Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 16:10:05 -0400 From: Phil Eaton <philneaton95@gmail.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question Message-ID: <CAByiw%2BrtPHjv%2BLmdNua-ZbuEHRofegzcPkBMFpP54%2Bh53HA=nw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fa2bfba0-fb60-26ae-22c7-fdb655936b67@hiwaay.net> References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <45833.128.135.52.6.1464193655.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <fa2bfba0-fb60-26ae-22c7-fdb655936b67@hiwaay.net>
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Says it's supported but no graphics. http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ:fitlet#Does_FreeBSD_run_on_fitlet.3F On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:53 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote: > On 05/25/16 11:33, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 10:51 am, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> Does anyone onlist know of any small (RPi-ish), cheap boxen w/ 2 or more >>> working RJ45 ports (100 Mbit is OK), FreeBSD or NetBSD compatible ? I >>> would like to use them as a firewall & an asterisk box. I found Utilite, >>> kinda pricey, also Banana-Pi R1 (5 ports, however apparently wired >>> somewhat weirdly on the board, NetBSD networking doesn't work there last >>> I looked). Anyone got a little beastie like this working ? TIA & have a >>> good one. >>> >>> I was looking lately for smallish cheepish low power consumption computer >> lately to have it as firewall/router (running pfsense). I ruled out for >> myself raspberryPI, for two reasons: second ethernet adapter on it will be >> USB, the CPU is too weak to run decent firewall/router with decent >> throughput. I took a quick look at Banana PI (just to reconsider my choice >> not that I've heard bout it from you), and I have the same reservations >> about it. >> >> What I decided to go with is fitlet-i barebone (you will need to bay RAM >> and mSATA drive for it, otionally their heatsink, which I definitely will >> get for myself). This brings me in a ballpark of $300 as opposed to $40 >> for raspberry PI or banana PI barebone, but with fitlet-i I will have two >> gige ports, and enough CPU power to have it handling decent traffic. >> (Additional info: AMD SoC CPU, up to 8 GB RAM, made in Israel, or at least >> by Israeli company; 5 years warranty, available on amazon, power >> consumption up to 10 W). >> >> Just my $0.02 >> >> Valeri >> >> PS I really would like to hear what others think, and if there is better >> option than fitlet-i for gige WAN and LAN. >> >> -- >>> >>> William A. Mahaffey III >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war >>> ever devised by man." >>> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Valeri Galtsev >> Sr System Administrator >> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics >> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics >> University of Chicago >> Phone: 773-702-4247 >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > OK, I'm on their site now, looks sweet. They only mention linux, FreeBSD > and/or NetBSD compatible ? > > > > > -- > > William A. Mahaffey III > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Phil Eaton
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