I know, I should have started a year ago...
I've procured several ASIC's and the first one I've gotten my hands on is giving me nothing but problems.
I have an Avalon Prospector 200 (A bit old, but still worth something) with an onboard networking chip that has CGminer embedded for standalone operation.
However, I cannot for the life of me get it to connect on my Universities network. Tried everything, searched everything, No way. They got it locked down. and the reason I'm even starting is to leech free power.
I do have a Raspberry Pi, which I have gotten the Universities approval to register and get Internet access to.
What my question is how can I replace the on board card with the Pi? I know that the current network card is powered from the miners motherboard via the USB connecting the two boards, so I think I'll have to remove a jumper somewhere, any idea on how to do that? and how would I set up my Pi to mine using it's internet connection and CGminer.
The Avalon is meant to be standalone and is designed as such, but I am not planning on reselling it (Just mining it into irrelevancy) so I am okay with altering it as long as it still hashes.
I will be more than happy to reward someone who can walk me through this and get me up and running.
Cheers!