Re: [GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 05:47:02PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > By gateway, I mean router/firewall/whatever box that sits between your > LAN and the internet. > > Reasonable choices: > > - ISP-provided / sanctioned device (combo wireless router and modem) > > - ISP modem + user

Re: [GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-26 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Alvin Starr via talk | I have used http://www.acrosser.com/ for a number of network projects. | The nice thing about their products is that they have enough horsepower to run | a full up linux install. A quick look at acrosser gets me to pre-haswell intel boxes -- quite

Re: [GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-25 Thread Alvin Starr via talk
On 10/25/2016 05:47 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: By gateway, I mean router/firewall/whatever box that sits between your LAN and the internet. Reasonable choices: - ISP-provided / sanctioned device (combo wireless router and modem) - ISP modem + user provided wireless router +

Re: [GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-25 Thread James Knott via talk
On 10/25/2016 05:47 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > My previous gateways were SFF business PCs from a previous millenium. > Built like tanks. Reliable. Running full Red Hat Linux, so quite > familiar, versatile, and powerful. But they eat more electricity than > they should. And they

Re: [GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-25 Thread John Sellens via talk
On Tue, 2016/10/25 05:47:02PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | By gateway, I mean router/firewall/whatever box that sits between your | LAN and the internet. | I've chosen to use two different Zotac Zbox tiny PCs. | - the CI321 is a fanless box with two ethernet

[GTALUG] little PCs for internet gateways

2016-10-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
By gateway, I mean router/firewall/whatever box that sits between your LAN and the internet. Reasonable choices: - ISP-provided / sanctioned device (combo wireless router and modem) - ISP modem + user provided wireless router + possibly running custom firmware like CeroWRT or OpenWRT - ISP