<div dir="ltr">That looks good. We just get an off-lease small PC for $150 for pfSense, but we're not paying for electricity or cooling here. <br><br>I laughed at the top Amazon customer question & answer on your appliance:<br><div id="gmail-question-Tx24MM80H1EYJY9" class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid gmail-a-spacing-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:"Amazon Ember",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:10px"><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-inner" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 0px 100px"><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-col gmail-a-col-left" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:visible;zoom:1;min-height:1px;width:100px;float:left"><span class="gmail-a-text-bold" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Question:</span></div><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-col gmail-a-col-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:visible;zoom:1;min-height:1px;width:825.65px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><a class="gmail-a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx24MM80H1EYJY9/ref=ask_dp_dpmw_al_hza" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,102,192)"><span class="gmail-a-declarative" style="box-sizing:border-box">What’s the different between this and the ones you can get from china?</span></a></div></div></div><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid gmail-a-spacing-base" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:"Amazon Ember",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:14px"><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-inner" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 0px 100px"><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-col gmail-a-col-left" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:visible;zoom:1;min-height:1px;width:100px;float:left"><span class="gmail-a-text-bold" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Answer:</span></div><div class="gmail-a-fixed-left-grid-col gmail-a-col-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:visible;zoom:1;min-height:1px;width:825.65px;padding-left:0px;float:left"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The one china comes preinstalled with virus and key logger</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-a-color-tertiary gmail-a-nowrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;display:block;color:rgb(118,118,118)">By Amazon Customer on November 2, 2017</span><span class="gmail-askInlineAnswers" id="gmail-Tx24MM80H1EYJY9" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline"><div id="gmail-askInlineAnswersPage-Tx24MM80H1EYJY9-1" class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-a-section gmail-a-spacing-none gmail-a-spacing-top-small" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:10px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">None it is from china</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-a-color-tertiary gmail-a-nowrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:nowrap;display:block;color:rgb(118,118,118)">By James E. on February 25, 2019</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 6:25 PM Raj Wurttemberg via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I use one of these DIY mini-appliances with pfSense on it:<br>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Micro-Appliance-Gigabit-AES-NI/dp/B0742P83HY/ref=sr_1_5" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Micro-Appliance-Gigabit-AES-NI/dp/B0742P83HY/ref=sr_1_5</a><br>
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- It runs cool (~ 80F)<br>
- Fanless<br>
- Uses all Intel branded NICs<br>
- Storage is replaceable, and upgradeable<br>
- Intel Atom E3845 CPU never breaks a sweat<br>
- Supports AES-NI hardware encryption<br>
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Love it!<br>
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/Raj<br>
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From: Ale <<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org" target="_blank">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>> On Behalf Of David Askew via Ale<br>
Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 4:31 PM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Subject: [ale] Recommendation Request - Router / MiniPC<br>
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I’m looking to build a small router/firewall/misc for my home network and looking for hardware/software recommendations. It’ll be part of a larger WIFI upgrade, but I want to separate my routing and wifi as I upgrade off the garbage hardware that AT&T uverse gives you …..<br>
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Does anyone have any recommendations / strong opinions about mini pc / SBCs they wish to share? Looking for the best bang for the buck .. say $200, preferably less.<br>
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thanks,<br>
<br>
David<br>
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