Linux In A Small Box

[ewx]

For several years, my house router was an old PC with several PCI ethernet cards, running Debian lenny. It took up space, consumed much more power than the job really demanded, and was very noisy. So I wanted to clone the system onto some more appropriate platform.

My first candidate was a second hand Soekris net4501. I got a long way into setting this up before deciding to abandon it (see below for the reasons why), and switched instead to a Fabiatech FX5624. I completed the job using this system and it’s now in service.

( Lots of detail, pictures, etc )

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

£340 (http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12508). Bit pricier than the Alix.

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

I've had good results with the alix boards too.

[sweh.livejournal.com]

Was this something you couldn't do with an embedded system, such as a wrt54g?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Given the Soekris was already too slow for my taste, I don’t think that’d have been a better option for me.

[nunfetishist.livejournal.com]

We're trying to build a "geek" router box at work; 1.2GHz Marvell ARM clone, 512MB of RAM, 5 x GbE, and miniPCIe for a WiFi card. I'll let you know if we manage. :)

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Sounds like just the thing l-)