Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:42:55 -0400 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, "Crist J. Clark" <cristclark@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device Message-ID: <4851A66F.4030407@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200805202230.58040.max@love2party.net> References: <20080520200116.GA69452@goku.pumpky.net> <200805202230.58040.max@love2party.net>
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Max Laier wrote: > On Tuesday 20 May 2008 22:01:16 Crist J. Clark wrote: >> Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/ >> bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running >> FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's >> in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about fanless PCs >> or even a flash-based system. Something I could put FreeBSD >> on would be nice, but not required. I would like a "general >> purpose" Unix-like OS however. It needs, >> >> - Firewall >> - 802.11ag >> - WEP and WPA >> - IPsec >> - IPv6 >> - SSH >> >> The price? Lower the better obviously. I've Googled for stuff, >> but was hoping for some recommendations from people with >> similar working setup that they are happy with. Anyone out there? > > See e.g. here: > http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=50 > I've gotten great mileage out of PCEngines ALIX boards with CM9 (low power) radio card. It's lightening fast compared to the many cheaper/lesser products. BIOS source can be aquired too, in case you want to do some custom stuff. -- Sten Daniel Soersdal
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