Re: Looking for suggestions for small, low power machine

[Chuck Swiger <cswiger%mac.com@localhost>]

On May 24, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has tried one of these:
> 
> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html
> 
> (The JRMX model).
> 
> Or if not, maybe something similar.

I've been reasonably happy with Soekris 4511 and 5501 boxes for light network 
router/firewall/proxy/dhcpd roles:

  http://soekris.com/products/net5501.html

...and they worked well with NetBSD 3.x & 4.x.  They're completely silent (if 
using CF cards), and run 

> It doesn't need wifi, but it wouldn't hurt to have it.

At the risk of offering a biased suggestion, if good wireless matters (ie, 
dual-band 2.5 & 5GHz MIMO a/b/g/n support), you might consider a Mac mini.  But 
a D-Link DIR-855 or Linksys E3200/E4200 also do dual-band MIMO, and will also 
do the "extreme N" variant with simultaneous dual-band connectivity-- depends 
on how much wireless matters to you, I guess.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck