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Classic failure
Sometime during friday, some of my sites (including this one) dropped off the net. I was out drinking, so the fix had to wait until saturday. The reason seemed to be related to the hardware in the soekris powered gateway. A quick Google search returned something interesting: The Soekris-shipped power supply, SMP 12V 1.5A, part no SBD212, is known to spontaneously fail. A quick run to Brinck Elektronik, and I had a replacement unit (12V/1.7A SMP at 169DKK) – and we were back up.
I would have loved to know of this risk before stuff died.
And honestly – supplying a crappy poweradapter like this with quality hardware – seems a bit like serving a sirloin steak on a paper plate.
And you’re right – I have no idea of the reliability of the replacement adapter.