[ale] About that firewall machine [Was]Re: [ale] unidentified processes

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> 
> I'm interested in power consumption as well.  I've
> finally got my laptop router working well, but I
> really hate to leave it on 'round the clock if I'm
> throwing money out the window.
> 
> I'm assuming Radio Shack would be the place to find a
> meter like this?

Yeah, but I've not seen a cheap amp meter.  Standard vom meters you can
get for $10 at radio shack don't usually handle large currents ac
currents.  I've not priced them in a while, but last time I checked,
they run > $100.

> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> --- Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> > Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, I'm familiar with at least one of the
> > broadband routers, and if it
> > > wasn't this late I could remember which of them I
> > set my daughter up
> > > with. 8-/. And the '486 idea certainly has cost
> > benefits. My goal here,
> > > however, is more aligned with having open source
> > control with minimal or
> > > near minimal power consumption. I'm not certain to
> > go down this route, but
> > > I find it very interesting (especially when I look
> > at the nest of power
> > > cables crawling around behind the desk, and under
> > some of the other
> > > furniture around here. I haven't tripped the
> > circuit breakers yet, but
> > > I've got to be grazing the edge around here.)
> >
> > Yeah, I know how it is.  Fortunately, I've recently
> > moved to a new
> > home.  I'm putting together an office in the
> > basement, which means I've
> > got free rein of the place.  I've rewired this room,
> > adding two
> > circuits, one for my computers, another for all else
> > (lights, shredder
> > and such).  I've added a wall and placed all my
> > boxes behind it, so as
> > to reduce the noise.  It's still in the works, but
> > it's getting there.
> > I've come pretty far from working off a laptop while
> > sitting on a
> > beanbag. :)
> >
> > As far as the power issue though, I don't know how
> > much current the
> > average computer pulls, but understand, devices only
> > pull as much juice
> > as they need.  The power supply might be rated at 15
> > amps, but you're
> > not pulling that.  The box will generally pull the
> > most power when it's
> > powered up.  If you've got a headless 486 with two
> > nics, the amount of
> > power consumed is going to be very little.
> > Certainly more then some
> > imbedded device though.  Curious as to whether or
> > not it might be
> > possible to run a couple of boxes from a single
> > power supply.  I would
> > expect that it could handle the load, just a matter
> > of rigging the
> > proper connections.
> >
> > I guess I could just stick a meter on one of these
> > boxes and really get
> > a decent measure.  For me, it's more the noise and
> > heat generated then
> > the power used.  Anyone ever actually measured the
> > amount of current
> > their box pulls???
> >
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey         esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > "...the system (Microsoft passport) carries
> > significant risks to users
> > that
> > are not made adequately clear in the technical
> > documentation available."
> > - David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs -
> > Research
> > - http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html
> >
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

"...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users
that
are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
- David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
- http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html

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