Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Sean Murphy
Although one of my favorite distros, IMO pfSense just won't make it on the 4501 any more. I don't know how either of them will fare on the 4801, I run pfSense on a couple of Net4801 units - they do quite well for my usage, including the newest 1.2 release. One of them is a full NAT/

Re: [Soekris] asking about voltage and temperature monitoring soekris net 4801

2008-05-23 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wilkinson, A lex writes: 0n Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:41:06PM +0800, komang adi wrote: yes, i have seen that before. But, i'm using ubuntu for the OS. The program at http://phk/soekris/env4801/ using free besd. Can i just apply it for the ubuntu?

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Brian Candler
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:08:40PM -0400, Stephen Brown Jr wrote: I'm new to this platform, and embedded computing as well and I want to build a router for my home network. Right now I'm using Smoothwall on an old Gateway system. I'd like to stay with that, or maybe try pfsense or

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Adam Retter
Hi Stephen, I was in the same situation as you previously a few years ago. I bought a net4801 and have found it more than powerfull enough for my 20mbit internet cable connection, it also has a Wirlesless Atheos card in it and so acts as the WAP as well. Whilst I had previously a good knowledge

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Stephen Brown Jr
Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys! Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious choice for me, I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall solution I am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased, but playing with BSD may be advantageous as well

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Marc Balmer
* Stephen Brown Jr wrote: Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys! Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious choice for me, I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall solution I am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased, but playing with

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Trevor Talbot
On May 23, 2008, at 5:43 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: If you go with Debian, don't use the latest version, the latest versions of any software are usually not so stable. I suggest take a Debian from like mid-2007 or early-2008. oh, and use ssh and certificates to secure your communications...

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Stephen Brown Jr
I saw that the other day, at least they fixed it quickly :D On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Trevor Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 23, 2008, at 5:43 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: If you go with Debian, don't use the latest version, the latest versions of any software are usually not so

Re: [Soekris] asking about voltage and temperature monitoring soekris net 4801

2008-05-23 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:41:06PM +0800, komang adi wrote: yes, i have seen that before. But, i'm using ubuntu for the OS. The program at http://phk/soekris/env4801/ using free besd. Can i just apply it for the ubuntu? Thanks Not directly, no. A while back, I wrote a small howto for doing

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Stephen Brown Jr
Been spending the afternoon reading about PF, it's really grabbed my attention! I think I'm going to play with this some more this weekend, looks extremely robust. I also found NSH on the flashdist site that was mentioned earlier, that looks pretty good as well. On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:15 PM,

Re: [Soekris] Want to build a router

2008-05-23 Thread Farid Hajji
On Fri, 23 May 2008 12:51:54 -0400 Stephen Brown Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does OpenBSD use iptables just like linux for packet filtering? Are there any good front ends for it? (I really like Firehol, Shorewall, or a web based frontend) Try pf: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/