I wanted better control of my home network. Mostly filtering the internet for the kids and later scheduled blocking of their devices overnight, plus some playing on the side. I got a refurb Core2 desktop, snagged a leftover dual port NIC from work, and ran ethernet from the basement to the first floor to an AP. First I used pfsense and then Ipfire. It worked great. After a couple of years I started to think of the power usage of a full desktop running at 3%-5% utilization. So I went looking for an alternative. The RouterOS in the MikroTik boards had everything I needed as a drop in replacement for the PC. I got the model in the link below for ~$50. It doesn't have wifi but I already have the AP setup. It uses so little power the power adapter is similar to what you use to charge your phone. It can even run on PoE. I've been using it for about a month with no problems. Now I'm considering adding in one of their 802.11ac APs for $45 because the RouterOS is the same on both devices and the router can manage the AP. Assuming I'm understanding the manual correctly.

http://www.balticnetworks.com/...

Get it direct from the publisher- http://www.manning.com/sande/

    They do ebooks right. No DRM and costs less than the physical book (pbook). Also, if you buy the pbook you get the ebook free. Sign up for their daily deal e-mail to see what book is on sale that day. Every day at least one book goes on sale, and sometimes more. Wait long enough and the book you want will go on sale, probably for half price. Their early access program is great, too.

    As for this book, I thought it was well done, but my kids didn't get into it. They didn't express interest up front, though. It was mostly parental pushing/hoping.

Good luck

Couldn't they have put them on the other side of the San Andreas fault. Maybe in an old missile silo?

Microsoft (of all companies) is doing this now with Powershell. It's now part of the "Common Engineering Criteria" for all server software (I think just server) to have every action in a GUI have a Powershell cmlet or script behind it that get's executed. Also, you can right-click on the button to see the Powershell code behind the button. This already exists the current version of Exchange and some others, and will eventually come out for the rest of the apps as they roll through release cycles.

Also, Cisco's UCS Manager is based on an XML API, and every click executes an XML API script. You can right-click on those buttons to see the script, also.

Some people are getting it.