[ale] pls sanity check my article

[Jonathan Rickman]

Transcievers will work. NICs aren't cheap...or easy to find. That's why
it's easier to buy them in bulk and make Frankenslackers out of 'em.

http://www.memoryx.net/

is a good place for Sparc parts. Cheaper at eBay...but guaranteed at
MemoryX...

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Joseph A. Knapka wrote:

> Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> >
> > On the old hardware note...
> >
> > A Sun Sparcstation 2 makes a great firewall box. They can be picked up
> > pretty cheap on eBay. I just bought 6. 3 147's 3 147b's for < $30.
> > I had one a few years back, and it was pretty tough getting parts for it.
> > Lately, there seems to be an abundance of them.
>
> Wow, they are dirt cheap. I'm really interested in the possibility
> of moving my firewall to a Sparc, running Linux or OBSD, but I
> have a couple of questions:
>
> What additional hardware would one need in order to get one of these
> puppies on the network? They have AUI ports on them for Ethernet;
> are the widgets that convert AUI to RJ45 just adapters, or are
> they actual transceivers for which you need appropriate drivers,
> etc?
>
> Do all Sparc 2s have two Ethernet ports? The descriptions on
> eBay often leave a lot to be desired.
>
> Is there a way to convert the Sun video output to use a
> regular RGB monitor?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Joe
>
> -- Joe Knapka
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>  can't MOVE for remote castles!" -- Lu Tze re. Uberwald
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