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I'm looking for some kind of appliance like box, maybe something
like this:<a href="http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm">
http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm</a> on which I could deploy
iptables based firewall/openvpn/DNS and other local network services
in a wide area network. I would probably install on a flash
device. I would prefer something that was relatively easy to
install on, or at least has been used with CentOS before, where I'm
not needing to pull my hair out finding working drivers, building
custom kernels etc. <br>
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Though I might spend time down the road to come up with an extremely
minimal install, for rapid deployment in the first round, I'd like
to be able to do a pretty standard install and have a full featured
CentOS system that I could logon to and use for local network
administrative tasks.<br>
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I could use something like a Mac mini, but my sense is there are are
probably less expensive and more suitable devices. <br>
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- Two ethernet interfaces<br>
- working drivers for CentOS<br>
- flash<br>
- enterprise quality (i.e. not some flakey little home router
device)<br>
- fast enough to do openvpn encryption on WAN links ranging from
50mb to 100mb<br>
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Though I do want enterprise quality, my sense is to make the device
affordable enough that I could keep spares on site for backup
purposes.<br>
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I would appreciate anyones experience with deploying such a setup.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Nataraj<br>
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