alternatives exist

Posted Apr 27, 2016 11:08 UTC (Wed) by nye (subscriber, #51576)
In reply to: alternatives exist by nix
Parent article: Moglen: How Should the Free Software Movement View the Linux Foundation?

>Unfortunately hardware with more than a couple of Ethernet ports is *expensive*, particularly if you also want something that's fanless

Well how may ethernet ports do you need, and what's the threshold for 'too expensive'? I'm guessing something like £150+VAT is probably over it:
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/~FX5624 (bizarre that only two of the ports are gigabit, though in many scenarios that wouldn't be a showstopper)
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/~JNF9HG-2930

Otherwise maybe a mini-itx board with 2 ethernet ports and a PCI-E slot to add more would be the way forward, like this:
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/~N3050N-D3H

alternatives exist

Posted May 10, 2016 21:16 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (2 responses)

Yeah, stuff just like that from the mini-itx store is probably what I'll be looking at. The only problem with that sort of thing is what to do if I need console access; Soekris has a serial console, but attaching a VGA screen is likely to be a nightmare given where the box is located. Maybe there's such a thing as a VGA over USB adapter, but I've never heard of any :)

alternatives exist

Posted May 10, 2016 21:32 UTC (Tue) by TomH (subscriber, #56149) [Link] (1 responses)

Something like http://plugable.com/products/uga-3000 you mean?

alternatives exist

Posted May 11, 2016 22:25 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Something like that, only without the "Not supported for Mac or Linux at this time." caveat.