On Saturday 11 September 2004 13:45, Peter Carless wrote: > Hi, > If anyone is looking for a suitable computer for IPcop you might want to > check out the following on Vfxweb's web site: > http://www.vfxweb.com/index.asp?action=itemv&ia=details&ItemId=6780 > > This is a Pentium 2 400 meg computer with 64 meg of ram 2 gig hard drive > and a built in 10/100 ethernet port. There are 2 spare PCI slots which can > be used for additional ethernet cards so that you can have a red, green and > orange interface. > (VFXweb also has some 10BT pci ethernet cards for $0.45 each and some > 10/100 cards for under $10.00. > > The price of the computer is $29.00 (before CLUG discount). > What is great about these computers is the small form factor. The overall > dimensions are 15 inches deep by 12.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches high. > > If you are wondering why the price is so low, well here is the downside. > They do not come with a CD drive and do not have the space to install a > regular CD drive. There is however a 40 pin IDE connector and it is > possible to hook up a regular CD drive while the case is opened, and use it > to install IPcop. After IPcop is installed (which only takes a few > minutes) there is no need for a CD drive as all updates etc can be > installed remotely. > >
One other good point about these is they are pretty quiet, a good thing for a continuously running firewall. Graham _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
