[sllug-members]: Router advice

[Andrew Johnson]

Not sure if it would pass as cheap to you or not, but a Soekris box with a multiple port NIC would probably do what you need.   www.soekris.com

-----Original Message-----
    From: "Kurt Mahan"<kmahan at xmission.com>
    Sent: 7/24/06 3:07:01 PM
    To: "Salt Lake Linux Users Group Discussions"<sllug-members at sllug.org>
    Subject: [sllug-members]: Router advice
    
    I'm looking for some advice on a router.  The requirements are:
    
      - cheap
      - low power (not an 'x86 box chock-full-o-netcards)
      - 5+ 10/100 network ports - each able to route a separate net
      - preferably diskless (flash/cf/whatever based)
      - did I mention cheap?
    
    I've got several test nets.  Currently I take a linux box, stuff a lot of
    network cards into it, and setup routing between them.  Very easy to do.
    But annoying in that it takes a lot of power, is noisy, and a waste of
    hardware resources for something that should be easy and fit on a shelf 
    in the network closet (or in the 19" rack)..
    
    I've seen lots of cheap little "Routers" but they all only route a single net.
    
    Suggestions?  Anyone got a little cisco with ports they want to part with?
    
    Thanks!
    
    Kurt
    
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     * Kurt Mahan   kmahan at xmission.com