From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 20:26:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B32F9106566B for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:26:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aucampia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f214.google.com (mail-bw0-f214.google.com [209.85.218.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC0F8FC1E for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:26:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz6 with SMTP id 6so565600bwz.13 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:26:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=u5/qLasNR9d7G74+e75+7PhIIahk5yonw5EsSz7QF70=; b=fZjGBel4LbntAtaiBE6/3sck/4VWhCJ2UXQzxxQiauSacJzUWqrrOp1QoQYNW2yhP6 SJOvXQZNJn/ZKV+G2qpFXbZvgLOkuCIpph7VIpUnNtWU2Wry1z3+lfGjYoa545ucLr4s VbE5UY7wYYBRlKJ9J2U0gb/JjSUVl8EFvf5mQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wNSF2zctiG3uJ6u6uz+cLI9SnzHi2SQB+irs2d+489RwHs0fgTpD413HH8aJkGY7uV KERh4yMQZgUbSn7lxmqAD95ifmZvzoqRyJXrK1XTS3TbIs+5xlZy0766iEkxEW2A62Xv Rpb3iaUyH/jzI4sdCNn+FAmA+lZSSJw1gEShU= Received: by 10.204.25.145 with SMTP id z17mr2761850bkb.181.1271274912337; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:55:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.50] (196-210-40-13.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.40.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x16sm684008bku.5.2010.04.14.12.55.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:57:16 +0200 From: Iwan Aucamp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Wireless Router X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:26:03 -0000 I'm looking for a device which I intend to use as a wireless router - and would like to load either bsd or linux on - with at least following: 1xusb, 2xethernet, 2xmini-pci(e). I found this : http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8377EWLAN A bit pricey for what you get - but quite reasonable - would likely be cheaper if it was for mass market - think they maybe sell 100 a year if that. I have looked also at: - routerboard : mikrotik doesn't really want to help people to load other OS on it - and it's a mission from what i've seen to do it - alix : a bit slow - and I don't really like the amd geode (seems like its not really made for router applications) - routerstation pro : probably best option price wise - but a bit more power would be nice - and board layout is bit awkward. Any other ideas ?