G'Day Michael.<br>The VK2JMA-5 IGate in Tamworth suffered a similar demise, only the PC didn't come back after the storm. The new setup is an older Adventech 12v disk-less mini PC (ARK-1380, I think) running Ubuntu 9.10 and Xastair 1.9.7 on a 4 gig compact flash card (no HDD at all). It's not a router type device, but it has been a set and forget IGate and a full 12v solution.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Mark<br>VK2JMA<br><br><br><br>Michael Carey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelcarey@internode.on.net">michaelcarey@internode.on.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Everybody,<br>
I've just experienced a power failure, it appears to have been storm<br>
related up in the north of SA... pretty pictures on the BOM web page<br>
from the Woomera radar.<br>
Anyway, while virtually all my shack equipment runs on 12V and my backup<br>
battery system worked a treat. Even my network wiring closet has battery<br>
backup for the routers, modems, VOIP box, network switch, etc.<br>
<br>
The VK5ZEA Igate machine does not run on DC. It has a UPS which keeps<br>
things going for a little while... but this only lasts for so long.<br>
I've been toying with getting a 12V ATX power supply for the PC to run<br>
off my 250Ah battery system, but have been wondering if there is a more<br>
efficient way to run an Igate than on a PC.<br>
Is it possible to provide simple Igate functionality on a router like<br>
device? Even a fanless 12V mini ITX machine might be better. I've only<br>
had experience with using UIView as my Igate... is there a solid and<br>
reliable Linux solution that just works and can work on a basic spec PC?<br>
<br>
Michael.<br>
VK5ZEA<br>
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