[TriLUG] slightly OT: small "network" appliances

[John Beimler]

ryan wheaton wrote:
> 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?
> 

The Mini ITX boxes (http://www.mini-itx.com/) are nice for this, 
although a few of the ones I've worked with had really cheap fans in 
them, and they sounded a lot like some of the big servers I've worked with.

-- 
Peace.

john