Captive Portal on pfsense

2008-07-17 Thread Jim Thompson
Assuming you want continiois coverage, same channel is actually best, unless you can go cross-band, which impacts roaming. The number of people who don't understand this, and instead want to talk about 3 non-overlapping channels and other cr*p is amazing. Same ESSID is what you want, too.

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Captive Portal on pfsense

2008-07-17 Thread Jim Thompson
, by definion, are strong emitters. Jim On Jul 17, 2008, at 12:28 PM, RB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming you want continiois coverage, same channel is actually best, unless you can go cross-band, which impacts roaming

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Captive Portal on pfsense

2008-07-17 Thread Jim Thompson
, Jim Thompson wrote: Assuming you want continiois coverage, same channel is actually best, unless you can go cross-band, which impacts roaming. The number of people who don't understand this, and instead want to talk about 3 non-overlapping channels and other cr*p is amazing. Same ESSID is what you

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Captive Portal on pfsense

2008-07-17 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jul 17, 2008, at 5:36 AM, RB wrote: That's what I was thinking: isn't it a problem to have to APs with same SSID (and maybe the same channel) in reach of each other? Don't the clients get confused? Or are the drivers usually smart enough not to flap between the two? Many righteous

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Used ALIX or Soekris?

2008-06-27 Thread Jim Thompson
I find this an interesting argument, but I'd like to see some real analysis (with numbers), or at least sources. If you're right, I'm doing it wrong (3 old trucks (2 toyota landcruisers, one 67 chevy converted to a flatbed) + selling new computer components). I don't see much evidence

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Used ALIX or Soekris?

2008-06-27 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 27, 2008, at 3:35 PM, David Rees wrote: Way OT, but hopefully others find it interesting... On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find this an interesting argument, but I'd like to see some real analysis (with numbers), or at least sources

Re: [pfSense-discussion] XScale Platforms

2007-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
I haven't heard anything about this. On Jul 29, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Kelvin Chiang wrote: I read in the previous threds that the development teams need some support on XScale boards. Do you still need them? Regards, Kelvin

Re: [pfSense-discussion] XScale Platforms

2007-07-30 Thread Jim Thompson
-Original Message- From: Jim Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:18 AM To: discussion@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense-discussion] XScale Platforms I haven't heard anything about this. On Jul 29, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Kelvin Chiang wrote: I read

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Can pfSense be ported to Intel IXP425?

2007-02-28 Thread Jim Thompson
Further to the discussion early this month, and in specific reference to: http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion@pfsense.com/msg02110.html and noting the fact that the end of February is upon us. Work proceeds. Some of you may have noticed that the ixp42x support recently got MFC-ed to

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Can pfSense be ported to Intel IXP425?

2007-02-02 Thread Jim Thompson
Working on a 'port' of pfSense to the Gateworks ixp42x platform, as well as a 6 x 10/100 Enet + 2 x miniPCI box I have access to... (I'm the guy who sold all the xscale developers (save Sam Leffler) gateworks boards at my cost.) The Gateworks boards we carry have 64MB ram, 8MB flash and CF

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Bridge wired - Wifi. ! use HostAP

2006-04-07 Thread Jim Thompson
Its not possible. 802.11 won't let you, since it has noplace to send the ACKs. This is well-covered elsewhere. On Apr 7, 2006, at 2:17 AM, Holger Bauer wrote: Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking for. Can you try to rephrase? Holger -Original Message- From: William Armstrong

Re: [pfSense-discussion] throughput - cpu, bus

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Thompson
Chun Wong wrote: Hi, I have two fw platforms, mono 1.21 running on a Nokia120 and pfsense1.0beta2 running on an AMD athlon 900. I can get 2.2MBs on the 120 platform, at 96% cpu usage. On the athlon, 32bit, 33Mhz pci, I can get 7MBs using Intel PRO 1000MT 64 bit PCI cards. My question is what

Re: [pfSense-discussion] throughput - cpu, bus

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Thompson
-duplex .vs half-duplex mismatch mtu mismatch Thanks ! --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- Von: Bill Marquette [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: discussion@pfsense.com Betreff: Re: [pfSense-discussion] throughput - cpu, bus Datum: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:41:15 -0600 On 3/14/06, Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Embedded hardware

2006-03-14 Thread Jim Thompson
Gil Freund wrote: Hi, I had a look at the Checkpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] device and I am looking for a similar platform for pfsense. I currently use Wraps, but I am looking for something with more interfaces (5 or 6, of which 4 are a lan switch) and one or (preferably) two MiniPCI. We're

Re: [pfSense-discussion] pfSense merge with freebsd?

