Re: [Soekris] Can I use mini-pci wifi card in Net 4501?

2010-02-26 Thread Kyle E
daniel wrote: > Should I be able to use a mini-pci wireless card in my Net 4501? > > I've been running OpenBSD on a Net 4501 for 5-6 years now, wired-only. I > finally decided to get a wifi card so that I could use it as an AP as > well. I purchased a Wistron CM9 from Netgate and the card just do

[Soekris] 4501 dead internal battery or faulty clock

2010-02-26 Thread Thomas Albech
Not long ago (~1 year) I bought a 4501 and recently it has been losing time after reboots. I wonder if anyone else have experience with this? Depending on how long it has been laying around at Soekris and whether they install the battery before shipping it could be a matter of replacing the battery

Re: [Soekris] powering a net5501 from a car battery

2010-02-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <20100226221950.ga20...@titania.njm.me.uk>, "N.J. Mann" writes: >In message <4b8831fa.8010...@christiantena.net>, > Philip (s...@christiantena.net) wrote: >> >> I want to power my net5501 from a spare 12V car battery that I have. > >You want a 'Deep cycle battery' not a 'Starting

Re: [Soekris] powering a net5501 from a car battery

2010-02-26 Thread N.J. Mann
In message <4b8831fa.8010...@christiantena.net>, Philip (s...@christiantena.net) wrote: > > I want to power my net5501 from a spare 12V car battery that I have. You want a 'Deep cycle battery' not a 'Starting battery'. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-acid_battery If you use a 'St

Re: [Soekris] powering a net5501 from a car battery

2010-02-26 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <4b8831fa.8010...@christiantena.net>, Philip writes: >I want to power my net5501 from a spare 12V car battery that I have. First off, car batteries are not optimal, but it will work. You need to find the float-charge voltage of your battery, this is a bit of a tricky concept for a "we

[Soekris] powering a net5501 from a car battery

2010-02-26 Thread Philip
Hi I want to power my net5501 from a spare 12V car battery that I have. I also have an IBM laptop power supply, which says 16V 4.5A on it, and a Kemo M083 charging regulator which says "charging current maximum 1.5A". Currently I use the laptop supply to power the charger, and then I power my 1

[Soekris] Can I use mini-pci wifi card in Net 4501?

2010-02-26 Thread daniel
Should I be able to use a mini-pci wireless card in my Net 4501? I've been running OpenBSD on a Net 4501 for 5-6 years now, wired-only. I finally decided to get a wifi card so that I could use it as an AP as well. I purchased a Wistron CM9 from Netgate and the card just does not want to work. At f