On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:10:09AM +0000, Brett Parker wrote:
On 26 Oct 21:51, Chris G wrote:
I'm aiming to try using an Acer Aspire Revo as the 'server' box but it only has one wired ethernet NIC (as do nearly all reasonably priced low power boxes) so I'll need to use its wireless LAN too. I'd like to use its hardwired Gigabit interface to connect to my existing LAN with our desktop machines, NAS etc.
Hmm, for that sortof thing we tend to use soekris boxes... though, they're not as cheap but they do work... otherwise, just pick up something from: http://linitx.com/viewcategory.php?catid=79&pp=79
Most should be able to have other operating systems on 'em (actually, I think the first 3 come with nowt on 'em, and you'd want to buy a CF card to install to).
I hunted around and around LinITX but didn't really find anything that filled the bill at a reasonable price. What actually started me on this quest was the Fit-PC but that's over £300 for a Linux one with hard disk. I then found the Viewsonic VOT120 which is around £160 for a similar configuration but no one has a 'No OS' one in stock and paying £50 more to MS for something I don't want seemed a bit much. So, after a bit of searching around, I found eBuyer had the Revo for £149 including carriage so I've gone for that. It takes a little bit more power than the Fit-PC and VOT120 but the difference (10 watts or so) will only cost about £10/year by my calculations.