Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 13:47:56 +0100 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Soekris or .. ? Message-ID: <CAO%2BPfDcRrjfKkBWr%2BWT3VDyskR2xb_HsA66mz9X4Zfx=dV6yug@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51309C7B.1050804@qeng-ho.org> References: <513087A1.3020308@ulb.ac.be> <51308973.3010301@undermydesk.org> <51309C7B.1050804@qeng-ho.org>
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2013/3/1 Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> > On 03/01/13 10:56, Frank Reppin wrote: > >> On 01.03.13 11:49, Julien Cigar wrote: >> [...] >> >>> I'm looking for a small Soekris-like (http://soekris.com/) box which >>> support FreeBSD, any experience or brand to advise .. ? >>> >> I once had FreeBSD (7-CURRENT days) running >> on ALIX boards [ https://shop.tronico.net/ ] >> for quite a while (mini server). >> No problems at all. >> > > I'll second that. I've had an Alix board running pfSense as my > router/firewall for several years now with zero problems and any downtime > was due to upgrading the system or power cuts. > > The manufacturer's web site is at http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm I also have an alix at home running yet (Alix 2d2). It's a great one and I made an uptime of 500 days with FreeBSD 8.1 the last year :-). It does not consumes a lot of power ressources neither. However I advise only network gateway / firewall / wifi access uses point because of the small RAM available. It works out of the box with FreeBSD, only ACPI need to be disabled (for a date issue only). Cheers, -- Demelier David
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