Quiet Firewall/Access Point Device

[Max Laier]

On Tuesday 20 May 2008 22:01:16 Crist J. Clark wrote:
> Right now, I've got an old PC functioning as my firewall/
> bastion host and as the wireless access point. It's running
> FreeBSD 5.5. I'd like to retire it and its noisy fan (it's
> in the bedroom right now). I'm wondering about fanless PCs
> or even a flash-based system. Something I could put FreeBSD
> on would be nice, but not required. I would like a "general
> purpose" Unix-like OS however. It needs,
>
> 	- Firewall
> 	- 802.11ag
> 	- WEP and WPA
> 	- IPsec
> 	- IPv6
> 	- SSH
>
> The price? Lower the better obviously. I've Googled for stuff,
> but was hoping for some recommendations from people with
> similar working setup that they are happy with. Anyone out there?

See e.g. here: 
http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=50

Also http://www.soekris.com/products.htm

And of course pfsense.org is a good one-stop solution.

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