Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 11:50 AM, mail-lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I know this isn't exactly the right place to ask this question but could >> anyone shed some light on any disadvantages (besides obvious specs) on >> getting one of the Alix boards (i.e Alix2c3) vs. a soekris board (either >> the net 4801 or net5501). >> >> I have several net4801s that I'm VERY happy with but a client is looking >> for something cheaper and the Alix boards are less than half the price >> of the 5501s with comparable specs (less ram, -1 ethernet) >> >> I guess what I'm asking is whether anyone as any experience with Pc >> Engine boards, negative or positive. Better yet, does anyone have >> experience with both? >> >> Thanks for any insights! >> >> Steve Glaus >> > > Steve, > > I have quite a bit of experience with both and I like both of them, very > much. > > The Soekris boards do seem to be a bit more expensive but I've found > several differences working with them. There are usually less > "gotchas", like power supply compatibility, working with the more > detailed features of the board (temp sensors, GPIO, etc), > documentation, etc. There seem to be more people using Soekris boards > and Soekris (wisely) provides a pretty useful discussion forum to > discuss issues with hardware or various operating systems. > > It also seems like Soekris boards might be more reliable. It's far > from scientific, but I don't think we've ever had a Soekris board fail > in the field. We have had some WRAPs come back... Granted we had > many, many more WRAPs deployed, but it still makes me wonder. > > In summary: dollar for dollar the ALIX can't be beat. If you can > live with less RAM and one less Ethernet, I would give them a try. If > you have the money and it doesn't matter, the net5501 from Soekris are > very, very nice boards. I hope this helps. > > Kristian,
Thanks for the insight - This is exactly what I was looking for. I think I'll give the WRAPs a shot as this clients primary concern is money and if the boards are not outright terrible I'm willing to live with a few gotchas. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
