I have had great joy with the via 600 fanless PD motherboards with CF memory they make good reliable quite firewalls, i prefer them to the 4801 as they have a lot more grunt when it come to ipsec.
I am not 100% happy with the onboard vr? interfaces but in most places i am using them as firewalls and very few of my client have anything faster than 8mbit internet connection. They have a pci card on them so it is possible to add more interfaces, i have considered the matrox 4 port fxp based card but at over UK#200 it is fairly pricey but would suspect it would run a lot better than the vr? http://shopmatrox.com/europe/products/categories.asp?CategoryID=60&Column=2%2 0ID= Mike. On Tue, 10 May 2005, Joerg Lenneis wrote: > Stephen Marley: > >> Does anyone have any experience with these under openbsd: >> http://www.storever.com/product/openbrick/openbrick-ng > >> Basically, I am looking for something small, cheap and reliable >> (preferrably no fan, and possibility of running without HD) that is >> capable of routing 100Mb/s > >> Any other recommendations? > >> -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have just been quoted the following: > > Via Eden 600MHz/256MB ITX-Case Front-USB, fanless > Mainboard Via Epia PD6000-E 4xUSB, 2xLAN 10/100Mbit > 512MB Flashcard IDE > Two years bring-in warranty > 370 Euro or about $ 476 excluding VAT > > A 600 Mhz Via Processor should be able to saturate 3 100 Mbit ethernet > interfaces. > > The main difference to the openbrick-ng is that processors called Eden > are certified to work without fan by Via. The processor in the > openbrick is a Via C3, which is not officially sanctioned to run > without a fan. At the same time, the folks from openbrick probably > have done their homework as far as cooling is concerned and I am also > sure that the case I have been offered looks rather dull in comparison > to theirs. > > regards, > > -- > > Joerg Lenneis > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
