On 6/2/05, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On 02 June 2005 20:07 +1000, Brian McKerr wrote: > > I am thinking of getting one (or two) of these for my new firewall, > > just curious if nayone has any opinions on its suitability in such a > > role. Spec as follows; > > They are nicely-built machines and don't skimp on the cooling: you > probably don't want to be listening to those fans all the time, though > - not really the ideal box for a firewall at home or a small office ;-)
The Netra T1/105 (and the Telco-grade CP1500) are nice machines, with a few limitations such as the unusual "mezzanine memory". I particularly like the LOMlite serial management port which allows for remotely power-cycling the box, even in the face of an OS hang or other instance where the normal L1-A break is not sufficient. System stability is great, like the Sun hardware of old. Performance is what you'd expect from a 360Mhz or 440Mhz UltraSparc IIi, not stellar but more than sufficient for a small mail gateway or packet filter. > I have a T1 105, I don't know if it's a problem with my particular > machine or a more general one, but I've tried to use hifn and em in the > PCI slot - cards get detected OK, but don't actually work There's a known issue with the Netra under openBSD when using any PCI NIC having an onboard PCI-PCI bridge. Most multi-port NICs (and a few single port) have a PCI-PCI bridge on the card. Kevin Kadow