2006-03-09 Thread Jim Thompson
DarkFoon wrote: I am curious if it is possible to merge-for want of a better word-pfSense with a FreeBSD install. Why? Well, I have a client who wants to integrate everything into 1 box if possible. I told him its not possible, but I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't check to see if I am

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Benchmarks (was Re: Clients... ugh)

2006-02-06 Thread Jim Thompson
Chris Buechler wrote: Alex DiMarco wrote: Does anyone have benchmarks on the WRAP running fpsense? about 25 Mb is the most you can expect. I wouldn't use one if you need constant throughput of over 15 Mb for extended periods. I assume this is Ethernet-Ethernet. About the only thing

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Headless boot

2006-01-07 Thread Jim Thompson
(I was off-island (and off-line) for a week on vacation, sorry for the delayed response.) One of the things I've been considering adding to pfSense is to have the Ethernet device(s) 'fail' into auto-configuration space, and then allow the web GUI to be advertised via DNS Service Discovery.

Re: [pfSense-discussion] WRAP and WAP

2005-12-02 Thread Jim Thompson
the overheads aren't limited to beaconing and CSMA/CA. The largest 'overhead' is that the 802.11 MAC can't keep the air full. There are delays due to turn around (for ACKs), overheads due to the preamble and headers, etc. 802.11g has a further requirement for protecting existing 802.11b

Re: [pfSense-discussion] WRAP and WAP

2005-12-02 Thread Jim Thompson
Nick Buraglio wrote: Some of the centrally managed stuff can push over 30mbps real world, the Meru and Trapeze stuff supposedly can. This is of course using something like iperf that just moves packets. Adding a B client will of course slow it down. these guys don't have anything that

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Unfork m0n0wall

2005-11-28 Thread Jim Thompson
Chris Buechler wrote: Bennett wrote: Perhaps I should troll the m0n0wall list... :) go for it. You'd still get me replying to your messages, with the same stuff mostly. :) Chris won't be the only one, either. :-) But it'll never change to be a full blown hard drive install, and

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Unfork m0n0wall

2005-11-27 Thread Jim Thompson
Bennett wrote: I've been looking for an open source firewall. I found m0n0wall, IPCop, and few others. I thought m0n0wall was great, but then I came across pfSense, and it was even better, picking up where m0n0wall left off. However, this fork of m0n0wall is a bit unnerving. Yes, I know

Re: [pfSense-discussion] WRAP Power Supply

2005-11-08 Thread Jim Thompson
Bradley Van Peursem wrote: http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.19/it.A/id.383/.f We have many of these in the field and like the overall design best of any we have tried. Extra power to keep the units running cool, and the outlet end is small enough that it doesn't take up 2-3 outlets

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Adding wireless to my WRAP

2005-11-07 Thread Jim Thompson
Bill Plein wrote: All- I have a 3-Ethernet WRAP platform in a standard small aluminum case also purchased from PC-Engines. While I wasn't interested in using this platform for Wireless when I bought it (just pfsense or m0n0wall), I am now interested in adding it as an access point to my

Re: [pfSense-discussion] Two wireless virtual interfaces

2005-10-14 Thread Jim Thompson
VAP functionality available from some Atheros licensees for linux. (like us.) Sam Leffler will eventually release it for FreeBSD. See http:// people.freebsd.org/~sam/BSDCan2005.pdf starting around slide 22. The VAP code isn't in the FreeBSD-current tree (yet), so you're highly

Re: [pfSense-discussion] athstats

2005-08-16 Thread Jim Thompson
actually, these days, its madwifi which 'inherets' from the freebsd (-6.0) driver. And most of what you can do via 'athstats' is available via 'ifconfig'. jim On Aug 15, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Scott Ullrich wrote: Yes, they share a common source path. Scott On 8/15/05, analyzerx [EMAIL