thin client running firewall/router ?

lixxus · 7 Oct 2007 at 12:20

are these thin client powerful enough to run a distro such as "clarkconnect" or "smoothwall"

im looking to buy one and set it up as a firewall/router. the power consumptions are really low around 15watts.

seen ones with 800mhz 512 flash and 256ram but upgradable and with pci expansion slot.

afraser2k · 7 Oct 2007 at 12:37

They're perfect for home firewall/routers, with a lot being based on the Epia motherboards. I ran a small server using Debian from an Epia M6000-based machine for a while and it worked well. Linux should be idle for booting from flash memory if you're looking for low-noise solution without a hard disk.

If I remember correctly there are 128 Mb compact flash cards with IPCop for running on that sort of system.

lixxus · 7 Oct 2007 at 13:41

thanx for the reassurance. i might just get one. ive been looking for a all in one solution with NAS,streaming etc as well as QoS and routing.

the thing is they are difficult to come buy these thin clients. especially ones with pci expansion slots that allow you to add adidition nic cards.

BoomAM · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:18

sandman06 said:
thanx for the reassurance. i might just get one. ive been looking for a all in one solution with NAS,streaming etc as well as QoS and routing.

the thing is they are difficult to come buy these thin clients. especially ones with pci expansion slots that allow you to add adidition nic cards.

Get one with more nics then.
You can buy Epias that have 3 gigabit nics on, have a PCI & mini-PCI slot, and you can get IDE Flash drives as well. So it'd still be a lightweight system.

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