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Subject: Re: small fanless mini-pc for home router/firewall?
From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
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On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:10 PM, firmdog@gmail.com <firmdog@gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a home
> router/firewall?  (needs to have 2 nic's)
>

I had some pretty good experiences with older Soekris models (net-4801)
acting as fanless routers and little servers (DHCP, NFS, lighttpd, etc...).

http://soekris.com/products/net4801.html

I don't know how well their newer products run on FreeBSD though,
especially after the switch to clang. Others on this list may be able
to add their experiences.

-cpghost.

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