On Sat, May 23, 2009, Les Mikesell wrote:
Bill Campbell wrote:
Any comments on CentOS 5 on Intel Atom CPUs?
I need to build a couple of inexpensive systems that will be used primarily as gateway/firewall systems with OpenVPN, and need recommendations in reliable hardware platforms. These will need two NICs.
I haven't tried it, but I thought you could run openvpn on many of the small routers like the Linksys WRT54G that allow re-flashing with replacement firmware. They are probably more reliable than anything with a disk.
I haven't tried the WRT54Gs, but have used quite a few BEFVP41 LinkSys VPN boxes. I would not call them particularly reliable, as we have had most fail within 2 years.
I know about soekris as well, but feel far more comfortable with CentOS as that's what I work with all the time, and I like to standardize our systems as much as possible.
Bill