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Old 14th July 2008
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Hello,

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Originally Posted by ocicat View Post
Slightly off topic given that the OP is wanting to look for desktop alternatives, but for a dedicated-purpose system, Alix2C3 motherboards are running ~$137US & with very simple cases running less than ~$20US. Given that these motherboards have three network interfaces, a redundant CARP fail-over configuration between two systems could be realized for roughly $400US.

http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-2B-Boar...8&category=754

For followers of misc@ & undeadly, Alix boards hail from PC Engines in Switzerland, & has gotten quite a bit of attention from Marc Balmer. This may be a worthy (& cheaper...) contender to Soekris.

FWIW.
OOOOOOOOO!!! That looks very nice for a firewall box - and comparitavely cheap, considering what it comes with.
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