[geeks] Old hardware cut-off

[Joshua Boyd]

On February 17, 2014 4:20:17 AM EST, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

>>>
>>> Can the EdgeRouter series do all that?  It claims to be able to, but
>>> after getting it, I settled for configuring it and haven't persued
>>> actually doing the rest of what I want with it.
>>
>> Since its OS is an embedded Debian Linux, I'd be pretty surprised if
>it
>> couldn't.  I'm now actually considering the lowest-priced
>rack-mountable
>> EdgeRouter myself.
>>
>> I wonder if it'll run OpenBSD...?
>
>Hopefully! The Linux netatack is horribly suited for...well...anything.
>Especially routing.

FWIW, it actually runs Vyatta, which replaces some portion of the normal Linux networking with its own.  I'm not sure how deeply the changes go.  Iptables are gone though.