Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:46:04 +0100 From: Miroslav Chlastak <miroslav.chlastak@anthill.cz> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARM platform for network router Message-ID: <A8C5ECEB-7813-47EF-B9E7-AE8AE7E1322B@anthill.cz> In-Reply-To: <20140310191621.GB65259@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <D3FA6897-5DC5-4969-8000-D238E4FB66AE@anthill.cz> <20140310191621.GB65259@cicely7.cicely.de>
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I know, that there are users runing freebsd on routerboard 450. But this = model is end of life, and this board is booting only from tftp (not for = CF or NAND). Some box like TP-Link/Noname has no more performance like alix (with = i386 geode cpu). Box with better performance (compared to eg. ARM/MIPS routerboard) on = i386 is bigger and more expensive (like arm/mips hw). --=20 Miroslav Chlastak AntHill s.r.o. | http://www.anthill.cz mobil: +420 777 898 383 hotline: +420 246 024 246 10. 3. 2014 v 20:16, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 03:50:31PM +0100, Miroslav Chlastak wrote: >> Hello, >>=20 >> is there any box like ???alix/wrap boards???, that can be uset as = router with ARM CPU? We are looking for a new platform with more power = instead of Alix board. But every i386 platform is too expensive (when = comparing to eg. routerboard). >=20 > Take a look at the MIPS mailinglist. > IIRC some people have FreeBSD running on routerboard hardware. > And some even cheaper TP-Link (and noname) (mostly) Atheros based > router hardware works fine. > Most of them have small flash based filesystem space, but as many > have USB you can run a full featured FreeBSD by using USB drives. > Beside having an USB port you wan to look for at least 32MB or 64MB = RAM. > For example the carambola 2 using AR9331 with 64MB RAM runs fine, but > unfortunately 8devices only wired 2 ethernet ports from the internal = switch. > The Atheros chip itself has 2 NIC, with one connected to an internal > 5-port VLAN capable switch. > Last time I've checked however FreeBSD had no support to configure the > internal switch however. > But you can get countless boards using this and other supported = Atrheros > chips, just watch out for RAM, as there are boards with 8 and 16MB RAM > only. > Even without support to configure the switch you have 2 individual = NIC. >=20 > --=20 > B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de > Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.
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