Count me in the "old pc running *nix" camp though I know it's not for everybody. I set up RH6.2 about 18 months ago with ipchains and Roaring Penguin PPPoE. Have since done the same thing twice more for friends and family. Works fine on everything from a 486SX25 with 8MB RAM to a 486DX2/66 with 16MB RAM using 3Com 3C509, SMC and NE2000 NICs. Average cost per machine was probably $50.
Some 12v fans won't spin up when undervoltaged to 5-7 volts. I use dc-dc converters that knock 12 volts down to 9 volts. These cost a couple of bucks at electronics surplus stores and work great to reduces fan noise. Each converter can drive multiple fans.
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Count me in the "old pc running *nix" camp though I know it's not for everybody. I set up RH6.2 about 18 months ago with ipchains and Roaring Penguin PPPoE. Have since done the same thing twice more for friends and family. Works fine on everything from a 486SX25 with 8MB RAM to a 486DX2/66 with 16MB RAM using 3Com 3C509, SMC and NE2000 NICs. Average cost per machine was probably $50.
Anybody had experience with ClarkConnect?
Some 12v fans won't spin up when undervoltaged to 5-7 volts. I use dc-dc converters that knock 12 volts down to 9 volts. These cost a couple of bucks at electronics surplus stores and work great to reduces fan noise. Each converter can drive multiple fans.