Re: Looking for cheap/small/quiet GNU/Linux server

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:12:44 -0600

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:07:16 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>> I'm looking for a cheap and small box on which I could setup a few deamons
>>> for things like DNS, DHCP, web-cache, LPR, ...
>>>
>>> It seems my best option in terms of price/size/heat/noise/... is to aim for
>>> something like a Linksys router and install a completely different firmware.
>>> The only info I've found until now about such things is at
>>> http://www.batbox.org/wrt54g-linux.html. Is there some further effort in
>>> this direction, maybe with other boxes as well ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: Part of the motivation is that I want a DHCP server where I can force
>>> some machine's IP address by providing the server with a set of
>>> predefined MAC->IP mapping. All Linksys-like boxes I've found until now
>>> have a DHCP server but offer no way to predefine some MAC->IP mappings.
>>> So I'd also be interested to hear about routers which offer such
>>> capabilities.
>
>> www.mini-itx.com you can find decent prices on barebones systems at
>> www.idotpc.com
>
> But motherboard+powersupply+flashdisk+enclosure makes it *much* more
> expensive than a WRT54g.
>
>
> Stefan

Sorry, but that url does not get me anywhere. Anyway, I bought a barebones
M10k, got memory, hard disk, cd-rw at OfficeMax and BestBuy, and came in
at about $400 after the rebates.

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