Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play

[Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Greco" <jgreco () ns sol net>

> Subject: Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, A. Chase Turner <chase () stumpy com>
> > wrote:
> > > I am seeking a $100 turnkey micro hardware appliance to plug into
> > > a LAN hub...
> >
> > Why micro? Just get a pile of free for the carting-off old Pentium
> > machines and run them headless with a BSD. Set them up to heartbeat
> > to a cacti box. Why buy new when you have a good use for the old stuff
> > that is going to a dump anyway?
>
> As long as you're not paying the electric bill. But quite frankly,
> some of the stuff that's been put out over the years is better off in a
> dump.

I find myself pretty surprised that no one I've seen so far has suggested
*these*:

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16466

They seem directly on target for what Chase is looking for.

Cheers,
-- jra
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