[NMLUG] Re: [NMOSUG-L] Hardware firewall recommendations?

[brians.outfit at gmail.com (Brian Rodgers)]

Yeow, you guys are too cool. And you speak the truth. We had all sorts
of servers and routers setup here in Las Vegas and the electric bill
was killing us. It was one of the reasons we shut a lot of it off and
moved our domains off site. Yeah the little hardware firewalls are
sweet and cheap to run too.
  I still need to back up a Windows 2K file server and rebuild two
computers into one linux box which will have the raid drives and
routing software in one box to save, as you say the planet and 
wallets.
Sincerely,
 Brian Rodgers


On 2/6/06, Mars DeLapp <jmdelapp@delapp.com> wrote:
> Tim Emerick wrote:
> > If you have an old PC laying around with a couple of NIC's I would suggest a
> > Smoothwall router.  http://www.smoothwall.org
>
> Standard Old PC runs something like 100 watts (excluding the monitor).
> 100 Watts x 24 hrs/day x 365 days/years = 876 kWh per year
> @ 9 cents /kWh = $79 per year in electricity.
>
> Little router box runs something like 5 watts
> 5 Watts x 24 hrs/day x 365 days/years = 44 kWh per year
> @ 9 cents/kWh = $3.94 per year
>
> So buying the little router/firewall box will pay for itself in 15 months and help save the planet from global warming.
>
> Mars
>
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