[146686] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Greco)
Sat Nov 19 19:06:18 2011
From: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
To: joe@nethead.com (Joe Hamelin)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:04:59 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <CAO0-hXatXTn57qNx6RNBPY6ppCMxZmHGw+B+X0uY+oM0PUaTaw@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, "A. Chase Turner" <chase@stumpy.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, A. Chase Turner <chase@stumpy.com> wrote:
> > I am seeking a $100 turnkey micro hardware appliance to plug into a LAN
> hub...
>
> Why micro? Just get a pile of free for the carting-off old Pentium
> machines and run them headless with a BSD. Set them up to heartbeat to a
> cacti box. Why buy new when you have a good use for the old stuff that is
> going to a dump anyway?
As long as you're not paying the electric bill. But quite frankly, some
of the stuff that's been put out over the years is better off in a dump.
... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
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