From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 16 13:57:17 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36B8F827 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2E81B20 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:57:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from arthur.home.qeng-ho.org (arthur.home.qeng-ho.org [172.23.1.2]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sAGDvAb0030611; Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:57:11 GMT (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <5468AD36.90408@qeng-ho.org> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:57:10 +0000 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jay West , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Small/Low Power Server Recommendation? References: <54679447.4070004@qeng-ho.org> <018501d00145$ba6de5c0$2f49b140$@ezwind.net> In-Reply-To: <018501d00145$ba6de5c0$2f49b140$@ezwind.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:57:17 -0000 On 16/11/2014 02:33, Jay West wrote: > > Arthur wrote.... > I've been running an Alix 2d13 (an earlier board) with pfSense as my > router/firewall for years now. Absolutely no problems, very little power > consumption, I only have to think about it when there's a software upgrade. > I can recommend their kit. > ----------- > Nah, don't do it. I adore the Alix 2D13 board for lots of stuff.... but as a > pfsense box it's days are gone. Everywhere around here... the default > residential speed is 60 to 100mbps, and the Alix 2d13 can't keep up with > that. Your connection (if you're in those ranges) will noticeably slow down. > Instead, get the replacement that netgate has: identical enclosure, but > based on the T40E board. That one can handle 100+mbps. The poster I was replying to was asking about the PC Engine APU1 board. I wasn't recommending the Alix board, I was merely remarking that I've found PC Engines boards totally reliable and capable of running FBSD. And I'm not sure where "around here" is for you, but I can think of plenty of places around here where people get 10 mb/s if they're lucky. :-(