I must admit that's the approach I've taken - cost me about £40 for a
low profile HP low profile desktop with 512MB RAM and a built-in NIC
(even shelled out a fiver for a separate graphics card...) - stuck in an
extra PCI NIC from my drawer of bits, installed IPFire and that was it.
I could even add a wireless NIC for a blue interface if I wanted. OK, it
has a fan in it, but it's not noisy.
Ian
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On 11/12/14 10:13, Ally Biggs wrote:
> Or acquire a older Pentium 3 / 4 computer from somewhere put two
> network cards in it install Debian configure iptables job done.
>
> Why the need to spend lots of money on this?
>
> > From: gordon@???
> > To: linux@???
> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:40:15 +0000
> > CC: hampshire@???
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Firewall hardware
> >
> > On Wed, 2014-12-10 at 23:07 +0000, Leo wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for that. Although part of me is a little unsure about
> going for
> > > a non-arm or x86 based setup. So now I'm wondering if buying a cheap
> > > router and flashing it with openwrt is the way to go...
> >
> > I'm sceptical that you'll find many firewalls that are not either x86 or
> > ARM. They're both pretty much ubiquitous now. Skimming through the
> > OpenWRT hardware list, it looks like there are a few MIPS and PowerPC
> > based units out there.
> >
> > The ARM architectures are, of course, licensed intellectual property, so
> > many chips that don't have the word ARM in the name are still an ARM
> > inside.
> >
> > Whatever platform, there's a distinct advantage in having the software
> > on a physically write-protected memory medium. My guess is that most of
> > the hardware listed on OpenWRT is just that.
> >
> > My personal thought for looking to a micro-PC type device were that I
> > then have full control of the software and don't again get bitten by
> > buying a new, fairly expensive, router that, despite what it says on the
> > box and website, appears not properly to support IPv6. Sole reason for
> > purchase :-(
> >
> > Gordon.
> >
> >
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