I'm not specifically wedded to that board, it just has a feature that is valuable to me in the daughter board expansion. With the daughter board expansion stuff they offer I can drop 50 bucks and get 3 GB intel ethernet ports and still maintain a very slim form factor (if you know of a slim pci or pci-express card that will add at least 2 good intel ethernet ports please let me know).
With that board I could install something like ebox platform on a usb key and throw it in a really tiny case and have a super powerful router solution. I will take a closer look at the ALIX boards though. On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10-07-02 10:37 PM, Chris q wrote: > > Thanks Dan, > > > > I looked at them already. They don't have the jetway stuff > > unfortunately. I will have to take a closer look at their supermicro > > stuff (I wish their website had an easy way for me to isolate all the > > atom mobos in one spot). > > I ordered one of my Atoms from the U.S. I now buy from NCIX if I can't > get it from Memory Express. The one I ordered from the U.S. had the two > ethernet ports fry in the late winter. NCIX and MemX are way easier to > deal with in terms of returns and warranty. > > Why are you wedded to the Jetway? There is not much to differentiate > the various manufacturers (basically IONs and vanilla). Just buy a 4 > port card from routerboard to add the interfaces (though a > firewall/router only needs two ports). > > Another option are the ALIX based boards. They draw less power, are > passively cooled, and are cheaper than the Atom solutions. > > I have also fallen out of love with Atom. I have a Core2 Duo in the > same form factor and I am far happier with it. The current crop of Atom > is still not worth it IMO (when they get to the SoC stage then it will > be worth looking at for me). > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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