Re: Power savings and trusting Linux firewall

["Ward Vandewege" <user=150@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:11:46PM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote: 
> 
> Ward Vandewege writes: 
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:14:55AM -0400, markw wrote: 
> > > I really want to get away from extra "specialized" devices. I have a 
> > > Netgear VPN firewall/router already and its footprint is about 10~15 
> > > watts, but I removed it and moved its functionality to the second system 
> > > which runs all the time anyway. 
> > 
> > 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
> 
> Another manufacturer to check out is Soekris. 
> 
> I am composing this email right now on a Soekris net4801 box, running 
> off of a 2GB compact flash card.  For my uses, this is a very handy 
> low-power machine.