Re: Firewall SBC

[Andy Laurence <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> > Yes, but as others have said, it'll be expensive.
> 
> Not that expensive Andy. You can get a NS Geode based SBC (up to
300Mh=
z) for
> around the 250 quid mark and it is low power, no fan required. If you
=
check
> with the suppliers, sometimes they have old stock to shift at
reduced<=
BR>
> prices. I picked up a couple of 233Mhz Geode based SBC's for 50 quid
e=
ach.
> Both have LAN, sound, LCD etc onboard.

Yes, but you could buy a similar spec base unit for =A350 time after
time.<=
BR>
If you shop around, you could get one for under =A330.

> The diskonchip support is generally up to 144Mb and with diskonchip
yo=
u can
> boot from it. The compact flash tends to be implemented as IO rather
t=
han a
> disk drive that you can boot from. To boot from it, you would need
one=
of
> those IDE convertors and you are adding to the cost. Saying that,
128M=
b of
> compact flash is certainly less than DOC prices.

IDE>CF adapter =A325
CF card =A350odd (not checked prices recently)

That's pretty cheap, IMO.  So, all in, you're looking at =A3150 at
the=
most for a P233 based firewall.  If you're willing to use a 486,
then<=
BR>
you could reduce that by half!

Andy



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