[aklug] Re: Low energy linux box

Royce Williams said, on 03/09/2011 05:39 AM:
> David J. Weller-Fahy said, on 03/07/2011 09:27 PM:
>> * Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [2011-03-07 15:02 -0800]:
>>> It was a particular brand mentioned on list... cant find through
>
>> Hrm... were you talking about http://www.pcengines.ch/ or
>> http://www.soekris.com/ or any of the boxes at http://www.mini-itx.com/?
>
> Yeah, the PC Engines ALIX boards are ones that I was talking about a
> while back - love mine. I bought a kit with board, enclosure, flash and
> power from these guys:
>
> http://store.netgate.com/ALIX-Kits-C86.aspx
>
> ... for $187. Seems like a lot nowadays, but they are well worth it,
> IMO. Very small. The ALIX boards are well supported with multiple
> flavors of Linux as well as the BSDs. Mine has three NICs, great for
> LAN/WAN/DMZ, but you can get one with fewer NICs. Mine also has serial
> console.

Sense of scale here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/royce/5512352510/

In this shot from more to the back, you can see the three NICs, the
serial on the left, and the power connector on the right.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/royce/5511754727/

Royce
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Received on Wed Mar 9 06:14:54 2011