On 1 March 2011 14:11, Nick Holland <[email protected]> wrote:
> DO NOT jump on the
> Alix/Soekris/Other-wacko-low-power-low-performing-specialty hardware
> train until you know what you are doing. It is good to see that people
> aren't automatically recommending Soekris for everything ("the answer is
> Soekris. What's your question?") so much anymore... unfortunately, now
> it's Alix. Stick to standard computers until you are really comfortable
> with OpenBSD (or ANY OS you are planning on using).
I agree that it is best to avoid the Soekris and ALIX for a newcomer,
due to the serial console and PXE boot requirements. But although
they are low power and low performance, the current models are more
than a match for typical ADSL2+ requirements.
With my link at about 12Mbit/S worth of web traffic and altq keeping
my VoIP calls nice and clean, my Soekris 5501 with OpenBSD 4.6 hovers
around 85% idle.
Yes, I need to pull my finger out and upgrade.
