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[mattd390]

Anyone looking for a atom pc to make a super router in? I think this is a good deal for $200!

http://www.newegg.co..._-16101262-L02C

$50 off promo code - EMCJJJJ29

[Greg Welch]

I like that it would fit nice in my rack, just need to add a 4x Intel card in it and away i go

found this comment in the feedback:

pFsense (FreeBSD) found both network cards and was able to utilize them at 1GBit, even though this is going to be a firewall box, connected to a cable internet connection, its always good to know the bottleneck will not be the network cards

[Greg Welch]

I couldnt resist, its on its way, im thinking a old ssd and some old ram i have will bring it to life in my rack. dont tell the wife

[ikon]

I couldnt resist, its on its way, im thinking a old ssd and some old ram i have will bring it to life in my rack. dont tell the wife

So you bought your Christmas present early.... you're a baaaaaaaad boy

[Greg Welch]

So you bought your Christmas present early.... you're a baaaaaaaad boy

For sure , but if anyones wondering newegg giftcards are always welcome LOL

P.S.

Once i replace the old netgear WNDR3700 with this unit "all with be rack based" and on wheels "My Rack"
also i have 2 usb internal wireless N cards i will try and integrate for wifi

[ikon]

For sure , but if anyones wondering newegg giftcards are always welcome LOL

P.S.

Once i replace the old netgear WNDR3700 with this unit "all with be rack based" and on wheels "My Rack"
also i have 2 usb internal wireless N cards i will try and integrate for wifi

Your link doesn't work for me; just took me to a generic Bing page. Typing in open frame steel rack gave me 5 results though.

If you don't mind my asking, what is a USB internal wireless N card? It seems like a contradiction in terms in that one usually thinks of USB as being for external devices.

[Greg Welch]

Here you go , my bad http://www.norcotek....3&modelno=r415u

[ikon]

Here you go , my bad http://www.norcotek....3&modelno=r415u

Interesting style. I'm more used to the 2-column style, except without the wheels: http://www.tigerdire..._bCjCVqHCjCdwwp

[c0op3r]

As far as small customizable routers go has anyone tried the PC Engine Stuff?

I just got a PC Engine Alix 2d3

Its a super small x86 board, with everything on-board already, with the exception of wireless, but you can add that via the MINI-PCI slot, I installed a Atheros Mini PCI card that is b/g and it works great.

I am currently running DD-WRT Pro/Commercial on it, and plan on upgrading thw Wireless card to the Ubiquiti Networks SR71-12 (which I already bought, just waiting on the DD-WRT Drivers.

You can run a list of other this on it also, but I DD-WRT and it flat out flies this way.

[mattd390]

I couldnt resist, its on its way, im thinking a old ssd and some old ram i have will bring it to life in my rack. dont tell the wife

Awesome! They deactivated it on newegg now . I was hoping I could get one in a few days. Oh well. Let us know how it works out!

[c0op3r]

Awesome! They deactivated it on newegg now . I was hoping I could get one in a few days. Oh well. Let us know how it works out!

Do a search for it on Google shopping there are a bunch of places that carry it for about the same price.

[Greg Welch]

Its pretty cool , fits my rack great, but i did order a pcie riser to add more intel nics

the board has a usb on it so if i can use that to boot pfsense i may not ad a hard drive.

check it out

http://homeserversho...r-router-build/

[mattd390]

Do a search for it on Google shopping there are a bunch of places that carry it for about the same price.

I searched, they are all going for $100 more then the newegg price. I will just use my old dell for now .

[Greg Welch]

I searched, they are all going for $100 more then the newegg price. I will just use my old dell for now .

If i spot a deal ill add it here. check out the link above installed

[Greg Welch]

well no case, but one hell of a board IPMI, 800 mhz ram 525 chipset http://supermicro.co...SPE-HF-D525.cfm

i use ipmi to get to my server and would have loved to use it on the router, if i can sell a house soon i may/will swap this one in to the case



you can pick up this board on newegg and the case on ebay for a much better build than what i bought

http://www.ebay.com/...=item2313a0e21d

[mattd390]

If i spot a deal ill add it here. check out the link above installed

Thanks! Nice pics!

[Greg Welch]

well the case arrived , very nice. http://homeserversho...e/45-wp-000106/

It came with a 200 watt psu with fan so i chose to unplug it and put in a mini ITX 150 watt no fan psu then loaded pfsense on a 4gb usb. walla it loaded great even found the onboard nics. ill use the pcie riser to add more nics later. now i need to spend a little time reading mikes super router article as well as pfsense for setting it up.