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nice to know, I never managed to get it to run with isa only system. must be my cards. stupid pos cheap evil chipsets :P guess I just didn't experiment with enough cards, only the box 500 random unlabeled cards salvaged from old pcs and most of those are the same so I only tried 1 later Brandon Peter Teunissen wrote: > > > It does support ISA, I've got one running as WAN nic. it uses the ep > driver. > > just my 2c. > > Peter > > On 21-jan-2006, at 15:56, Brandon wrote: > >> and don't forget that m0n0 wall only supports pci nics (to my >> knowledge), you said it was isa system? you will need pci slots >> unless you want to make a custom m0n0wall image for your isa hardware >> >> Michael Dale wrote: >> >>> Andrew Greenwood wrote: >>> >>>> I'm considering reincarnating my m0n0wall machine as a dedicated >>>> access >>>> point (primarily so I don't have to have data going upstairs and >>>> downstairs again just because I need the AP in a better location!) >>>> >>>> Current machine is a P133 with 48 MB RAM. >>>> >>>> I have a 486 motherboard with a 486DX2-66 chip in it, not sure how >>>> much >>>> RAM but there are a couple of 72 pin SIMM slots. The expansion >>>> slots are >>>> entirely ISA. >>>> >>>> With enough RAM in it, would this be adequate for m0n0wall to >>>> function on? >>>> The wireless AP box would probably be plugged into another >>>> standard NIC in >>>> the m0n0wall box. >>>> >>>> I can't imagine the CPU usage would be extortionate, but having >>>> said that, >>>> watching the CPU graph of m0n0wall it sometimes seems like just >>>> refreshing >>>> a web page maxes out the CPU for a second or so! >>>> >>>> It'd just save me buying a whole new PC :) >>>> >>>> >>>> =#==> Silver Blade <==#= >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- - >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>> >>>> >>> " >>> >>> >>> 2.2.1. Minimum Requirements >>> >>> *486 processor* - Any 486 or higher processor is sufficient for >>> m0n0wall. Exactly how much processor you will need for your particular >>> implementation varies depending on your Internet connection bandwidth, >>> number of simultaneous connections required, what features you will >>> use, >>> etc. For most deployments, a 486 or Pentium processor is sufficient. >>> >>> *64 MB of RAM* - 64 MB RAM is the official suggested minimum. The CD >>> version of m0n0wall has been reported to work fine for some people >>> with >>> only 32 MB. When using the CompactFlash or hard drive versions of >>> m0n0wall, expect upgrades to fail with less than 64 MB. This is >>> because >>> m0n0wall stores everything in RAM and uses no swap space - when it >>> runs >>> out of RAM, it has nothing to fall back on." >>> >>> http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook/hardware-pc.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |