For a long time I've had an old PC set up with IPCOP as my firewall. And I still have it running even though I forgot the password many years ago. It still works OK.
I have been meaning to replace it with something that uses a bit less power for a while. And to take up less space, and be quieter.
Yeh, I could probably buy one off the shelf ready to go but I'm missing tinkering around with stuff. There is a much higher level of satisfaction when you get into a bit more detail yourself.
It seems IPCOP or a current equivalent doesn't run on the ARM based boards like the raspberry PI so I had a look for something that will / should run it.
I'll probably buy an ODROID C-1 single board computer
http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php
And a case, USB Ethernet adaptor, HDMI cable and power supply.
I need to do some more research on the eMMC versus an SD memory card.
Seems the eMMC card is a "hard kernel", which sounds good in one way, but maybe less versatile in another.
I also need to check out what people are using now as a linux firewall distro. I recall someone saying IPCOP isn't supported anymore and I'm not sure I can make one from a "normal" distro.
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