From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 16:19:11 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 4E3DA16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:19:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC6343F85 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:19:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA610329; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:18:55 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: Francisco Reyes Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:18:55 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20031119092126.X20731@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <20031119092126.X20731@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311201118.55692.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:19:11 -0000 I have a bunch of these (8000s actually) for a testbed network. work like a treat... go fanless if you can... I did have some hassles with the onboard via network connection not coping with long vlan tagged packets... Not sure if this is still an issue, but the vlan man page lists compatible devices if this is an issue for you. also you can get PCI doublers... no idea how well they work, but! anyone had experience of them? On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:24 am, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Anyone used a mini ATX machine with FreeBSD? > Have a client that has a space limitation and a mini atx machine like > > http://shentech.com/shutspacskvi.html > > Would be perfect for him. > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824