Text 11269, 36 rader
Skriven 2008-01-02 00:20:32 av Daniel Prather (749.linux)
  Kommentar till text 11268 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
Ärende: a BBS for all
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  Re: a BBS for all
  By: Russell Tiedt to Daniel Prather on Wed Jan 02 2008 07:40 am

 > Well, I was thinking along the lines of openvpn, on a 384kbps line, so
 > maybe that won't be needed then ...

Oh yeah, you definitely don't need a VPN accelerator card.  That's only if
you're doing some serious, serious encrypted throughput.  We never had any
problems getting several Mbps out of IPsec VPNs.

 > Not wireless, and I don't have a T1/E1 ... , the guys on the not-so-local
 > LUG are also partial to Senao cards for wireless ...

Yeah, so no T1/E1 card!  Lots cheaper that way. :D

 > What I want it for, is to run IPCOP, or similar, for my home DSL line, a
 > RED, Green, possibly an Orange and a Blue interface.
 >
 > The smaller the system is physically is the better, as I am very short on
 > physical space ...

Yep, that's what I want to get a Soekris for nowadays.  However, I'm actually
thinking of possibly going with one of the Fit PC machines
(http://www.fit-pc.com).  They run Linux by default (though I'd probably put
FreeBSD on them), have two ethernet ports, 40GB HD, and ... just some nice
hardware pretty inexpensively.  Faster too!  I think about $250 USD?

You might want to consider one of those instead of a Soekris if you simply want
a router/BBS box.  Because a Fit PC could easily handle both tasks.  You'd need
an external access point for wireless, but that's not a big deal.  Just run one
ethernet port to a DSL modem, one to a switch, and everything else to the
switch.  Problem solved! :)

-- Daniel
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