tiny firewall boxes

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 02:52:23PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 02:09:55PM -0400, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> 
> | > How about a $99 SheevaPlug on a vlan?
> 
> Cute!
> 
> | Much better version for that (and many other) job(s).
> | http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-24-openrd-client-openrd-client-board-with-enclosure.aspx
> 
> Better, but more than twice the price.  That price is too close to the
> price of even more capable boxes.

Ehm, that's debateable.  That thing has some serious capabilities in a
very low power consumption device.

> Another possibility is the PC Engine ALIX 2D3: C$135 (+ C$15 for a
> case).  500MHz Geode (i386), 256K RAM, CF socket, MiniPCI socket, 3 ethernet
> (100MHz, I think), 2 USB (I think).
> http://www.xagyl.com/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=2&sort=&sort_direction=&page=1

That would be much slower than the above device.  The ram would be 256M
not K of course on the geode.

> One of Dell's deals of the day is the Linksys WRT160NL for C$90.
> Close, but no cigar: not yet supported by OpenWRT, but it appears
> possible.  A lot like the WRT54GS which might be discontinued.
> Improvement: has 802.11n (which isn't yet a final standard, as far as
> I know).  This router has 8G flash, 32G RAM, and a USB port -- better
> than the WRT54GL.  The standard firmware is Linux-based (2.4 kernel!).

Wow 8G flash and 32G ram for $90.  I gotta get one of those. :)

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