Re: net6501: doesn't start if not first unplugged for, 8minutes

Lee Johnson <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 06:57:57 -0400
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I've used Soekris products for many years and used to have enormous 
faith in them. I've only got two 6501-70s left in production and will be 
phasing them out shortly. The one 5501-70 is happily running along but 
no longer has the needed RAM and CPU to get the job done.

I only deployed a handful of 4801's but was happy with them. I loved the 
4501 series and had many of these in production. One was at a client's 
outside Chicago whose ISP was a WISP that didn't think lightning 
arresters were necessary. The Ethernet cable from the roof was melted, 
the case was burned, the board had a hole in it where ETH0, the LAN 
switch was destroyed because the surge jumped through ETH1 as were two 
PCs approximately 100' away via Ethernet. Yet the Soekris never went down.

Most installs have been replaced with various SuperMicro systems to get 
the IPMI functionality. I've been thinking about testing the 
QOTOM-q190G4-S02 for smaller environments. Until the SuperMicros, it's 
been years since I've used systems with an actual keyboard.

Lee

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Lee F. Johnson III | StormForge Technologies
[email protected]


On 4/20/2017 6:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> I'll be leaving the list soon as I have recently retired my 6501-70 and I
> can't imagine ever using it or Soekris again nor recommending them to
> others. I appreciated all of the folks that have discussed the issues over
> the years.


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    <p>I've used Soekris products for many years and used to have
      enormous faith in them. I've only got two 6501-70s left in
      production and will be phasing them out shortly. The one 5501-70
      is happily running along but no longer has the needed RAM and CPU
      to get the job done.<br>
      <br>
      I only deployed a handful of 4801's but was happy with them. I
      loved the 4501 series and had many of these in production. One was
      at a client's outside Chicago whose ISP was a WISP that didn't
      think lightning arresters were necessary. The Ethernet cable from
      the roof was melted, the case was burned, the board had a hole in
      it where ETH0, the LAN switch was destroyed because the surge
      jumped through ETH1 as were two PCs approximately 100' away via
      Ethernet. Yet the Soekris never went down.<br>
      <br>
      Most installs have been replaced with various SuperMicro systems
      to get the IPMI functionality. I've been thinking about testing
      the QOTOM-q190G4-S02 for smaller environments. Until the
      SuperMicros, it's been years since I've used systems with an
      actual keyboard. <br>
      <br>
      Lee<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/20/2017 6:00 AM,
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      <pre wrap="">I'll be leaving the list soon as I have recently retired my 6501-70 and I
can't imagine ever using it or Soekris again nor recommending them to
others. I appreciated all of the folks that have discussed the issues over
the years.</pre>
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