Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:00:06 -0700 From: Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com> To: norami@unlimited.net, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Smallest footprint box?? where to get one? Message-ID: <397A6DC6.AD7DAEFF@soekris.com> References: <397A58C2.D77106E8@unlimited.net>
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Hi Everybody, I've been following some of the FreeBSD mailinglists for some time (I'm using FreeBSD on my own DSL server/nat/firewall), and would like to introduce myself. I'm a freelance hardware designer, and have done a lots of embedded PC design, and actually did a tiny prototype MPC850 communication controller based firewall for linux. (Linux runs on the MPC850, a 50-80 Mhz PowrPC....) See http://www.soekris.com/fw1000.jpg and http://www.inside.dk/news/Photos/586GXm-plus.JPG That little pcb of my own (3.0" x 4.1") has 2 10mbit ethernet ports, serial port, 16-64 Mbyte DRAM, 1-4 Mbyte flash plus a compactflash socket. Projected volume cost incl box: <80$. After those cheap nat boxes came out I kind of put the project aside, but keep thinking about making one optimized for FreeBSD instead. If there is several people interested in that, I would be willing to make a design and manufacture them in medium volumes, a little like OEM hardware. I was thinking about using maybe a AMD SC520 (133 mhz 486), 2 or 3 ethernet ports, 8-32 Mbyte dram, boot/bios flash and compact flash socket. If people wants VPN, I could make room for a hardware crypto chip. If we need more power, a NatSemi Geode GX1 (200-300 mhz 486+) could also be a possibiliy. That's the processor used on the other board, a customer design. Or even a K6-2+, but I would prefer to keep power and cost down. Let me know if there is any interest. Regards, Soren Kristensen Morgan Hill, CA. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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