Thanks for the links Chris, I have realized my desire to use some heavy packages will not be satiated by an embedded system.
Mehma === On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Chris Buechler <cbuech...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:28 AM, mehma sarja <mehmasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I bought an Alix board (500 Mhz, 256 MB RAM and 2 ethernet ports) a > couple > >> of years ago from netgate.com and am happily running 1.2.3 on it. I > paid > >> about two and a quarter and am wondering two things: > > > > a. Are there faster embedded flash systems out there? > > Lots of them. > http://www.netgate.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=hamakua > http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=27_70 > http://www.applianceshop.eu/index.php/firewalls/opnsense.html > > http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=50 > > > > b. Are there less expensive sources than netgate. I like them and all > but > > it seems pricey... > > > > They're as cheap as anyone for the ALIX systems, and they include > their custom manufactured cases that are much nicer than the standard > case IMO. And they're the largest financial supporter of this project > of any hardware reseller, so we encourage you to go with them, or at a > minimum one of the listed vendors above as they all provide important > support to the project. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com > For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > >
