On 2014-02-02, Adam Thompson <athom...@athompso.net> wrote: > On 14-02-01 02:37 PM, Adam wrote: >> Any suggestions for the cheapest possible firewall (that is new >> hardware not re-purposing some old stuff)? All I need is 2 ethernet >> interfaces and for it to run openbsd. >> > > Possibly a refurbished PC with an add-in NIC. Locally, I keep seeing > IBM Pentium4D-class desktops being sold for well under $200, and it's > usually possible to pick up a single-port PCI NIC for $20. (Less if you > buy up someone's stock of 100Mbit NICs in bulk.) > Not sure if that qualifies as "new", precisely, but you will get a > warranty of some sort. >
Power consumption is pretty bad with P4, and I don't see how it can possibly be classed as "new hardware". Of course the original question didn't mention anything about bandwidth/PPS estimates or whether it needs encryption, which would be useful in suggesting something..
