[TriLUG] slightly OT: small "network" appliances

Kevin Flanagan kevin at flanagannc.net
Tue Aug 26 19:32:38 EDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:46, ryan wheaton wrote:

I would look for the cheapest PII system with 128MB RAM, and about 10GB
of disk, then get a copy of one of the following.

SME Server from Mitel, www.e-smith.org
Clark Connect, www.clark-connect.com

They are both RedHat based "appliance" type systems, they work great.



Good luck.

> A few years back, I remember seeing and playing with a little "box" from 
> Gateway that ran debian and was a web/DHCP/file, etc server.  It was 
> about the size of a Nintendo Gamecube, and was a pretty neat (although 
> not all the time practical) device.  I was wondering if anyone was still 
> making such a thing, or was this something made by Gateway as a novelty 
> type item and then thrown away by everyone??  Anyone seen anything like 
> this around lately?
> 
> -r
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