Just to drag this thread on a bit further ... I've been looking into these little boxes, thinking I could use one as a firewall/gateway. My one requirement is that it would need to have two PCI slots (one can be low-profile), and although I've seen PCI riser cards that can give me two slots, they've been rare, and cases that are suitable (i.e have the space, and back panels are compatible) even rarer (I've yet to find one). Does anyone know of any such cases (it'd be even better if they're available in au)? thanks
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Rudolph Pereira wrote:> Just to drag this thread on a bit further ... > > I've been looking into these little boxes, thinking I could use one as a > firewall/gateway. My one requirement is that it would need to have two > PCI slots (one can be low-profile), and although I've seen PCI riser > cards that can give me two slots, they've been rare,And all the dual or triple slot ones I've seen also have an edge connector that goes into another PCI slot on the mainboard, so I don't know that they would even work.> and cases that are suitable (i.e have the space, and back panels are > compatible) even rarer (I've yet to find one). Does anyone know of any > such cases (it'd be even better if they're available in au)?No, but if you find something, please post! I've been searching for something that is nice and small yet has more power than say a Soekris box and can handle more than one or two ethernet cards. Isn't there also another mini form factor? I see that places like Iron Systems and other rack-mount outlets have some boxes that aren't mini-itx, but are still only 14" deep (about the size of an old Cisco 25xx router)... It also seems the built-in ethernet on the Via boards is not the best either... Charles> thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
See bottom of email for CLM's comments;> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Rudolph Pereira > Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2003 06:32 > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard > > Just to drag this thread on a bit further ...No worries, I have found it a useful thread.> > I've been looking into these little boxes, thinking I could use one asa> firewall/gateway. My one requirement is that it would need to have two > PCI slots (one can be low-profile), and although I've seen PCI riser > cards that can give me two slots, they've been rare, and cases thatare> suitable (i.e have the space, and back panels are compatible) > even rarer (I've yet to find one). Does anyone know of any such > cases (it'd be even better if they're available in au)?And they can be got - www.traverse.com.au, speak to a bloke by the name of Guy Ellis.> > thanksNo probs, but be warned about the vr0 cards. The CPU/chipset is great, and who cares about sound and video for routing - plus they look bloody great. I only wish they came with something other than the Rhine chipset NIC's..... Cheers, Carl.> _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Rudolph Pereira wrote:> I've been looking into these little boxes, thinking I could use one as a > firewall/gateway. My one requirement is that it would need to have two > PCI slots (one can be low-profile), and although I've seen PCI riser > cards that can give me two slots, they've been rare, and cases that are > suitable (i.e have the space, and back panels are compatible) > even rarer (I've yet to find one). Does anyone know of any such > cases (it'd be even better if they're available in au)?I don't know whether it would meet your requirements, let alone be readily available, but last time I looked at VIA's site (www.viavpsd.com) it listed a MicroATX version of the EPIA-M board (don't remember the model #) with the CLE266 chipset and 3 PCI slots. Regards, Andrew. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@pcug.org.au (alt) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Web: http://www.andymac.org/ | Australia
Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. wrote:> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Steve Burton wrote: > > >>I've two mini-itx machines, one with FreeBSD 5.1 REL and I've had no >>problems with the vr interface connected to a Cisco switch. > > > I've had good luck with everything on these boards except for XFree86 and > the Castlerock graphics. Did you manage to get that working somehow? > > Even if you didn't, that data would be useful too. > > -a >I didn't even try. As I said I use this one as a server. Didn't even buy a mouse for it. Sorry. Steve.> > >