Re: So long and thanks for all the fish!
"Bryan" <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Dec 2018 14:16:57 -0700
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Octeon isn=E2=80=99t exactly new but it seems to = have a long life. =20 From: [email protected] = [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris McGee Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 9:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Soekris] So long and thanks for all the fish! =20 About six years ago, I had a motherboard start to flake out in my home = firewall, which had always been an old gaming PC with a bunch of NICs = and OpenBSD- basically whatever hardware was free when the old one died. =20 I decided the power I was using to run those old desktops justified the = expense of buying some more efficient hardware, and decided not to build = another zombie desktop firewall. =20 So I went shopping for a new home firewall, something with at least four = gigabit ethernet interfaces and low power usage and OpenBSD-friendly. I = dug for a long time before I found Soekris! =20 I bought a 6501 and installed the brand-new OpenBSD 5.2 release. It just = worked great, and every time my network grew a physical segment, or I = needed a new VPN, or I came up with some crazy new packet filtration = scheme to play with, or my internet bandwidth increased, the little 6501 = never broke a sweat. =20 A week ago it died suddenly. Red Light of Doom. I swapped power supplies = and replaced all its electrolytic capacitors, and it is still not = willing to boot. =20 So since soekris is no more, I guess I am out. Thanks to everyone on = the list. My new OpenBSD machine will be an Edgerouter 6P, mostly = because the PC Engines APU4Cx is out of stock for a month plus. On the = up side, I get to try out an entire architecture I've never used before. = It will be a tiny adventure for me.=20 =20 Thanks for being my soekris buddies all these years; I have read a lot = of messages with interest. Maybe I'll see some of y'all wherever = Ubiquiti octeon people hang out! =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0382_01D48980.87A78930 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered = medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'>Godspeed my friend!=C2=A0 Octeon isn=E2=80=99t exactly new but it = seems to have a long life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497= D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in = 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>= </b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> = [email protected] = [mailto:[email protected]] <b>On Behalf Of = </b>Chris McGee<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 30, 2018 9:48 = PM<br><b>To:</b> [email protected]<br><b>Subject:</b> = [Soekris] So long and thanks for all the = fish!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>About = six years ago, I had a motherboard start to flake out in my home = firewall, which had always been an old gaming PC with a bunch of NICs = and OpenBSD- basically whatever hardware was free when the old one = died.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I = decided the power I was using to run those old desktops justified the = expense of buying some more efficient hardware, and decided not to build = another zombie desktop firewall.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>So I went shopping for a new home firewall, something = with at least four gigabit ethernet interfaces and low power usage and = OpenBSD-friendly. I dug for a long time before I found = Soekris!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I = bought a 6501 and installed the brand-new OpenBSD 5.2 release. It just = worked great, and every time my network grew a physical segment, or I = needed a new VPN, or I came up with some crazy new packet filtration = scheme to play with, or my internet bandwidth increased, the little 6501 = never broke a sweat.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>A = week ago it died suddenly. Red Light of Doom. I swapped power supplies = and replaced all its electrolytic capacitors, and it is still not = willing to boot.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>So since soekris is no more, I guess I am out. = Thanks to everyone on the list. My new OpenBSD machine will be an = Edgerouter 6P, mostly because the PC Engines APU4Cx is out of stock for = a month plus. On the up side, I get to try out an entire = architecture I've never used before. It will be a tiny adventure for = me. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks for being my soekris buddies all these years; I = have read a lot of messages with interest. Maybe I'll see some of = y'all wherever Ubiquiti octeon people hang = out!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></h= tml> ------=_NextPart_000_0382_01D48980.87A78930-- --===============0015450291== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech --===============0015450291==--