[Voyage-linux] Re: Bridging Wired and Wireless

[Frank Parker]

Edwin,
thanks for the ideas.  I bought the barenones version of the Foxconn
box with no hard drive. I am running voyage-0.6.5 on a USB flash
drive.

The heat problem is caused by the case lid completely blocking the
fan's only input. Running with CPU at idle the fan still runs full
speed.  It's a case design flaw. If they placed a vent in the lid
directly over the fan this would not be a problem.  As is, I'm
concerned the heat will severly shorten the life of this box.

I have also tried the broadcom-CPU boards you mentioned like ALIX but
I need more horsepower for content filltering (not just URL
filtering).  I may need to build my own boxes for this project (a few
hundred) using an ATOM board and a more sensible case.  I was trying
to find something off-the-shelf under $200 USD and avoid the project
delays of building each box. The Foxconn would have been perfect.

Back to the drawing board...


On Friday, February 26, 2010, Edwin Whitelaw
<Edwin.Whitelaw at nrvunwired.net> wrote:
> Oops, forgot the link...
>
> http://www.mini-box.com/Atom
>
> Frank Parker wrote:
>
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index.html
>
> http://www.gadgetfolder.com/foxconn-netbox-nt330i-nettop-with-atom-330-and-ion.html
>
> However, I am now hitting some problems.  The case completely blocks
> the CPU fan (see photos in second link) resulting in ineffective
> cooling, constant high fan rpm and fan noise.  Within a few seconds of
> popping off the lid the fan slows to a tolerable (very quiet) RPM.
> This causes concern for deploying many of these boxes in remote
> offices - will the heat cause stability problems?
>
> I tried to install lm-sensors but sensor-detect couldn't find any temp
> sensors.  I'm sure they are there but the lm-sensors package for lenny
> doesn't recognize them.  There is a lot of forum chatter about this.
> Compiling the latest lm-sensors would probably fix this.
>
> Also, I am noticing a laptop connected to the USB ethernet adapter on
> this board has a flapping interface every 14-15 minutes.  Not sure if
> this is being caused by the USB dongle or the kernel driver, or who
> knows...
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Edwin Whitelaw
> <Edwin.Whitelaw at nrvunwired.net> wrote:
>
>
> Frank,
>
> Whose ATOM board are you using?
>
>
>