Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-14 Thread Karel Miklav
Antony Mawer wrote: For that matter, I've seen some cheap 5-port switches that can be powered via a USB or a PS2 cable. See here: http://www.retractacable.com/product_info.php?products_id=143 Yeah, nice gadget although a little pricey in relation to my old box it should supplement. Local Lev

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-13 Thread Antony Mawer
On 14/11/2005 5:01 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote: Karel Miklav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't know I'm poking into such an exotic area. I'll probalbly go > the common route and then hide all the network gizmos with the cable > nest into a carton box or something :) Nowadays there are 5-port

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-13 Thread Oliver Fromme
Karel Miklav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't know I'm poking into such an exotic area. I'll probalbly go > the common route and then hide all the network gizmos with the cable > nest into a carton box or something :) Nowadays there are 5-port switches which are so small you can easily put

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-11 Thread Karel Miklav
Nickolay Kritsky wrote: we are using DLINK quad-port 1000Mbit adapters(DFE-580). Them look 100 probably? like four `ste' interfaces to the system and look fine. Usenet and freebsd-* users were also saying that DFE-570 is even better, because they use DEC chi

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-11 Thread Brian Reichert
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 07:44:44PM +0200, Ivo Vachkov wrote: > 2005/11/11, Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Let me know how that goes; I still have a fantasy of building a WAP > > appliance myself this winter, sometime... > > WAP = Wireless Access Point ? Indeed; there are many useful d

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-11 Thread Ivo Vachkov
2005/11/11, Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Let me know how that goes; I still have a fantasy of building a WAP > appliance myself this winter, sometime... > WAP = Wireless Access Point ? I think I can help with links to hardware/software and even step-by-step guide how to build embedded

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-11 Thread Brian Reichert
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 12:01:13AM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: > Brian Reichert wrote: > >Use a hub? > > This is an external thing, right? Yes; so are the hosts your connecting to this all-in-one box. Sorry if I didn't fully understand the constraints... > > >By a quad-port NIC? > > Yes, that'

RE: All-in-one box

2005-11-10 Thread Nickolay Kritsky
we are using DLINK quad-port 1000Mbit adapters(DFE-580). Them look like four `ste' interfaces to the system and look fine. Usenet and freebsd-* users were also saying that DFE-570 is even better, because they use DEC chips for networking which should be better. Never had a chance to test. AFAIK DFE

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-10 Thread Ivo Vachkov
2005/11/11, Karel Miklav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian Reichert wrote: > > Use a hub? > > This is an external thing, right? > > > By a quad-port NIC? > > Yes, that's more like it. I was searching for a multiport > NIC the other day and found nothin, but your backup made > me luckier. Level One's FNC

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-10 Thread Karel Miklav
Brian Reichert wrote: Use a hub? This is an external thing, right? By a quad-port NIC? Yes, that's more like it. I was searching for a multiport NIC the other day and found nothin, but your backup made me luckier. Level One's FNC-0600TXM is supposed to be some kind of a switch on a PCI card

Re: All-in-one box

2005-11-10 Thread Brian Reichert
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 06:17:00PM +0100, Karel Miklav wrote: > I've made a router/firewall/server for home network out of > an old pc. It connects with PPPOE over a big ugly ADSL > modem. I'd like do add some clients, but I don't have > enough slots for NICs and I don't wanna have another weird >