Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Adam
Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another local machine on the network. It would also be nice if it were small, cheap, and

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 22 May 2010 14:41:14 -0700, Grant wrote: Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another local machine on the network. It would also

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-23 Thread Stroller
On 22 May 2010, at 22:41, Grant wrote: Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another local machine on the network. It would also be nice if

[gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-22 Thread Grant
Does anyone know of a basic device that would function well as a Gentoo router/firewall? Using typical hardware seems like overkill. I should be able to offload package compilation duties to another local machine on the network. It would also be nice if it were small, cheap, and power-efficient.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Basic device for a Gentoo router/firewall?

2010-05-22 Thread scott n-h
These are used for router/firewall: http://www.soekris.com/ I would suspect that you could get Gentoo installed on it although I haven't only seen it used w/ the Monowall which was branched from FreeBSD. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know of a