From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 21:51:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93198106564A for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 21:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EAED8FC12 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 21:51:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 8545 invoked by uid 0); 20 May 2008 21:25:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (216.186.148.249) by smtp7.knology.net with SMTP; 20 May 2008 21:25:12 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id BE4C128429; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:25:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:25:10 -0500 From: David Kelly To: "Crist J. Clark" Message-ID: <20080520212510.GB32447@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <20080520200116.GA69452@goku.pumpky.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080520200116.GA69452@goku.pumpky.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:51:53 -0000 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.