Interesting. I haven't gone for that level of "build your own" yet, but a quick google turned up those PC Engine boards for around $100-$140. You're right, not all that expensive (I've seen routers from $50 to $200).
My reason for undertaking this project is I'd like to get an L2TP server running. I tried once behind the IPCop firewall (seemed really messy to do it on-device), but it failed. I'm not sure if I can run L2TP directly on a firewall device (googling the subject related to dd-wrt and tomato didn't turn up a lot of good leads), but hey, that's why it's a Christmas project, right? And maybe at least if it doesn't work on-device I might succeed with the behind-the-firewall option. Ian On 27 December 2011 17:05, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a collection of Soekris and PC Engines SBCs that I use for my > firewalls. I now use Voyage Linux instead of one of the pre-packaged > distros (IPCop was just too limiting in the end). > > There is also no chance of bricking one of these SBCs, which cost > about the same as a high end router. > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Ian Bruseker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've been rockin' an IPCop box for several years now, but was thinking > > of picking up a new router and messing around with dd-wrt or tomato. > > Probably a Netgear. They seem to get some good reviews and appear, on > > the surface at least, to be friendly to this sort of thing. > > > > Ian > > > > On 2011-12-25, at 4:44 PM, bogi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I probly will be rebuilding my firewall, the hdd is making bad noises, > afte > >> 10years, i guess it must have has enough spinning :) > >> So i will be replacing the hdd with a cf + ide conversion and render > the > >> firewall a solid state device :-) > >> ssd is a bit expensive for my taste at the moment. > >> > >> On December 25, 2011 15:50:13 TekBudda wrote: > >>> I guess no one has any comments. Hmm! > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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