----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Greco" <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Subject: Re: Query : seeking a (low cost & secure) turnkey plug-and-play
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, A. Chase Turner <chase@stumpy.com> wrote:
I am seeking a $100 turnkey micro hardware appliance to plug into a LAN hub...
Why micro? Just get a pile of free for the carting-off old Pentium machines and run them headless with a BSD. Set them up to heartbeat to a cacti box. Why buy new when you have a good use for the old stuff that is going to a dump anyway?
As long as you're not paying the electric bill. But quite frankly, some of the stuff that's been put out over the years is better off in a dump.
I find myself pretty surprised that no one I've seen so far has suggested *these*: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16466 They seem directly on target for what Chase is looking for. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274