From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 14 8:27:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57C737B406 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 08:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([80.4.0.215]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020514152708.EPWH295.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Tue, 14 May 2002 16:27:08 +0100 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4EFR3V59731; Tue, 14 May 2002 16:27:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4EFR3Pc004538; Tue, 14 May 2002 16:27:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:27:03 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: martin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: economic low power computers Message-ID: <20020514162703.A4280@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <20020514134716.60873.qmail@web21503.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020514134716.60873.qmail@web21503.mail.yahoo.com>; from mymarrandy@yahoo.com on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:47:16AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 06:47:16AM -0700, martin wrote: > > Hello. > > > > This may be 'off topic' so replies off-list would be appreciated. > > I`m looking for a low power consumption computer at a reasonable price that > can handle (probably has them on board) Two NIC`s. It will be a > firewall/router/server. > > I have considered a notebook but am not sure that they can handle Two > pcmcia ethernet cards simultaneously. (Although with USB and USB NIC's, > this might work.) > > Some of the really low powered ones on a general search (20 Watts) come > back with a price in the $5-8,000 range. > > I don`t need much more than 500MHz and less than $1,000 would be nice. > > Manufacturer and model number would be appreciated and a "we use this on > and it only draws xx watts and works great", would be a bonus. Martin, You might want to look at the VIA Eden platform that was released a month or two ago: http://www.via.com.tw/en/Products/eden.jsp The boards seems to only have a single NIC onboard, but I think there may be a version with a PCI slot so you could add another. They also have up to 32MB flash so you could in theory build a diskless box. They're a bit hard to get hold of in the UK, and I have no idea where to find cases that fit the boards, but they do sound nice :-) Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message