From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 13:42:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2801065671 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 13:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D03948FC16 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 13:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576201109C3; Thu, 29 May 2008 09:42:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 29 May 2008 09:42:10 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: 7mCV34OVg8Iy5IEbrJSy32Dqmu4eGeFjgN2I5FXat7GX 1212068529 Received: from hagrid.ewd.goldmark.org (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A093125121; Thu, 29 May 2008 09:42:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <48A471B7-9899-4BF3-88B7-9A64B18103EF@goldmark.org> From: Jeffrey Goldberg To: Wojciech Puchar In-Reply-To: <20080529083529.S18869@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:42:07 -0500 References: <18493.25160.836101.941905@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20080528140856.GA30599@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <2b677bda0805280731x45fc2dd4ra62a2657e11641c1@mail.gmail.com> <483D831A.7080000@gmail.com> <80A74452-ABF0-43EC-92A0-1166C1281098@goldmark.org> <20080528220808.G11389@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080529083529.S18869@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) Cc: FreeBSD List Subject: Re: FreeBSD based router ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 13:42:11 -0000 On May 29, 2008, at 1:36 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > that's the adventage. but edimax 6104K router with 5 ethernets > running netbsd is both cheaper smaller and faster with it's 175Mhz 2 > instr/cycle MIPS CPU. 16MB RAM+2MB flash isn't much but enough to fit. I will keep that in mind the next time I need to build or recommend or purchase such a device. I wasn't aware that you could get NetBSD with enough usable tools on 2MB, but I see that now. Thank you, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/