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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Rhia Knowles wrote:
I can see one use for it. Smoothwall. Well you can get USB Ethernet adaptors these days... why not. Simple, discreet, quiet, runs linux, what could be more appropriate
Something with less plugs and spaggetti...To run it as a firewall, then you still need an ADSL modem - which could be USB, I guess - and as it has a single Ethernet socket, that's OK to plug into your switch - actually, you probably could do it with an ADSL modem (PPPoE) on the same Ethernet device...
Not sure it's worth the effort though - then you'll still need an Ethernet switch, but maybe you've got that anyway. That is an advantage of modern units - you get a 4-port switch thrown in for free...
Get an ALIX board with 3 Ethernets and on-board mini-pci Wi-Fi card - that might be a better solution?
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