Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread

[Ed Wildgoose <lists@wildgooses.com>]

>> Alfie, have you used the Routerboard 230 or 240 products?  Anyone else?
>>
>> Could anyone else recommend other manufacturers of this type of
>> hardware: an embedded system board with * a couple of NICs
>> * PCMCIA
>> * runs linux
>
>
> This one, and its cheaper:
>
> http://www.soekris.com/


Actually, I am really interested in this kind of hardware.  But it's 
actually not really as cheap as it looks.  (Bear in mind I am based in 
the UK so I am looking post-shipping price)

Most of these tiny embeded devices need $20-30 or powersupply, and same 
again for a case, and a bit of RAM...  It looks like around £300 
sterling to me all in.  However, you can often pickup a bottom of the 
range Compaq/HP server for that price... (OK, not as small and neat!)

There are some really nice and neat little boxes, which would be good 
for a mid-priced box where you need the grunt. 

...But for low end hardware it seems hard to beat the Linksys WRT54GS 
which is around £50 GPB from ebuyer....  This gets you 32Mb and a 200Mhz 
processor! (and 2 net cards, a small switch and a wireless radio!)

The "S" model is only starting to arrive in the UK so mine's on 
backorder, but I think it's easily available in the US?

Ed W
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