Thanks for this Kris! I've used the ALIX boards for a couple of m0n0 projects this past week but not had any time to play with AstLinux on one yet. I guess I'll have to sell another system to raise some "R & D" funds ;}
Mark On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 12:46 -0500, 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. > > -- Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O Randolph, NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
