From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 1 15:00:37 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB255B60836 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 15:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pulley@dabus.com) Received: from aegir.dabus.com (aegir.dabus.com [173.14.229.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F784182E for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 15:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pulley@dabus.com) Received: from aegir.dabus.com (aegir [173.14.229.218]) by aegir.dabus.com (Processor) with ESMTP id 4FC897387F for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:52:49 -0600 (MDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=aegir1; d=dabus.com; h=Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Organization:X-Mailer:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bo77eaa7Py6xgCO+WeZwcMgiW0QeB5qoHpuedA+MuB7VmBDe2VB/uLuG9i5EhDXAxmsMNEfigNb5st7J9QUt791nTS9PdnMGPs0cM6P6yARjQ8DM3jydGYSooaGFhfpnz+Rg59Sow3tiUnmNlNM3gOBDu4sa9+CpJfpxMA1jOuk=; Received: from nunki.holyordnance.org (unknown [172.56.17.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aegir.dabus.com (Dabus) with ESMTPSA id E022B7387E for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:52:48 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:52:43 -0600 From: Eric S Pulley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question Message-ID: <20160601085243.6c15201e@nunki.holyordnance.org> In-Reply-To: References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <45833.128.135.52.6.1464193655.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Organization: Dabus X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:00:37 -0000 On Wed, 25 May 2016 15:00:48 -0453.75 "William A. Mahaffey III" 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 If you are getting into $280+ USD range you may aswell look at Soekris Engineering. Makers of fine BSD small SBC/routers for many years...