On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 03:57:28PM -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > My FIT-PCs that provide network services are getting old, and i386 > Linux is slowly fading away. So I would like to replace them with a > router/gateway computer. > > It should run Debian. > > It should either have two gigabit (or better) Ethernet interfaces or > have suitable expansion capability. > > It should be quiet: no fans, and low power requirements. A small > physical footprint would be nice. > > Most of the time it will run headless, but occasionally I will need to > stick a monitor and keyboard on it. VGA will do fine. > > It will be a router. It will have at least DNS, DHCP, apt-cacher-ng and > firewalld on it. Modest disk and RAM will be fine. > > WiFi is handled elsewhere for now, but I won't turn it down. > > SSD for storage would be nice, although the FIT-PCs do fine with IDE > spinning rust. > I am in the process of solving almost the exact same problem. At the moment, this is my leading candidate: https://www.newegg.com/neosmay-kc12-alder-lake/p/2SW-006Y-00074
In my case, I also use my router as a backup server, so I wanted dual storage. If you can get by without that, then this much cheaper machine might work for you: https://www.newegg.com/p/2SW-006Y-00079 I haven't purchased either one yet, but I plan to purchase the first in the coming weeks. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
