[nzlug] Replacing a Linux box.

[Steve Holdoway]

My wireless firewall runs on one of these boards ( well, an older one than this ). Don't expect blistering transfer speeds between the ethernet ports, but it was a real fun experience building it up and getting it all working.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:54:31 +0000
Dirk Pilat <pilatdirk at mac.com> wrote:

> May I suggest soekris?
> 
> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm
> 
> I used one of these babies running OpenBSD with a 4gig flash.  
> virtually silent. runs Nethack :-)
> 
> D
> 
> 
> On 25/02/2008, at 5:13 AM, Vik Olliver 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.
> >
> > Vik :v)
> >
> >
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