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Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard
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On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:46, Michael R. Wayne wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 02:02:28PM +1300, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > Or you could buy the 533MHz model that is fanless.  That and a flash
> > disk and not more moving parts.
> > 
> 
> This seems to be exactly what I'm looking for, with 2 ethernet interfaces
> to work as a firewall.  
> 

Since the mobo only has one PCI slot, I would recommend a 3COM 3C982
dual nic.  I have one of these in mine and it works well, comes up as 
two xl devices.

> Does the on-board Etherernet work with FreeBSD?

The onboard ethernet also works fine (vr0), but I am sceptical about its
reliability/performance.


> And, is there a place to buy complete boxes in the US?
> 

Dunno, im a kiwi :)


Andy


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