Shuttle ds61
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Are those mouse traps
yea, the buggers chomp on the PoE cables. The AC wires would be more memorable, well, perhaps not. :-)
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If I copied the nanobsd (4g) image to a 4GB SD card and stuck it in the front SD slot, would the system boot up and work fine that way without a hard drive installed? Or is the issue that pfsense does not recognize the SD slot properly?
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If I copied the nanobsd (4g) image to a 4GB SD card and stuck it in the front SD slot, would the system boot up and work fine that way without a hard drive installed?
Does the BIOS support booting from the SD slot?
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Does the BIOS support booting from the SD slot?
yup, it shows up like a USB port, so load USB type images on the SD card.
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The System is not bad - the only thing is the fan. Shuttle DS47 is fanless, but the new Realtek RT 8111G are not supported from FreeBSD and also not from PFSense :'( - also not supported in FreeBSD 10-ALPHA :-\
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why is the fan a problem?
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Enjoy that bleeding edge. Don't worry. It will ripen. Put it in a bag. Seal it and put it next to a window where it can get plenty of sun. Take it out in about a year or two. It should be ready by then.
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why is the fan a problem?
I'd like fanless solutions. I like systems without any active components.
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I'd like fanless solutions. I like systems without any active components.
fanless systems top out at 17watts, if you can accept a huge case some will go up to 45watts. The the ds61 offers a tiny case capable of accepting a 65watt cpu! way, faster.
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The Akasa Euler can take a 35W CPU. That includes the 't' variants on many modern and fast cpus. Its not cheap though and more importantly the motherboard it's designed to house seems no longer available. ::)
Steve
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I'd like fanless solutions. I like systems without any active components.
fanless systems top out at 17watts, if you can accept a huge case some will go up to 45watts. The the ds61 offers a tiny case capable of accepting a 65watt cpu! way, faster.
Hi n2qcn, I bought a DS61 and now choosing CPU for the box. It says the box has the capability of supporting 65watt CPU, but I notice you are using a 69Watt Xeon. Does the 4watt matters? or can it run stably?
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I'm using a 55w TDP i3-3220. I also graphed the headroom and found it never got very loud at normal room temperature, so its a good bet it can take a 65w load in a very hot room. Heck, its designed for digital signage with 50c caps! but I don't think I'd use a 69w cpu.
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I mistook that from your dmesg output. Thank you for your reply. I also selected an i3-3220.
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Permit a bump to show off my new internet pipe. oh, yea, of course passing through a DS61 via pfsense :-)
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Looks like a nice upgrade n2qcn!
Question for you. Would you go with the same setup you are running if you built this again today?
I work for a company with 5 locations and have really enjoyed what pfsense has provided me thus far. So I'm thinking of replacing the crapola routers we currently have with a pfsense box. I don't want to spend an arm and leg, but I also want something with power, and the ability to run snort, squid, etc. So this looks like an excellent solution.
Thanks for any further input. I'm assuming the newest version has no issues with this hardware.
TIA :D
This is the device I'm looking at on NewEgg.
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-56-101-134 -
Anyone had problems with detecting ssd? I am using 64GB SanDisk SSD. Spent entire morning try to get it right.
