[nzlug] Replacing a Linux box.

[Robert Coup]

On 25/02/2008, Vik Olliver <vik at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
> I've a venerable old box in my care that does a wonderful job of being
>  the first line in a firewall. However, Der Management wants something
>  small and low-power with no moving parts. Passes the usual utilities
>  through, does the odd scripting thing but these can be moved.
>
>  Is there a nice, available box for this that runs real Linux or am I
>  looking at a DLINK router?
>
>  Oh yeah, there's a USB printer in the DMZ. It'd be nice if the firewall
>  could drive that as then I could lose the old printer server into the
>  bargain.

Something that will run OpenWRT... like a linksys WRT54G* (and turn
off the wifi bits if you don't want them). Some of the supported
devices have USB ports for things like print servers or HDDs. They run
SSH servers, OpenVPN servers, etc fine (for a few users).

http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

I actually have one (WRT54GL?) with an older version of OpenWRT on it
if you want... not sure what they're worth but have a look at trademe
and contact me offlist if you're interested (Auckland).

Rob :)