Hi,
(1) (Almost) identical config for load-balancing and/or cases where
the 4801 breaks down or needs to be pulled down for maintenance.
CARP is tailored for such setups, but I couldn't get it working
together with SSH (that was on OpenBSD 3.9, using the local
ethernet interface for SSH logins - with a separate maintenance
network it should give no problems).
(2) In case you are offering external SSH access to any "live" device:
set up the 4501 as an "SSH RAS" for your network. You'll have to log
in twice or more to reach a particular machine, but at least it
won't have to be directly exposed to the Big Bad World anymore.
And you can play all kinds of tricks to make a cracker's life more
difficult - fun!!
(3) Use it for controlling a robot. Would require some real-time
capabilities from the OS though. But if you've ever programmed an
AVR directly, you'll know how incredibly comfortable high-level
languages running with MB's rather than kB's of memory are. I'd very
much like to give this a try, in case anyone's interested. Should
provide Soekris Engineering with a great boost too. Robots are hot!
(it seems).
Bill
On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 10:14 -0500, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote:
> I currently have a NET4501 sitting on the shelf doing nothing since
> it was replaced by my NET4801 as a firewall running pfSense.
>
> I am looking for a low cost solution to have this system do something
> that can benefit my network that the NET4801 is not doing at the moment.
>
> any idea?
>
> TIA
>
> -Ron
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