Chris, How did you get on with utilising an ALIX board for pfsense?
Or are you still using a mini-ITX setup? Andrew On 25/07/08 18:23, Chris Hellyar wrote: > Urrr, OK, I've got a power hungry mini-ITX setup. > > The only one I've currently got is an early VIA board with a laptop > drive that is doing 210ma on the mains side of the powersupply = 50W > > Still, I think the Alix boards are a better solution for > routers/firewalls than a mini-ITX platform. Cheaper total solution if > buying new (inc. case etc), smaller, no cooling fan needed, lower power, > three nic's inbuilt. > > I'm going to move my pfsense firewall onto one in a few weeks, and if > that goes OK my asterisk setup is next, then the world!!!! (Insert > Demonic laugh here...) > > Cheers, Me. > > > > On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 22:49 +1200, Neil wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:30:25PM +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: >>> a microdrive in them and run a full linux distro off a 12V wall wart and >>> only 5 watts rather than the 50-80 that a mini-ITX does. >> There might be some power-hungry mini-ITX rigs out there but 50-80 watts >> is a bit harsh. I have a few, each with a single disc drive and they >> draw between 15 and 25 watts as measured at the wall. >> >> - neil >> >> _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
