I have decided to buy dedicated hardware to run OpenBSD. I am considering buying an armish (or perhaps a landisk) supported network device, but I don't really know much about them. Hardware availability seems limited in the US.
I was very impressed by the Thecus N2100 armish system which has very nice specs [http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=1&pid=1]. I could handle opening the case, removing the drive, and installing with dd. The x86 Mac Mini also seems practical, but it only has one NIC. I would like a small form factor and energy efficiency. I would be happy with a slow system, just enough to learn apache, BIND, pf with. Are there any supported non-traditional devices that would be worthwhile, or would I be better off getting a cheap small form factor x86 PC? Also, am I sensible to desire two NICs? Seems like a good way to practice routing, rather than using a boring one interface system that "just works." William _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
