On 2009-04-26, Tom <tdmurp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2009-04-26. Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2009-04-25, Tom wrote: >>> I have a ral(4) acting as a hostap. The problems began since >>> ugrading from Feb 28th snapshot to April 10th (and higher). I have a >>> Soekris 5501. I bought 2 different ral(4) PCI cards, one is a RT2661 >>> and the other is a RT2860 (Planex GW-DS3300N). The RT2661 actually >>> lasts longer than the RT2860. When I have the RT2860 in the box, it >>> doesn't matter whether I use no encryption, WEP, WPA1 or WPA2. The box >>> locks up without any kind of drop into ddb. When the RT2661 is in the >>> machine, it will stay up a day, maybe two tops before it locks solid. > >>try a different psu, especially if you have the lower-power of the ones >>that soekris sell. > > Hi, > > I got the higher psu of the ones soekris sell. It's 12V, 3A. That > should be enough > for the 2.5" laptop disk plus the PCI card I run, right?
usually, yes, but there have been so many reported strange problems with soekris boxes that went away after switching PSU, it's a good thing to check early on. I'll try moving my alix with RT2860 to -current to see if I can replicate though..
