From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 21:25:10 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 5E41A106566B for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:25:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@jellydonut.org) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.221.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246768FC20 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:25:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk5 with SMTP id 5so830333qyk.3 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:25:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.183.8 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:00:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com> References: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:00:39 -0400 Received: by 10.229.236.16 with SMTP id ki16mr1720714qcb.68.1271278839999; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:00:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Michael Proto To: Iwan Aucamp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 21:25:10 -0000 On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Iwan Aucamp wrote: > 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: 1xus= b, > 2xethernet, 2xmini-pci(e). > > I found this : > http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=3DMPC8377E= WLAN > 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: > > =A0- routerboard : mikrotik doesn't really want to help people to load ot= her > OS on it - and it's a mission from what i've seen to do it > =A0- alix : a bit slow - and I don't really like the amd geode (seems lik= e its > not really made for router applications) > =A0- routerstation pro : probably best option price wise - but a bit more > power would be nice - and board layout is bit awkward. > > Any other ideas ? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > I don't know what's wrong with the ALIX platform in this case. I've got one running a custom build of FreeBSD 8 on a 32MB CompactFlash (not NanoBSD but my own cut-down build) as a wireless router with 3 LAN and 1 MiniPCI. It works extremely well and I can max-out my 12MB cable connection before I get anywhere close to hitting a CPU limit on the device (I've got one of the older LX700 models, not the LX800 that only seems to be available now). It works very well as a wireless router platform in a moderately-inexpensive price point, and has an onboard glxsb crypto accelerator for AES-128 IPSec. -Proto