"Mordac the Preventer" - new firewall/router box

[Kevin P]

Mordac is named after the "Preventer of Information Services" character in the Dilbert comic strip.

It will be replacing "Zuul the Gatekeeper" as my firewall/gateway/DNS/DHCP box.

Zuul is running on 15 year old hardware and a 6 year old (no longer supported) version of Ubuntu Server so it was time to upgrade.

Here it is after I unboxed it. I just installed the SSD and will load the OS on it tomorrow, maybe. I have everything already set up in a VM so it'll just be a copy job.

It has an Intel Atom D2500, 2 GB RAM, and a 120 GB SSD. I chose this system because it's compact, power-saving and has two Intel gigabit NICs on the motherboard.

[Chris D]

As in Superman Zuul? (sp)

Prophylactics for nummnuts protection.

[Kevin P]

Actually, Ghostbusters Zuul.

I think in Superman 2 it was Zog or Zod or something like that.

Mordac has been live for almost a week now, and working great. I even have IPv6 now.

Just ran a speed test. This is in line with the speed tier I'm on (25/5 I think). The box is certainly capable of more but I don't need to spend more $$$ on speed I don't need. I'd actually go with something like 10/1 if they offered it for cheap.

[Chris D]

Ah, you're right... shame on me.

All hail Zod.