A customer once asked us to supply 750 Compact Flash cards with operating systems pre-installed. The image was 512MB, and took 5 minutes to burn. That’s 2 weeks work, just to burn the cards!
So I used an ALIX 1 “XL”, with an external USB CF reader, and the picoLCD from iTuner. I designed an enclosure, installed Voyage Linux and the LCD drivers, and wrote a script or two.
Once upon a time when my little boy was only 2 years old, I noticed he liked to imitate what I was doing on my computer. So I gave him one.
I chose the ALIX 1 because it uses very little power, can run from a CF card and has a ready-made desktop environment available in iMedia Linux.
With very little effort, I built a fully-featured internet-capable box that was much less likely to get him into trouble online than one with Windows.
"The ALIX 2-3 is a great product - quiet and well-built with a low power draw. And I really like the set-and-forget reliability." Read more
Jason Turner Turner & Turner Consulting
Blaxland, NSW
"You sell products that rock, your communication rocks, you guys rock. Thanks!" Read more
Peter Mickelton Perth, WA
"I really like that it can do 900 bits per second instead of the usual 100 bits per second, plus the 4 ethernet ports." Read more
Warwick Lake Warwick Lake Affiliated Endeavours
Cootamundra, NSW
"As always, very quick to get a reliable and power efficient little machine into my hands." Read more
Shane Pearson Sydney NSW
"Yawarra firewalls are second to none. Fast, sexy and bulletproof." Read more
Matthew Vickers Quispiam Power Computing,
Sydney NSW
"Very cool little box, which I'm using for my small office network. The best thing is that it is silent!" Read more
Edward Irvine Waramanga ACT
"Glad to find someone in Australia who specialises in small network devices." Read more
Adrian Vesnaver QLD
"Yawarra far outclass other options and at a more competitive price." Read more
Tyson Day Construction Software,
Melbourne VIC
"The care taken to package everything is something I only get with the likes of Apple!" Read more
Rhys Terranora NSW
"Our ALIX 2-3 firewalls have replaced 3 Cisco routers at a fraction of the cost." Read more
Dan Barrett Police Credit Union Ltd,
Adelaide SA
"Using Rident with CARP on a net6501 to build a redundant firewall solution worked perfectly." Read more
Kevin Bedford Net Ideas Pty Ltd,
Narre Warren South VIC
"The ALIX 2-3's reliability and customisation for the price is excellent." Read more
Ben Gray Tech 247
"Paul helped me come up with a solution for internal failover using a firewall system from Yawarra." Read more
Tim Robertson Bundaberg, QLD
"You cannot hold or "feel" the quality of a photo. These units are exceptionally built and look great." Read more
Brian Whiting Sydney NSW
"Pricing, timeframes, support, all of it 10/10." Read more
Terry Gilsenan Corporate IT Manager,
InterOil Corporation,
Cairns QLD
"The workmanship on the [APU 1 rackmount] case is amazing." Read more
Josh Padman NSW
"Initial setup has been a breeze, and my initial impression of these fine devices is fantastic." Read more
Trevor Kenward TK Technologies,
Boondall QLD
"tiny, shiny, cool AND green!" Read more
Laurie Savage Coburg VIC
"I plugged my ALIX 2-3 into the NBN, powered it on and reconnected with the world, only faster." Read more
Cameron Paine Brunswick VIC
"It's a pleasure to purchase from a vendor that specialises in Linux." Read more
Jason White Burwood East VIC
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