Name : nexus | IP : 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.4 10.0.0.10 (yuck!) |
Model : home made | Manufacturer : me |
CPU : Intel Pentium | Frequency : 100Mhz |
Memory : 32M | Cache : 16k L1, 256k L2 |
Disk : 1G2 | Interface : EIDE |
Performances (Dhrystone 2) : 129 034 (groovy) | Original price : $170 (mid 2000) |
Power consumption : low | Noise : none. No fans. just the hard drive noise. The CPU heatsink is oversized, and the PSU (a high quality PSU from SunPower) is vertically-mounted to enable natural convection. No box. |
OS : OpenBSD 2.7 (u said secure?) | Usage : DSL line access (PPTP), NAT server, Firewall (IPFilter), HTTP server, Samba sharing, DNS server, gateway/router between 3 local networks, MRTG Thermal and network monitoring, netboot server for annex, campus and vixen, secondary mass-downloader, internet radio tuner, always on. Busy, isn't it ? |
Remarks : Runs 24/24. It's amazing what you can do with cheap PC hardware...
No keyboard, no screen, but a little control panel plugged on the parallel port |
Todo : Put a bigger disk, upgrading OpenBSD. |