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Soekris net4801 pictures

Joe Kelly — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:46:00 +0000

Alright, here are some pictures of my new Soekris net4801.

Here’s the adapter. As you can see, it’s the kind that doesn’t take up 50 slots on your power bar.

Soekris net4801 - adapter

Here’s the back of the unit, showing the various connectors. Note that this unit has a USB port.

Soekris net4801 - back

Here’s the front of the unit, showing the status lights. By the way, I read somewhere that you can use the error

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Soekris net4801

Joe Kelly — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:31:00 +0000

Oh yeah, baby! I just got a Soekris net4801 and I’m going to turn it into a multi-WAN router. I’m currently installing and configuring Voyage Linux on it. I’ll post some photos and details soon.

Multi-WAN Router / Firewall: Soekris VS WRAP

Joe Kelly — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:01:00 +0000

After much investigation, it looks like building my own firmware for the LinkSys RV082 will take too long. I will pursue it at a later date but for now I will build my own.

The requirements are:

Low cost Small form factor Quiet Low heat A minimum of three ethernet ports Serial port console access Powerful enough to be able to route and filter at least 10 Mbps of traffic. Linux, FreeBSD and/or OpenBSD compatible Loading operating system from Compact Flash

Nice to haves:

PXE boot USB port IDE

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