What would be a step up from an Alix 2D3
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indeed, I actually was looking at that and a buddy of mine has one, works pretty good for basic use and what he has, although from what he told me it (for what ever reason, which I suspect may be more of an issue with his being a bit faulty) hates SSD drives/CF cards (can't remember what exactly he has) but it for what ever likes to "eat" SSD for lunch…but my little box is the complete opposite...it works great with SSD (SSD is pretty much any type of device that uses flash memory in some way to act as a HDD) IE: SSD HDD, CF cards, and USB (yes that in some sense is pushing the definition but hey...lol...as for cost if thats a concern you may consider building one so you can choose what you want in it...
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I knew about this and feel stupid now for not posting it earlier.
The answer for the OP is one of the official pfSense hardware vendors. Quiet, low powered and much faster than an ALIX.
http://www.hacom.net/catalog/network-appliances/pfsense
http://www.hacom.net/catalog/embedded/3i270d -
This one is wall mountable too :D
Someone on IRC had bought one of those and said it worked well.
I have 3 of these and they work great for PFSense, I am replacing my Alix 2D3 with one of these at our office with a 50/10 connection due to multiple IPSec tunnels killing the Alix. The only problem I've had with them is the side fans are occasionally noisy when starting up, they get out of sync or whatever and vibrate like crazy.
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Hi, this atom looks like a nice unit! I am trying to replace a large tower with something that uses less juice, makes less heat and less noise. With one 2.5 inch HD slot and no CDROM, I assume you did an install via a USB CDROM or something?
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portwell makes some good boxes too
http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=CAD-0205 -
I love the look of that Portwell box. Too bad it doesn't have VGA for a full install.
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they have couple of good boxes with vga. I have this one http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=NAD-2081 in my production. even though it has marvell nics it works just fine.
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I love the look of that Portwell box. Too bad it doesn't have VGA for a full install.
btw CAD-0250 has optional vga
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Ah. Typo from you. I was looking for a whole new unit.
Thanks.
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… but you also can do full setup without vga port. i have full setup at home on alix
