On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 01:30:28PM +0100, ropers wrote: > On 16 November 2013 10:05, Constantine A. Murenin <muren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ...if you don't require solid GigE performance, and are looking > > for just 100Mbps routing throughput for a home-router project, my > > advice is to buy a netbook -- they go for 200 to 250 USD nowadays, > > plus an external USB Gigabit Ethernet adapter is 10 to 20 USD. Most > > cheap USB Ethernet adapters are supported nowadays, especially on > > OpenBSD. > > > > With a netbook-based OpenBSD router, you'll have a complementary UPS, > > plus a diagnostic display w/ keyboard (alas with no serial), plus a > > fast SSD or HDD that's also included. And the price is the same as, > > or even lower than, any of the alternatives that would not have any > > such features. > > > > You really can't beat the value by going with a netbook, unless you do > > require 4x 1Gbps, x2, which you aren't going to get with a 600MHz > > Atom-based Soekris, either. > > Do all netbooks nowadays allow clamshell operation though (i.e. > running the thing at full throttle with the lid closed)?
On OpenBSD, yes. > > Because a long time ago, I used to own an Apple laptop (not a netbook, > admittedly) that did NOT allow clamshell operation; it would > unconditionally go to sleep when you closed the lid – and even though > there were some published hacks to overrule Apple's choice and make it > run with the lid closed and only the display off, this was deemed > risky, because it wasn't clear if in that case heat-buildup under the > display would become a (screen-melting) issue. I'm not claiming that > that's a risk you'll run with netbooks these days; I genuinely don't > know and I'm genuinely asking. > > --ropers > -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
