@VAMike:

@darkarn:

@VAMike:

@Taiidan:

Benchmark a "gigabit" realtek or broadcom you get at best 70MB/s

That's simply not true, so the rest can be safely ignored.

Hmm I don't know; I just noticed that an old integrated Atheros NIC can be easily beaten by an Intel NIC on a PCIe card in transferring stuff to and back from a NAS

I can't sustain a gigabit on my old 3c905 either, which has exactly zero relevance to whether no current realtek or broadcom chipset can achieve more than 70MB/s. That claim is easily disproven and utter nonsense. (Just as ridiculous is continuing the meme that every "realtek" is the same any more than every "intel" is the same. If someone wants to talk about NICs at the very least specify a chipset.)

That 3c905 reminds me of an old Realtek PCI NIC I saw in one of my friends' PCs!

@dreamslacker:

@darkarn:

1. I have no choice though; had to put my AC66U in center part of the house for proper coverage but not allowed to do Ethernet drop

2. That's why I looking around, especially when there are much powerful CPUs for much lower power consumption

3. Thanks for the tip, I will try this out

4. Whoa, thanks, I will keep a look out for this issue too

5. Sorry, what's an SI?

Wife/ Parents acceptance factor? If so, tough luck.

I'd just go for the Core i3 Skylake in a Mini-ITX and add on an Intel PCI-e network adapter.

Systems Integrator. Except in my case, we do practically everything with the sole exception of programming. The running joke has been that if it runs on electricity, we can do it or find someone to do it. Even had a case where we sold and installed replacement batteries for our customer's van.

1. Yep, my parents lol

2. I have actually specced up two different i3 builds but using micro-ATX instead. I may want to wait until next month due to Kaby Lake though

5. Ah I see, and whoa, I didn't know it's possible for an IT company to do auto repair work too lol

Thanks Steve

I own and use AirConsoles for some years now.
There is only one radio installed in the device.
You can configure WiFi and ETH to your liking, separate, bridged, client, server with or without DHCP.

If cou can get access to the ETH port of the device remotely then you're good to go.

The mini version is absolutely sufficient for what you want to do.
The standard version is what it all started with and which I got. It adds a battery that's always empty when you need it - and only lasts about 4 hours fully charged. There's an XL version with a way bigger battery and a clumsy case.
The available console cables (serial on RJ45 to USB) are Cisco compatible.

Edit: image is of an early version 1 of the device and not the current 2.0

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Too rich for me but it looks very nice.

thank you so much!

Yeah, as you noted elsewhere, it worked a lot better once flashed with a fixed BIOS. The catch 22 is getting something to boot to flash the BIOS. Still have the thing somewhere collecting dust, not using it since it started to behave unpredictably due to its age.

ls /dev/cu.*

$ ls -1 /dev/cu.*
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port
/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART50
/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART54

You do not need to power the SG-1000 to get the port to show on the host. The serial chipset is USB-powered.

There will, of course, be no visible output until the unit is powered.

Hi

I have bought Intrel Pro 1000 MT.

You can now close this topic. Thanks.

Thanks to all of you for the great advice. I'll be working on these suggestions over the weekend.

@W4RH34D:

I noticed there isn't a SDcard in the slot so I'd imagine it can't save anything after reboot

Hmm should we be putting one in? Would it even help? (I imagine "no")

Thank you Frank for your write up.
I will repost when I am ready to describe my needs for the devices I have at home. I think it will be easier for you guys to suggest the appropriate switch for my needs. Thanks

@AndrewZ
Thanks. I did not even think about an internal card and right now think this is my last option.

I am wondering whether to use a USB modem like http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-broadband/dongles/features/e3372.htm or a router like https://www.amazon.com/Huawei-B315s-22-Unlocked-Mobile-Router/dp/B01B5OM94O/ - whether there are any implications.

@BlueKobold
Thanks, buying a new CPU board is a last option after buying an internal card. ;) To me, there seem to be several drawbacks, like kind of a high price, and also due to high integration I would have to replace the whole thing if any one component fails, either on the mainboard or with the LTE ports.

Also, since our current firewall has just now reached it's limit at the same time that I have started to look into pfSense, it will be a Hyper-V based solution and I will just put some more NICs into an existing server, just the LTE part is not solved. (Using existing hardware makes process of introduction faster, also, since this will just be a VM and some NICs, if anything fails, I can either move the VM to another host and/or replace or move some NICs.)

How are you getting on with your APU2C4 Mr bogmonster? I'm thinking of getting one. I take it the LinITX service was acceptable?

I have t5720 with 512Mb RAM/ 512Mb IDE DOM with latest BIOS 1.12.

After installing of pfSense 2.2.6 (2.3 is too big for this DOM) I have the same flooding as here: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=46835.0

Disabling of ACPI is a solution, but worst. Because only small part of ACPI is failed. I have added just disabling of thermal support in ACPI: I have added to /boot/loader.conf.local just this line:

It solved a flooding issue. And I have other ACPI functions, like power button support, correct shutdown.

You clearly are not actually reading my posts, blob free and simply being compatible with linux or bsd are two different things.
Simply having linux/bsd drivers is NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

If you do not understand a topic, do not comment on it.

And again NO, I do NOT want to support a company that supports putting me and my friends out of work like intel, chelsio, etc.

Buying used server pulls is not supporting them although I still do not want a chelsio card, I do not trust a bunch of outsourcing shop idiots to make something that doesn't have massive security holes. (there are plenty of smart indians, I know a few myself - but they don't work for pennies at an outsourcing shop)

@jahonix:

@stephenw10:

…improvement going to 2.3.3 ...

If/when that will be available other than a snapshot build.

It's effectively beta right now though there aren't yet specific builds. I can't give you any firm dates on that. I would expect it to be after 2.4 is released since all development work is on that currently.

However 2.3.3 is very stable, I haven't seen or heard of any regressions for months. I upgraded my ALIX to it after you asked and that went smoothly, no issue so far.

Steve

I have one now as well, gotta dig out my console cable. wil give it a shot

@BlueKobold:

@Dalsland:

I got about 90/90 Mbps real-world VPN throughput with J1900

But from exactly speed on the WAN interface please!?

Check my post here:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=115673.msg674739#msg674739