Re: Power savings and trusting Linux firewall

["Ward Vandewege" <user=150@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:14:55AM -0400, [hidden email] wrote: 
> I really want to get away from extra "specialized" devices. I have a 
> Netgear VPN firewall/router already and its footprint is about 10~15 
> watts, but I removed it and moved its functionality to the second system 
> which runs all the time anyway. 

Depending on what your second system does, you might be able to replace it 
with a pcengines ALIX2C3 board or the like. Put a (large) CF card in that, 
and your power usage will be less than 5W (and you won't have moving parts). 

  http://pcengines.ch

is the manufacturer site, and you can buy them here at netgate.com, for 
instance: 

  http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=26&products_id=450

They have a nice case for it too, and you can also buy a kit with board + 
case + cf card + powersupply. 

It's more expensive than a wrt54, but you do get a general purpose machine 
with 256MB of ram and as much CF space as you can fit. 

Thanks, 
Ward. 

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