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Search on "single board computer pci" or "single board computer pc/104" and you'll find vendors that make stuff similar. That is, it fits into a PCI slot (double width for the cooling fans) and has all the I/O connectors available through the PCI face. I had an ISA version of this eons ago, but the keyboard and serial ports were on the face plate. It was a 133MHz AMD K5 with 32MB RAM. (woot) -- =Wayne On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Melvin<melvin at sleepydragon dot net> wrote: > Gonzalo, where are you?! Any guidance on acquiring that slick little > adapter with the cables? It certainly doesn't look homemade, but maybe it > was salvaged from something else. > > > Chris Buechler wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Tim Nelson<tnelson at rockbochs dot com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Greetings list! I've just stumbled upon this on the m0n0wall site: >>> http://m0n0.ch/wall/gallery/278.jpg >>> >>> Someone has mounted an SBC (looks to be a PC Engines WRAP1E203 ) mounted >>> inside of a Dell Poweredge 2x50 server. While that is very interesting, the >>> part I found most interesting was the NIC/power bracket mounted in the PCI >>> slot bracket. Where would a person find something like that? I could make my >>> own with some RJ45 jacks, etch a circuit board, and fasten to a PCI bracket, >>> but where's the fun in that? :-D >>> >>> >> >> Wow, first I'd seen that picture. Neat. I'm also curious where that >> slot bracket came from. I suspect it's custom made. >> >> >> >>> >>> The reason why I ask is that most colo providers will charge for >>> additional rack space for a firewall. Why not just put your firewall inside >>> your server and save some cash? :-) >>> >>> >> >> yeah! Nice colo in a box solution there. DRAC management on one port, >> server on another, upstream on the third. Not sure where the second >> NIC on the server is going, apparently not to the firewall. Very cool >> solution for a small colo. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >> >> >> >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |