On Thursday 02 February 2006 15:54, Darrin Chandler wrote: > Kenny Mann wrote: > > I'm looking for something that which I can slap OpenBSD 3.8 on and use > > it as a router. > > This will be used for a house (~ 4 people) and I'm looking for > > You could look at www.soekris.com. They're underpowered, but it should > be able to handle home router/firewall duties.
Underpowered? I think that is a really relative term. Underpowered for datamining a 1 TB database? Yeah it probably is, however from my experience I could saturate a 1.5 Mb SDSL or T-1 link using an IPSEC VPN on between a Soekris 4501 and a 1GHz Dell POS. If all you are looking to do is run a firewall for a DSL/Cable connection at home, the 4501 is likely overpowered. Tim Donahue
