We have one of the Mini-ITX solutions here:
http://www.logicsupply.com/
You can get them with compact-flash, two onboard NIC's, USB, CD drive.
They are available in very small cases, and rack mounts too.
Some are even fanless!!! :-)
- BS
> Hi all,
>
> do any of you have any experience to share about either dedicated appliances
> (like routerboard.com) or no-name assembled-to-your-desire hardware running
> DL?
>
> We are currently managing 35 firewalls, and the oldest are now in service for
> about 4 years, so we will have to face replacement sooner or later.
>
> We started out with the relatively cheap Fujitsu-Siemens L100, that were small
> rackmountable machines, 1U, a little bit deeper than for example Cisco 2500
> series routers. Unfortunately they have been discontinued and we had to move
> on to the bigger RX 100 series, that is a lot bigger and really overkill for
> our needs.
>
> What we would need is:
> 1 USB,
> 1 IDE port OR a flash-card interface
> at least for NICs, preferably Gigabit, but not necessarily all of them
> 1 PCI-port would be nice (for additional nic)
>
> rackmountable and low energy consumption would be a plus.
>
> A salespoint in Europe is also preferable, as we are a public institution, and
> buying overseas is generally a real hassle.
>
>
> Thanks a lot for any hints/experiences
>
>
> Frank
>
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