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Re: Power savings and trusting Linux firewall



 [hidden email] wrote: 
> 
>> Depending on what your second system does, you might be able to replace it 
>> with a pcengines ALIX2C3 board or the like. Put a (large) CF card in that, 
>> and your power usage will be less than 5W (and you won't have moving 
>> parts). 
>> 
>>   http://pcengines.ch
>> 
>> is the manufacturer site, and you can buy them here at netgate.com, for 
>> instance: 
>> 
>>   http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=26&products_id=450
>> 
>> They have a nice case for it too, and you can also buy a kit with board + 
>> case + cf card + powersupply. 
>> 
>> It's more expensive than a wrt54, but you do get a general purpose machine 
>> with 256MB of ram and as much CF space as you can fit. 
> 
> I don't think that is right for what I'm doing, but is definitely 
> something to bookmark. 
> 


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