From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 20:30:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DAB237B401 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:30:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eden.barryp.org (host-150-32-220-24.midco.net [24.220.32.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B774C43F75 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:30:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bp@barryp.org) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=barryp.org) by eden.barryp.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19enr1-0001Zv-Gx for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:30:19 -0500 Message-ID: <3F1CAFCA.4070209@barryp.org> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:30:18 -0500 From: Barry Pederson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030704 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <006601c29cab$ec3a9c80$0100000a@D9NLZD0J> <20021205234945.GA70487@tassie.net.au> <20021206011334.GB70929@tassie.net.au> <20030721203209.GO1414@starfleet.org.au> <20030721195854.P20962@shell.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <20030721195854.P20962@shell.inch.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Subject: Re: Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:30:24 -0000 Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Rudolph Pereira wrote: > > >>Just to drag this thread on a bit further ... >> >>I've been looking into these little boxes, thinking I could use one as a >>firewall/gateway. My one requirement is that it would need to have two >>PCI slots (one can be low-profile), and although I've seen PCI riser >>cards that can give me two slots, they've been rare, > No, but if you find something, please post! I've been searching for > something that is nice and small yet has more power than say a Soekris box > and can handle more than one or two ethernet cards. Another way to go is stick a multi-port ethernet card in the mini-itx's single PCI slot. You can find dual Intel Pro/100 cards on eBay for around $30 - I've got one stuck into an EPIA board running FreeBSD 4.8, runs great as a firewall. Just have to make sure your case can take a regular-sized PCI card, and not just the low-profiles ones. Barry