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alex wetmore wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Bryan Catlin wrote: >> We are expanding and wanting a smaller unit, instead of our normal >> regular >> pcs, for in the field installs. Most will be in semi weather proof areas >> like outdoor enclosures or at least protected from the elements but not >> necessarily heat and cold. >> >> So what I want to know is, is the Wrap or Soekris board more >> flexible/reliable to use? We may need the 3rd LAN port and have a thru >> put of about 10Mb and 45Mb in the future. > > Each company makes a variety of products. I also don't know how price > sensitive you are. > > I am price sensitive (home user) which lead me to purchase a WRAP. > Specifically I got the WRAP 1C-2 (3 LAN port model). This worked great > for months, and then I ran into some stability problems. Pascal (from > PCEngines) sent me a replacement WRAP 1D-2 which solved the problems. The > company was very easy to work with. I don't think that hardware failures > for the WRAP boards have been common, I only have read about one other > incident. > > There isn't a completely comparable product from Soekris. The WRAP boards > have a faster processor than all Soekris boards except for the 4801 and > 4826. The Soekris 4801 boards have some additional features over the WRAP > 1D-2 such as a IDE port and USB 1.1 ports. Neither of these are necessary > for m0n0wall, so I ignored them. > > The PCEngines stuff is much cheaper than Soekris. The Soekris 4801 is > $222 vs $147 for a WRAP 1D-2. The cheapest Soekris is about the same > price as the WRAP 1D-2 but uses a CPU with about half of the speed. This > is probably fine for m0n0wall today, but I preferred to have the extra > headroom. > > I don't think that you can really go wrong with products from either > company, it is just a matter of comparing features to cost for your > specific application. Also, check this out: http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/faq-performancespecifications.html It appears that the WRAP boards interface with the VPN hardware accelerator boards better. Strange. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net |