[lug] Seeking recommendations on router for SOHO

[Bear Giles]

> The traditional answer here is to find an old pc, throw two network
> cards in it, and install a minimal/hardened linux distro on it.
> Guaranteed to be the most flexible answer, if the most difficult to do
> initial setup with.

It's also very un-green.  It takes a lot more power, and makes a lot
more noise, than an embedded system like a Linksys.

Worse, it may be a safety risk.  Consumer-grade electronics aren't
designed to run 24/7, and I've lost disk drives, controllers, and
power supplies.  Nothing has caused a fire yet, but it's a real
possibility - especially with the dog hair that finds its way into
everything.

I *know* that there are small boxen that can run Linux or OpenBSD
yet can be powered by wall warts - there's a small flash disk that
can hold a basic system.  I even bookmarked a web page offering some
for ~$300 for embedded openbsd experimentation (IIRC), but the 
browser crashed and I haven't been able to find the page again.

That's more than a commodity box, of course, but commodity boxes
don't allow you to set up snort logging to a remote database.

Bear