From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 12 19:36:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E7CF28 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:36:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from allmymaillists@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ea0-f182.google.com (mail-ea0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006C18FC14 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:36:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so655217eaa.13 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:36:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tqqvxhrSmsP5adz0QhJjb6sDvBgV//ABxWdr2TCxKkw=; b=xQydFj8mU6OHt9t51rnpFYRvrGxaOnE8NERasyc2vd5LCO1w3vpaVnfclzV6Xip+kr JKedtDa1a/a+OpBtitL25o0AUuNNW1olxx3kRnvYXWqP0Bc2h/aKZmV/bwZAwGbvJLor ptuKjE+zYW0PTFLknivhbq3iEwLpD3FU6zij8zt1CAi4Dz5JCzmNQfCphT6AAnBLB0or MjZNJfCSepl0HimoIlFeBFmI60IV3VF/+2CAwiljk4mE0gYPr+tID+d2vak7YOF55sq1 F9ajHS1CLTRRGPehF/WSVa8/glA4kI2ZCP+7vAgJbPE8GitAcDkPoNuaybkwTlG12o1u kctw== Received: by 10.14.184.134 with SMTP id s6mr7965217eem.46.1350070586686; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.2.15] (p57931638.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.147.22.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r45sm13231946eem.6.2012.10.12.12.36.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:36:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5078713F.7090908@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:36:31 +0200 From: Asen Varsanov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120824 Thunderbird/15.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver References: <20121011145453.GU69724@acme.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <20121011145453.GU69724@acme.spoerlein.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:36:28 -0000 On 10/11/2012 04:54 PM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces) > - some form of wlan interface (I currently use an Atheros based PCI card) > - eSATA for attaching a backup disk where I stream ZFS snapshots to > - serial port is always nice, for when I mess up an upgrade > - fan-less if possible > > So far, this here seems to fit the bill perfectly > http://www.fit-pc.com/web/fit-pc/intensepc/ > but pricing seems to defy any reality. > > It does not state directly which chipsets are used for Wifi and > Ethernet, the block diagram claims Ethernet chips to be Intel 82579 and > RTL8111D, but I don't trust that fully. > > For Wifi I can always fall back to sticking in a supported USB stick, > although that's kinda hacky. > > So how well is networking going to be supported by FreeBSD? Should I > just bite the bullet and find out? > > Cheers, > Uli > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Uli, I have bought this one: http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/info/775548 with 4GB RAM DDR3 on 1066Mhz, with additional 1Gb/s PCI Ethernetcard and using old but silent power supply. Pfsense is not yet running, because I am still testing, but I can tell so far that it has enough power to run the 3 ethX interfaces full speed (about 100MB/s each for like 2 days testing) with live debian USB. I am planning to run pfsense on it soon. I also tested how fast the cpu is and I must say that is not blazing fast, it is about 3 times slower than my laptop with 2x2,4 Ghz intell T8300, but it is low power ... Cheers, Asen