Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

[Sten Daniel Soersdal]

Max Laier wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 May 2008 22:01:16 Crist J. Clark wrote:
>> Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/
>> bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running
>> FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's
>> in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about fanless PCs
>> or even a flash-based system. Something I could put FreeBSD
>> on would be nice, but not required. I would like a "general
>> purpose" Unix-like OS however. It needs,
>>
>> 	- Firewall
>> 	- 802.11ag
>> 	- WEP and WPA
>> 	- IPsec
>> 	- IPv6
>> 	- SSH
>>
>> The price? Lower the better obviously. I've Googled for stuff,
>> but was hoping for some recommendations from people with
>> similar working setup that they are happy with. Anyone out there?
> 
> See e.g. here: 
> http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=50
> 

I've gotten great mileage out of PCEngines ALIX boards with CM9 (low 
power) radio card. It's lightening fast compared to the many 
cheaper/lesser products. BIOS source can be aquired too, in case you 
want to do some custom stuff.

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Sten Daniel Soersdal