From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 18:13:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2A0DE6A for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:13:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E8E5ADA for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:13:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s25IDTEr071956 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@h2.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s25IDRhl071955; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:13:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:13:27 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Rick van der Zwet Subject: Re: embedded board with 3 X wireless Message-ID: <20140305181327.GS47921@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Rick van der Zwet , John Hay , freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org References: <20140305105917.GA55874@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <53170B77.1060607@rickvanderzwet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53170B77.1060607@rickvanderzwet.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (h2.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:13:31 -0000 Rick van der Zwet wrote this message on Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 12:33 +0100: > On 05/03/14 11:59, John Hay wrote:> We have been using AVILA, xscale arm > based boards with 4 X MiniPCI slots > > for a long time now. They are getting EOL and I was wondering what to > > replace it with. Any ideas? Here is my short list of requirements: > > > > - Run FreeBSD > > - Boot from itself, even if you need to add some flash. We used CF on > AVILA. > > - Possible to have 3 X wireless. It can be a mix of builtin and some form > > of expansion. Wireless needs an antenna connector so that an > > external antenna can be connected. > > - 1 X Ethernet. More won't hurt, but is not needed. > > - 128MB RAM or more. > > Look at the ALIX boards, like http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm if you > are OK with using USB->WiFi Dongles. Last I looked, most USB-Wifi dongles could not handled AP point duties very well, or if they could, they could only handle ONE SSID, which means setting up multiple networks would be an issue... Just make sure you do your research before you dive... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."