Hi William, > 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.
Maybe you could try a (fanless) mini-itx system with a 2.5" hard drive to make it not too expensive, usable and quiet. Jetway has the J7F4 series with dual gigabit Realtek (re) lan onboard. VIA boards are less cheap. There *may* be some issues with these lan cards; see the micro-atx thread from this month on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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? Depends on how many hours of free time you have left. I have about 0, so I choose the easy i386/amd64 path every time. > 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." For sure! Good luck and have fun... Nico _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
