Found: My ideal small form-factor hardware: Liantec EMB 5842
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Then you're gonna need high-performance Gig-E cards – like the Intel Pro 1000 -- and they'll need to be on a PCI-e bus. I think you can get that in a Nexcom, but it's not a small box in the same way that a Soekris or Liantec is.
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So I don't want to spend the earth just to get a good download speedtest on DSL Reports.
;)heh… good luck with that. I can't even max my 15 Mb cable modem on any Internet speed test other than the undocumented one my ISP hosts, though if I hit a fast site or a popular torrent I can always hit 15 Mb with ease. Speakeasy's tests are a lot faster, but still don't get 15 Mb on them routinely.
The problem with gig wire speed is it requires something other than a PCI bus, either PCI-X on server class hardware, or PCI-e. So you're going to spend a lot more than this box costs for something that'll do gig wire speed. It's a limitation of PC hardware, not the software.
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I ordered one as well
The 600 MHz Version
runs perfect off an Transcend 2 GB Flash 2,5" ATA Drive
2x 16000/1024 ADSL Lines static IP
Snort
SquidI love pfsense !
I love this box !thanks for finding it
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Guys you last build is perfect
together with the EMB5842 Box from kd85.com the best combo i ever had !!!Do you see any chance maybe to implement an OpenVPN Wizzard like Zerina for IPCOP ???
Would make life much more easy !Thanks for all the work
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I got a 1ghz version, but i have problems installing pfsense on it.
BTX Halted error when booting from livecd.
And a / when booting a cf with pfsense on it. When i connect thru the console i don't get any output on my screen.
Is there one of you guys that already got it running, kind enough to explain how you did it?edit: When i am installing with the livecd, i use a external usb cd-rom player.
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I connected the CD Rom Drive to the internal 40pin IDE Connector and used a Powersupply from my external Hardrive.
You need to disable USB2.0 in BIOS to get pfsense working. -
Got a 4GB Mircodrive and did a full install on it
incl. Snort and SquidWorks like a champ
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@Rusty64bit:
I connected the CD Rom Drive to the internal 40pin IDE Connector and used a Powersupply from my external Hardrive.
You need to disable USB2.0 in BIOS to get pfsense working.This was the trick…
The usb cdrom method isn't working.
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LPIC,
I used a separate laptop to write out the pfsense image from a LiveCD onto my Hitachi Microdrive. I mounted the Hitachi Microdrive on the laptop using a SanDisk ImageMate 12-in-1 card-reader.
I then installed pfsense on the 4 Gb Hitachi Microdrive in the SanDisk ImageMate. I knew the device where the Microdrive would be mounted in the Liantec would be different than in the ImageMate, so I made a few adjustments to the OS image on the Microdrive to account for that. Then I put the Microdrive into the Liantec and it booted fine.
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I'm glad my review was helpful and that you're pleased with your 5842s. I think it's a sweet box.
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Couple questions on the Liantec EMB 5842.
Does it have a fan on the CPU? How much power does it take? Can you connect a Kill-a-watt to it and let me know?
Thanks.
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The CPU does have a fan. I can't tell you how much power it takes.
In other news, my Hitatchi 8 Gb microdrive just developed two unrecoverable errors and I can't mount the root fs. Never having used a microdrive before, I'm wondering whether this is par for the course if the drive is up for months at a time?
Anyway, do any of you that have a Liantec know whether you can hook up an external USB disk to it and boot from that?
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His pricing is very expensive if buying from the US. If you are planning on buying multiple items, you would be better off buying direct. You could get qty 40 direct for the price you would be paying for qty 20 from him.
