[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 c

Re: [Soekris] NiMH battery for use in net6501?

I'd be keen to have a battery installed as well. Look forward to hearing more on how this discussion develops 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

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: >> A

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

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

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

Re: [Soekris] Installing pfSense on a net6501

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 >&

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

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.pfsen

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/netf