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

[Andy Michaels]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Dan Langille wrote:

> Charles Sprickman wrote:
>
>> Never played with them, but I have a PCEngines Alix box on the way to
>> setup with pfsense for a client:
>>
>> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=60&products_id=492
>>
>> It seemed like a much better value than Soekris.
>>
>> Just thought I'd throw that out there.
>
> $180?  What is involved in transforming that hardware to a running
> computer?  What OS?
>

PFSense is a good choice if you want the least hassle and want it up 
quickly (so I've heard, I haven't installed it myself).  I am a fan of 
OpenBSD or debian on these things

you'll need a little extra hardware, perhaps a cf card reader, or a 
null-modem cable, depending on which route you go for the install.

-andy

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