On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 03:23:45PM +0100, Mikael Abrahamsson scribbled: | Does anyone know if there is a device somewhere that is small, cheap, has | 1 10mbit (or 100mbit) ethernet port and a small IP stack that enable you | to set ip address and default gateway on it (dhcp perhaps?). | | I would like to put something like this at some customers to use for | pinging to see that the customer is reachable. Cost should preferrably be | in the $50-$100 range. No such devices at your price range exist that will do what you want. Attached is a post to freebsd-small@freebsd.org recently. I personally like the Advantech.com PCM5823, because it is the only one that does not have a PoS Realtek ethernet chipset. (It has Intel 82559.) http://www.advantech.com/products/PCM-5823.asp If you really want El Cheapo : http://www.advantech.com/products/PCM-4823.asp http://www.advantech.com/products/PCM-5820.asp Simply buy the single board computer, a 32mb CompactFlash disk, and a case. Roll your own Linux (perhaps FreeBSD :P) CF image. There are various already configured embedded *nix CF images available somewhere online. I am certain that they will give volume discounts. It would be $500 per pop for the whole thing. Also, if you know anybody who lives in Taiwan, their local prices are much cheaper than the prices for export. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+