[ale] homebrew routers, castoff hardware

[DJ-Pfulio]

When I was in the market, newegg/amazon didn't supply these things.  Had
to order directly from pcengines.ch unless you wanted to pay $150 US
company overcharge.
https://store.netgate.com/NetgateAPU2.aspx

"apu2" is the search term. Save $150 and order the 3-4 parts from pcengines.


To others thinking about Intel Intel-based routers.  They've had
interesting failure modes, especially with high traffic.  Don't quote
me, but I think it was the baytrail line with these issues.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/11110/semi-critical-intel-atom-c2000-flaw-discovered
is one article.


On 09/22/2017 09:16 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:42:26 -0400
> DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 09/21/2017 09:44 PM, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
>>> My only issue with it is that it draws 114W  
>>
>> A 10W, fanless, machine designed just for this stuff runs $144-ish and
>> should easily last 10 yrs. The 1 I use supports VT-x and the case is
>> part of the thermal design.
> 
> Could you please show us an example on Newegg?