[Klug-general] Cheap Fanless Linux Box

[Julia Freeman]

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On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 07:03:21PM +0000, Peter Childs wrote:
> On 8 January 2011 15:03, Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if it could run pfSense and be a nice little router.  Looked on
> > the Google but cant find any confirmation.
> >
> >
> The biggest issue I can see, is what can you do with 3 USB ports and a
> Network Port?
> 
> Ok the USB ports should take USB Hubs, but that will add to the
> power consumption and reliability, But I tend to want at least two network
> ports to make a router....
> 
> Otherwise can't see why it should not work.

VLANs are your friend. 

With a single ethernet port on your router, and VLANs on your switch, then
you can get away with a stubrouter. It works quite well.

J
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