Re: Hardware recommendations for a Debian version of IPCop

Hi,

Did anyone already mentioned the Sheeva Plug?
1.2 Ghz ARM CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB Flash
SDHC (bootable)
1 USB 2.0
100 MBit Ethernet
Serial Console via USB (driver is in linux kernel)

Also available with eSata

Power consumption is 7 Watt
Comeswith preinstalled Linux (i forgot, which brand) in the flash - but 
before i booted that twice, i had Debian on that box.

i paid 130 Euro in January 2009 including shipping from UK to Germany.

Other devices are available


Am 12.07.2011 10:40, schrieb Scott Ferguson:
> My question is what m/bs are well supported by Debian, that can support
> the following requirements comfortably?
>
> I'd like to build a pure(-ish) Debian (stable) firewall/router that
> duplicates much of the functionality of IPCop:-
>
> To run a web interface (licence allowing, borrowed from IPCop OR using
> webmin) dhcp and ntp server, wondershaper, dyndns (or tinydyndns),
> snort, squid, apt-cache, shorewall, OpenVPN/StrongSWAN (or Hamachi if
> Mojako improves) and very little else.
>
> mini or micro m/b format (low-power), two+ USB 2.0 ports, serial port,
> three NICs (or 1 built-in +2 pci slots), not fussed about drive support
> (IDE, PATA, SATA, SDcard, don't care), bonus points for *no* built-in
> video or sound.
>
> The current box exceeds the minimum requirements for IPCop - but chugs
> with UpdateAccellerator, and, chokes with caching.
> I'm tired of not having usb_modeswitch to support USB UMTS
> devices, would like to be able to deal with IPv6 when using dual-stack
> ISPs that support it, and definitely prefer a modern version of snort.
>
> NOTES: I'm after reliability so scratch FitPC and other mini-toasters,
> unless they can to run reliably for several years without failure. I'd
> rather have an overpowered device that underpowered. IPCop is a great
> project - just no longer satisfies my needs.
>
> Cheers, and thanks in anticipation
>