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Happy Holiday Season!

December 20, 2007 Leave a Comment

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year We’d just like to wish you a very happy holiday season, and thank you for your support during 2007. This is our last news before we break for Christmas, and you won’t hear from us again until the end of February. (Unless of course something spectacular […]

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More ALIX 2 & 3 boards and cases

November 29, 2007 Leave a Comment

We now have stock of the rest of the new ALIX boards from PC Engines. So this month we’ve added to our range: ALIX 2-2 board ALIX 2-2 boards, both the 433MHz/128MB RAM and the 500MHz/256MB RAM configurations ALIX 3 boards, with 500MHz/256MB RAM We also now have rack mount cases and standalone cases (due […]

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ALIX 2 & 3 in stock

November 12, 2007 Leave a Comment

We finally have stock of the new ALIX 2 and ALIX 3 boards from PC Engines! So far, we have the: ALIX 2-3 boards, both the 433MHz/128MB RAM and the 500MHz/256MB RAM options ALIX 3 boards, with the 433MHz/128MB RAM option We’ll be getting stock of the other new ALIX boards in early December. We […]

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The ALIX 1 is child’s play!

October 26, 2007 Leave a Comment

Using iMedia on an ALIX 1 to create an internet workstation Our featured case study this month is from Paul McGowan, our Technical Manager here at Yawarra. Paul strapped an ALIX 1 to the back of an LCD monitor to create an internet workstation for his three-year-old son, who is now exploring the joys of […]

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Want to be thin?

September 27, 2007 Leave a Comment

Standalone ALIX 1 now available Wrap our new ALIX 1 case around an ALIX 1 board and build a very stylish, extremely thin client. Here’s what great about our new ALIX 1 case: powdercoated in a stylish gloss black standard holes to suit mounting on the back of a monitor or on DIN rail clips […]

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The net5501 is finally here!

August 29, 2007 Leave a Comment

The new communications computer from Soekris Engineering Introducing the net5501, the new communications computer from Soekris Engineering. Compact and silent, the net5501 uses very little power, has no moving parts and is ultra-reliable, making it ideal for use as a dedicated network appliance. The net5501 shares many features with the net4801, including miniPCI and PCI […]

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ALIX 1 is here

July 26, 2007 Leave a Comment

The new Mini ITX board from PC Engines Introducing the ALIX 1 board, the first in the new ALIX series of small form factor PC motherboards from PC Engines. With a 500 MHz AMD Geode LX CPU and 256 MB of RAM, the ALIX 1 continues the tradition from PC Engines of small form factor, […]

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Happy New Financial Year!

July 1, 2007 Leave a Comment

Welcome to the new financial year. We hope it’s a good one for you. Please note that as of 1 July, our office hours are 9:00AM to 5:00PM Monday to Friday, Melbourne time. It’s now in our part of the world.

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net4801 lite is here!

June 28, 2007 Leave a Comment

Now available in red or black Our cut down case for the net4801 has finally arrived, and it looks great. With an SMA punchout, space for a hard drive and one serial port, the net4801 lite has all the same features of the net4801, except there’s no space for a PCI card or DIN rail […]

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OpenBSD firewall

May 24, 2007 Leave a Comment

Using OpenBSD and a WRAP 1-2 for a firewall, router and VPN Our featured case study this month is from Joel Sing, of Ionix Technology in Bendigo, Victoria. Joel uses our WRAP 1-2 boxes with a customised version of OpenBSD to build a reliable and cost-effective firewall, router and VPN for his clients. Read more […]

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SOHO m0n0wall firewall

April 27, 2007 Leave a Comment

Building a home business firewall using a WRAP 1-1 and m0n0wall Our featured case study this month is from Steve Forkin, of Forkin Consulting in Coffs Harbour, NSW. Steve used monowall on one of our WRAP 1-1 boxes to build a firewall and VPN for his home business. He also has plans to use Asterisk […]

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WRAP-based PBX system

March 22, 2007 Leave a Comment

RMS uses a WRAP 1-2 and a WRAP 2 Indoor for a cost effective and powerful PBX system Our featured case study this month is from RMS, a provider of resource and reservation management software, and QuickSwitch, a provider of flexible and affordable PABX solutions. RMS replaced their old Commander PBX system with a powerful […]

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Water, wireless and WRAP

February 22, 2007 Leave a Comment

MarinaNet starts using the versatile and robust WRAP Series Our featured case study this month is from AccessPlus, a provider of high speed Internet access to hotels, motels and other accommodation based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Their case study details how they started using our WRAP boxes for their MarinaNet wireless hotspot network […]

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