Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:25:10 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cristclark@comcast.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device Message-ID: <20080520212510.GB32447@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20080520200116.GA69452@goku.pumpky.net> References: <20080520200116.GA69452@goku.pumpky.net>
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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 01:01:16PM -0700, 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? WRT54GL is in the $50 to $75 range. Is not the only device capable of running OpenWRT, just one of the better supported. http://openwrt.org/ I have one that I pack for travel. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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