I'm doing things to my home network, and I wan't to build my own router again. For a LONG time I used my XG-DLS (fully pimped). It worked great with no problems for years; it used smoothwall and had zero issues. ( http://www.smoothwall.org/ ) I bought a dual Tualatin, and got it fully decked out, and I go to install smoothwall, and it would just crash. Furthest I ever got was 12% copying files. I google the error code I saw during boot, and disabled APIC. Better, but still had errors, Something about /etc/rtc file missing. (i'm not in front of the computer atm) I dick around with it for about 3 hours, get nowhere. Try VYos, exact same issues. Basic troubleshooting led me to believe it was a hardware issue with some drive. new cables, new cd, new disk, new hard drive, ide hard drive, all resulted in the same issues. I install XP, runs smooth as silk, no problems. Passed 24 hours memtest and 12 hours of multi-PI. Damn thing runs like a raped ape. By this time i'm pretty irked. I set up my xg-dls again, everything installs perfectly, works as expected. :headslap:
Anyway, I mean I CAN use my XG-DLS, but the power supply is on its last leg, and to be honest, I don't want to loose this board. Also, they are slated to install gigabit fiber nearby in the near future, and 2x 900mhz xeons aren't going to cut it. I'm not doing anything crazy; basic routing, QoS, VPN, segmented wifi, and the usual suspects. I figure I'd ask here, and not the smoothwall forums (yet), as I am 100% certain 90% of the replies I would get would be "omg! buy new hardware, warble, warble, warble." And to their credit, A simple itx atom setup would be absolutely sweet, but until someone is going to ship one to me for free...
specs:
Asus XG-DLS - 2x 900/2m/100 p3 xeons ( SL4XY ) - 2gb ecc ram
Tyan Thunder HEsl-T S2688 - 2x 1400mhz p3 tualatins - 6x 1gb ecc/reg
- common -
3x gigabit nics based off the RTL8169
ati rage iic video
1x 320gb sata drive on converter
250/25 internet
Anyway, I mean I CAN use my XG-DLS, but the power supply is on its last leg, and to be honest, I don't want to loose this board. Also, they are slated to install gigabit fiber nearby in the near future, and 2x 900mhz xeons aren't going to cut it. I'm not doing anything crazy; basic routing, QoS, VPN, segmented wifi, and the usual suspects. I figure I'd ask here, and not the smoothwall forums (yet), as I am 100% certain 90% of the replies I would get would be "omg! buy new hardware, warble, warble, warble." And to their credit, A simple itx atom setup would be absolutely sweet, but until someone is going to ship one to me for free...
specs:
Asus XG-DLS - 2x 900/2m/100 p3 xeons ( SL4XY ) - 2gb ecc ram
Tyan Thunder HEsl-T S2688 - 2x 1400mhz p3 tualatins - 6x 1gb ecc/reg
- common -
3x gigabit nics based off the RTL8169
ati rage iic video
1x 320gb sata drive on converter
250/25 internet