Power savings and trusting Linux firewall

[Kevin D. Clark]

Ward Vandewege writes:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:14:55AM -0400, markw 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

Another manufacturer to check out is Soekris.

I am composing this email right now on a Soekris net4801 box, running
off of a 2GB compact flash card.  For my uses, this is a very handy
low-power machine.

Regards,

--kevin
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