[wellylug] Routers

[Peter Jones]

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Giltrap [mailto:rob at kiwihq.com]
Sent: Saturday, 16 June 2007 8:15 a.m.
To: Wellington Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Routers


Jethro Carr wrote:
> You could get a Linksys WRT54G, which are supposed to be quite good, or
> you could go for an enterprise grade device like a Netscreen 5GT, which
> will cost a lot more, but is rock-solid and with plenty of powerful
> features.
I ended up getting a good deal for an ex-demo unit of the Juniper 
Netscreen 5GT from Network Pro.

Thanks for all the suggestions, unfortunately the Linux-PC idea was 
never going to fly due to the power consumption.

Rob.

I used a laptop as a router with PCMCIA network cards, running E-Smith
(which morphed into SME server) - small, quiet, built in UPS (battery), was
only a P200 so dirt cheap. No idea of the current consumption but in the
overall scheme of my HAN (home area network) bugger-all.
Replaced in the end because the laptop was required for another task.
Peter 



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