[dundee] Hardware for a firewall/content filter

[Simon Wells]

I looked at the sheevaplug a while ago and supposedly they have some problems with overheating. 

I get the feeling that Colin wants a setup and forget about it solution, not a periodically let it cool down and reboot solution. Would love to replace some of my machines with plug computers but do not want to give up on the reliability of larger boxen or have to jump through too many setup hoops configuring custom kernels &c. Anybody actually have a plug computer who can comment?

Simon

On 16 May 2011, at 10:21, Robert Ladyman wrote:

> http://linitx.com have a lot of parts and also pre-configured firewalls. What 
> you will require will (probably) be a fanless mini-ITX with a CF-card 
> interface, so that you can install the software onto that. You can also check 
> out their clearance items.
> 
> I've also used an old portable / old PC before (you can often get them for 
> nowt from the skip at the recycling place in Dundee: the dump).
> 
> If you want something really quiet, look at something like the Sheevaplug or 
> other "plugPC"s: http://www.plugcomputer.org
> 
> 
>> Andrew Clayton wrote:
>>> On Thu, 12 May 2011 10:00:54 +0100, Colin Brough wrote:
>>>> Andrew Clayton wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 09 May 2011 13:48:44 +0100, Colin Brough wrote:
>>>>>> I have a couple of NAS boxes (a Buffalo and a Synology) which can
>>>>>> be made to run Linux, but neither of them have 2 LAN ports.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just a heads up. But you might not actually _need_ 2 interfaces.
>>>>> Certainly iptables nat works fine with just the one.
>> 
>> [ snip interesting explanation ]
>> 
>>> But yes, it could look like the diagram on the right.
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>> 
>> Thanks - helpful. And Robert, your suggestion is exactly what I was
>> planning on doing; the question was suitable quiet low cost hardware
>> on which to do it... (no spare 486s here, nor space for one, and no
>> desire to have another clackety fan in my workspace!!).
>> 
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