On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Gene <gh5...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:31 AM, Bruno Flückiger <inform...@gmx.net> wrote: >> On 12/31/12 14:17, BARDOU Pierre wrote: >>> >>> I would be very interested by an OpenBSD port too. >>> Usage : home router with firewall, DNS and DHCP. >>> >>> I am looking into FreeBSD and NetBSD ports, but I would prefer to have >>> the latest PF and OpenSSH versions... plus I am more used to OpenBSD >>> and I like using it >>> >>> If somebody knows X86 hardware able to do the same (routing/firewlling >>> 20 mbps traffic, VLAN, fits in a tiny box, power consumption below 5W, >>> price around 50$) as the raspberry I am interested BTW. >>> >> >> A lot of different embedded devices which base on x86 cpus, just ask the >> web search engine of your trust. It will be hard to get it for "only" >> $50. But paying some more bucks for a system which fits the needs is >> justified in my opinion. >> >> My personal favorites are the boxes from this small company in Switzerland: >> >> http://www.pcengines.ch >> >> Regards, >> Bruno >> > > The ALIX hardware is incredible. I own two of the ALIX boards (2d3 > and 2d13), the second one I picked up recently on eBay for $150 with > case and power supply, I added a CF card for an additional ~$10. I > already have a serial cable on hand, but that would be at most another > $10-$20 to procure. > > The ALIX.2d13 has three full fast ethernet (10/100) NICs that aren't > USB devices on a headless x86 compatible system that will utilise ~5W > at high to full load for under $200. All in one enclosure and rock > solid. > > Sure, that may sound expensive, but after purchasing a Raspberry Pi > with a powered USB hub, one or two USB fast ethernet adapters, an SD > card, and whatever other accessories you need it isn't that much of a > price difference. > > Or, you can buy a cheap Atom box, throw in some storage and RAM, and > have a much more powerful system at the expense of higher energy > usage. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856205007 > > That one costs $130 (+taxes and shipping) and has two gig-e NICs. > > I own a couple of the Raspberry Pi units. They're fantastic little > devices, but you'll have to use Linux and have a hodge-podge of > accessories to go with it. > > -Gene > > (if you see this message twice please forgive me, I'm bad at mailing lists) >
RPi is good for remote control stuff - I've only just learned that the GPIO on it can be controlled in the same fashion as those on an Arduino board with the exception of reading analogue inputs since there's no ADC on board, but that could be fixed with a breakout board. But yes, I agree, for anything else you need a plethora of other things to bring it to the required functional level. Also, I see you are a fellow GMail user - if you go into the labs you can enable Reply to All as the default action, from there just move the mailing list email address to the To field to replace whatever was in there. I also find it helpful to turn off rich formatting, but it seems you've already done that. -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
