Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:01:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: foo; no such thing as a "dual-nic" atom firewall Message-ID: <20101125030158.GC6090@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4CED376C.60409@qeng-ho.org> References: <20101124014312.GB12000@thought.org> <4CED376C.60409@qeng-ho.org>
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Folks (mostly Adam),
Hang on a sec. I think I misread what my friend said.
Following is a snip of what he said was good; that this was among
the stuff he installed a few years back and now was much better::
> ALIX.2D13 system board - $115
> CompactFlash card 4GB SLC - $20
> Enclosure - $9
> AC adapter - $13
Is this the same board and so forth that Arthur pointed me at below?
My friend's name is Noah; what he saw was that the boad was not in
stock and that it would not be restocked until 20dec. Because the
15th is better for Noah to drive down, I would like to have the
stuff here when it's best for him. Figure ther have to be other
vendors that sell this.
gary
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 04:03:56PM +0000, Arthur Chance wrote:
> On 11/24/10 01:43, Gary Kline wrote:
> >Maybe someone on-list can help me; after 5+ hours of clicking and
> >typing, I can't find an atom cpu computer with dual NICs. I
> >_thought_ I'd found a computer to replace to Kayak firewall
> >[pfSense], but nada.
> >
> >Any wizards on this list have a clue?
>
> I don't know if your requirement for an Atom CPU is absolute, or
> you're just looking for a low power solution, but if it's the latter
> and 100Mb/s networking is fast enough, I use one of these
>
> http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d13.htm
>
> for my pfSense firewall. Three network interfaces so you have a DMZ,
> plus a hardware crypto accelerator for VPNs. Total power consumption
> measured at 5W. The alix2d2 is the 2 network port version.
>
> --
> "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a
> wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like."
>
> -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_
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