Not yet, but I've set up a few of the 54 models for friends.
My reason for a stand alone system for firewalling, is that with my current solution, I've had absolutely zero spam, trojans, spyware, and what have we - for years. And
I'd very much like to keep it that way.
I'll check out the alternative firmwares, there might be something interesting.
Thanks.
Best,
Soren
j m g wrote:
Have you looked at any of the dedicated firewall/routers out there
with 3rd party flashes?
tomato, dd-wrt, etc - Specifically the Linksys models?
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Soren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Looking back at the mid to late 90's at the HWG list, the major items have
always been overclocking and getting the max out of whatever PC one might
have.
Much respect for, and MUCH fun about that! (at least I had a lot of fun ;)
Well, as my power bill keeps climbing, I am looking for different solutions.
Currently, I am using old fashioned PC's for both firewalling and web
access:
1. Firewall: 400MHz AMD w/256 MB RAM
2. Workstation: 2 GHz Athlon XP w/1 GB RAM
Both are running *nix in different variants.
What I am seriously considering switching to, is:
1. A very small laptop solution for the firewall, e.g. one of the new Atom
based laptops, with USB adaptors as second and third NICs. AMIbios is
preferred.
2. A *very* small and completely noiseless PC as a working system and for
internet access. Again, AMIbios is preferred.
Any thoughts?
1. At the moment my own thoughts are that one of the cheap, low powered
laptops could be close to ideal when it comes to policing the LAN access.
2. A 1 GHz Via passive cooled CPU could run *nix just nice from an
(external?) CD/DVD-ROM (ITX).
Or what?
Regarding 1), I have close to no experience with USB LAN adaptors - can
anyone please fill me in?
About 2), Does anyone on the list have any experience running ITX computers
as a regular workstation, and/or with the O/S from an external CD drive?
I might emphasize, that since I went from Winblow$ to a *nix platform, I've
had absolutely zero spam, adware, trojans, etc. in my M$ orifice
environment. Or I'm just completely unaware ;)
So, what are your thoughts about the above?
Would you consider it yourself?
Why?
Why not?
Any input is valid.
Thanks.
Best,
Soren
