From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 03:01:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2792106564A for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:01:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768D88FC0A for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:01:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 996B7E80944; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:01:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:01:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20101125030158.GC6090@thought.org> References: <20101124014312.GB12000@thought.org> <4CED376C.60409@qeng-ho.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CED376C.60409@qeng-ho.org> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: foo; no such thing as a "dual-nic" atom firewall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:01:59 -0000 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_ -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org