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 -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 Perhaps, when committing your first federal crime, it would be unwise to slap your name and address on it and mail it to 10,000 people. --Dogbert