On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Mark Shroyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bear in mind that the added electricity costs will more than cover the >> cost of a new Linksys (or equivalent) router in a few months. > > If energy consumption is a concern, you might try one of these: > > http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm > > I've been running OpenBSD on mine for a year or so, and it makes an > absolutely fantastic home router. It'll run FreeBSD, too. Uses about 5 > watts.
Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking like Soekris gear, which I'm very happy with (of course running FreeBSD): http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm > My one caveat is that you may want to solder on an RTC battery (CR2032) > holder--or just pay a little extra for the alix2d13, which includes the > holder, if you don't like soldering things. > > -- > Mark Shroyer > http://markshroyer.com/contact/ -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
