[nycbug-talk] building home firewalls out of soekris boxen

[George Rosamond]

Jerry B. Altzman wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> Anyone local here spend much time *still* with Soekris boxes? I'm 
> thinking of building a new firewall or two for the home, I'd like to try 
> something OTHER than OpenWRT (since I already have a nice wireless 
> gateway, thankyouverymuch...) and the little boxes just ... appeal to me.
> 
> Comments? Praises? Brickbats?
> 
> Either post here, or send to me & I'll summarize back.

I still think they're great boxes. . . I have a 4801 with FBSD 
6-something doing monitoring with a 2 gig CF card.

It's a bit of a hassle with the new CF cards out there. . . the 4801 
only supports type I and II. . . and good luck finding out which "type" 
a CF card is on the package.

I know some people have migrated over to PC Engines stuff. . .

http://www.pcengines.ch/order1.php?c=4

Anyone have positive experiences with the alix* boxes?  They are cheap. 
. . even with an enclosure.

George