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Manufacturer PC Engines
Weight 0.245 kg

ALIX 2D13 - 3 LAN, 256MB RAM, 500 Mhz CPU reviews

PC_ENGINES_ALIX2D13

ALIX 2D13 - 3 LAN, 256MB RAM, 500 Mhz CPU

800 SEK

(1,000 incl. SE 25% VAT)
800 SEK 2099-01-01

Previous generation technology. Not recommended for new builds - consider APU2 or APU3 instead - much better performance for similar price.

Applications: Thin clients, kiosks, industrial user interface, wireless routers, firewalls, special purpose network devices

  • CPU: 500 MHz AMD Geode LX800
  • DRAM: 256 MB DDR DRAM
  • Storage: CompactFlash socket, 44 pin IDE header
  • Power: DC jack or passive POE, min. 7V to max. 20V
  • Three front panel LEDs, pushbutton
  • Expansion: 1 miniPCI slot, LPC bus
  • Connectivity: 3 Ethernet channels (Via VT6105M 10/100)
  • I/O: DB9 serial port, dual USB port
  • Board size: 6 x 6" (152.4 x 152.4 mm) - same as APU2/APU3
  • Firmware: tinyBIOS
  • Operating system and application stored on CompactFlash

Compatible with the 3 Port Enclosure available in store.

Compact flash cards and AC adapters for this boards are available upon request. 

  Supported software
FreeBSD FreeBSD (on older versions, may need to disable USB 2.0 in BIOS, or disable the EHCI driver; FreeBSD 7.x works ok; FreeBSD 8.x may require disabling ACPI) 
FreeNAS (use embedded version, Physdiskwrite to write compressed image to CF card). 
Monowall (FreeBSD based, use version 1.3, use Physdiskwrite to write compressed image to CF card) - no longer supported, use OPNsense instead. 
OPNsense (FreeBSD based) 
pfSense (FreeBSD based)
Linux Alix Rescue Ubuntu based live rescue and preinstallation system for PXE or bundled deployment. 
AstLinux - Asterisk centric Linux with firewall and VPN support 
CentOS - prepared image and instructions 
Debian for Alix (ready to use image) 
fli4l one disk router (in German) 
IPCop firewall (also see IPcop Forum - registration requiredfor prepared images) 
IPFire firewall 
LEAF Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall 
Jeoss "just enough OS" (Ubuntu based) 
OpenWRT (working with Kamikaze version) 
Slackware Linux 
Ubuntu Linux - German HOW-TO for CF installation 
Voyage Linux (slimmed down Debian) (*) 
Xubuntu Linux (customer reported success with 8.04). 
Zeroshell
NetBSD NetBSD (versions 4, 5) installation tips
OpenBSD OpenBSD (X11 and audio support in 4.3-current) 
flashdist OpenBSD installer 
flashrd OpenBSD installer 
Halon Security Router
Others FreeDOS (useful for debug and BIOS updates) 
memtest86+ memory test (bootable CF image)
Commercial Askozia VOIP PBX 
DD-WRT 
Ikarus OS 
Meteohub weather server 
Microsoft Windows XP Home (ALIX.1D / ALIX.3D3) 
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded 
Mikrotik RouterOS 
Siam Embedded StarOS 
Vyatta