What to do with it ?

[Dan Q]

A couple of months back i brought a 'Netgear prosafe Hi-speed vpn firewall' model fvl328, for £3 ($4.30)   at a carboot sale                    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122041      This is it.

 

Its pretty old, and was wondering is it worth using for something  ? . And if so  what ?

 

Or should i just throw it out ?

 

[Nicko_barbeque]

Frame it and stick it on your wall :-)

[Marziman]

4 minutes ago, Dan Q said:

A couple of months back i brought a 'Netgear prosafe Hi-speed vpn firewall' model fvl328, for £3 ($4.30)   at a carboot sale                    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122041      This is it.

 

Its pretty old, and was wondering is it worth using for something  ? . And if so  what ?

 

Or should i just throw it out ?

 

15 MEGA Bytes per second well golly gee!  I couldn't play on a potato with that kind of speed.

[Razor512]

It is still a 100mbit switch. Do you have any IP cameras?

 

100mbit switches are pretty decent for when you need to wire up a couple IP cameras on the cheap.

 

If needed, you can also take it apart and reuse the heatsinks and the case for other projects. e.g., if you can seal it pretty well, you can install a raspberry pi and RTL-SDR inside of it, then use the case as a heatsink so that you can weather seal it. You can then mount it outside of the home for better monitoring.

[Dan Q]

Just now, Razor512 said:

100mbit switches are pretty decent for when you need to wire up a couple IP cameras on the cheap.

Awesome idea ! Dont have any yet but moving house in a few months and had planned to grab some for it.