Re: [PLUG] Low Power Consumption Firewall/Router

[KP <kperry@daotechnologies.com>]

I've settled on Fitlet X A10's (RM and non RM models) for my routing, security node, small NAS/storage head node and other small system solutions.

I can't say enough good about these units but they are going to be a bit more expensive than and consume it more power than ARM solutions.

http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fitlet/fitlet-x/

I've also got the Solid-PC and Clearfog Pro from Solid Run (https://www.solid-run.com).  The Solid PC is a bit cheaper but has only 2 ports which in your case is fine.  I had high hopes for the Clearfog Pro since it is an ARM solution with with a total of 8 ports but its not production quality.  I've put it aside for now since I had too many issues with it and couldn't take the deeper dive.  There is also a Clearfog Base that has 2 ports but I can't speak on that.

On March 21, 2017 9:38:43 AM EDT, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:

I'm looking to reduce my electrical power consumption on my home network and 
would like some advice.

Right now I use an old Pentium III system with 3 NICs running Debian and 
Shorewall to act as a firewall and router for a DMZ and internal network.  This 
works fine, and has the advantage of being easy for me to administer since I'm 
so familiar with Debian.   (Also Shorewall has great How-to documentation.)

The only downside is that old Pentium system drawing 65 watts (headless) 24/7.

Would a simple firewall box (e.g.: 
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704130 ) be lower 
power?   I'd like to use a low-power system like a Raspberry PI, but the I/O 
and multiple NICs would cripple it.

Any suggestions?

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