On Jul 9, 2004, at 7:57 PM, Bryan Kohlstedt wrote:

> Any thoughts on this:  
> http://www.synertrontech.com/proddetail.asp-productno=1U 
> -860A&categoryname=Server+System+Solution.htm
>
> The 533mhz fanless with 3 realtek nics is the same price as a soekris  
> 4801. One of the things I like about it is the rackmount case. In  
> additional, the processor is faster. The only thing is I don't know  
> how 533mhz vs 4801+encryption accelerator would come out. There's no  
> possibility in adding on such a card with the synertrontech board.
>
> Any thoughts on compatibility? Any other thoughts?
>

What is the price of it? Its hard to find on the site.  I would like to  
see it a little smaller, though that's not a big deal for indoor  
installations.  One good thing about the Soekris is that you can do  
POE, it doesn't look possible for this unit. I think the 533MHz would  
make up for the encryption accelerator, but I don't really need the  
encryption anyway.  On the other hand I do like the fact that you can  
easily add a hard disk into it later on if you want to add a proxy  
cache or a RADIUS server onboard.

Michael