From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 07:21:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FB0916A4CF for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E57A43FA3 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:21:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from llama.fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.124]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.comESMTP <20031119152152.FDYC10421.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@llama.fishballoon.org>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:21:52 +0000 Received: from scott by llama.fishballoon.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 1AMU8a-0002Dg-HC; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:21:00 +0000 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:21:00 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Nico Meijer Message-ID: <20031119152100.GE5731@llama.fishballoon.org> References: <20031119092126.X20731@zoraida.natserv.net> <3FBB8832.1010104@familiemeijer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FBB8832.1010104@familiemeijer.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE i386 Sender: Scott Mitchell cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Mini atx for firewall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:21:56 -0000 On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:11:46PM +0100, Nico Meijer wrote: > Hi Francisco, > > >Anyone used a mini ATX machine with FreeBSD? > > It's mini ITX and yes, just did one yesterday. Small, quiet and > beautiful. ;-) > > It was a ME6000 (fanless 600Mhz machine): > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=794445+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-questions/20030928.freebsd-questions > > >My primary concern is the network card. Since these small machines only > >have one PCI slot I will add one card for the internal network and then > >would need the onboard card to connect to the outside world. > > I tried a 3com 3c905 with this box and it wouldn't boot. Putting in a > RTL8139 worked flawlessly. Since the box won't be doing any 'real' work, > that's okay with me for now. > > HTH... Nico I'm using a USB Ethernet adapter for the 'outside' interface on my ME6000, since I needed the PCI slot for the wireless card. Seems to work just fine - it's only talking to a cable modem so the fact that the USB connection only runs at 11Mbps is not a problem. Just another option to consider. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon