[Soekris] net5501-70: 2 of 4 devices are broken

[Frédéric VANNIÈRE]

Hello,


I've bought 4 soekris net5501-70 + standard case from soekris.eu.
They have been upgraded from 1.33 to 1.33b BIOS and they have
a SANDISK 4Go Extreme III compact flash. The automated installation
of the linux systems has been done from PXE and works.

2 boxes will be vpn/gw/dhcp/dns/netboot in a datacenter, 1 will do
the job at our office and 1 is a spare box.


I've made several tests :
  1. Hard power on
  2. Hard power off/on (box plug)
  3. Soft reboot
  4. Hard reset
  5. Hard power off/on (box plug)
  6. Soft reboot
  7. Hard power off/on (wall plug)
  8. Hard power off/on (wall plug)
  9. Hard power off/on (wall plug)
 10. Soft reboot
 11. Hard reset
 12. Hard power off/on (box plug)

the results are pretty bad :
  - box1 has failed on all "Hard power off/on" tests (6 times)
         but it worked when I've redone power off/on again
  - box2 has passed all the tests
  - box3 has failed on 1 "Hard power off/on" test
  - box4 has failed on all "Hard power off/on" tests but 1 (5 times) 
         but it worked when I've redone power off/on again
 
Is it a known problem and what is the solution ?

Regards,

Frédéric.
 


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