Nick Holland 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 like the Soekris systems, but they aren't cheap...
A cheap option is old thin clients (Neoware, Igel, HP etc). Many of the
older ones (often available on eBay), come with something like 256MB
RAM, 512MB flash and a PCI slot for a second NIC. They work well for
firewalls, they are silent and consume small amounts of power (a bit
more than Soekris/Alix though).
Best regards,
Mikkel C. Simonsen
