older apple tv will work as well :) Colin
> On 19 Feb 2015, at 19:47, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > > If your time is worth anything, you can't beat the Mac Mini, especially for a > branch office mission-critical application like DNS. > > I just picked up a Mini from BestBuy for $480. I plugged it in, applied the > latest updates, purchased the MacOSX Server component from the Apples Store > ($19), and then via the Server control panel enabled DNS with forwarding. > > Total time from unboxing to working DNS: 20 minutes. > > The Server component smartly ships with all services disabled, in contrast to > a lot of Linux distros, so it's pretty secure out of the box. You can harden > it a bit more with the built-in PF firewall. The machine is also IPv6 ready > out of the box, so my new DNS server automatically services both IPv4 and > IPv6 clients. > > You get Apple's warranty and full support. Any Apple store can do testing and > repair. > > And with a dual-core 1.4GHz I5 and 4GB memory, it's going to handle loads of > DNS requests. > > Of course, if your time is worth little, spend a lot of time tweaking slow, > unsupported, incomplete solutions. > > -mel > > On Feb 19, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko <de...@visp.net.lb> > wrote: > >> On 2015-02-19 18:26, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:52:42 +0000, David Reader said: >>>> I'm using several to connect sensors, actuators, and such to a private >>>> network, which it's great for - but I'd think at least twice before >>>> deploying >>>> one as a public-serving host in user-experience-critical role in a remote >>>> location. >>> I have a Pi that's found a purpose in life as a remote smokeping sensor and >>> related network monitoring, a task it does quite nicely. >>> Note that they just released the Pi 2, which goes from the original >>> single-core >>> ARM V6 to a quad-core ARM V7, and increases memory from 256M to1G. All at >>> the >>> same price point. That may change the calculus. I admit not having gotten >>> one >>> in hand to play with yet. >> Weird thing - it still has Ethernet over ugly USB 2.0 >> That kills any interest to run it for any serious networking applications. >> >> --- >> Best regards, >> Denys >