From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Mon Nov 21 14:32:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3B2C4C625 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk) Received: from bs1.fjl.org.uk (bs1.fjl.org.uk [84.45.41.196]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "bs1.fjl.org.uk", Issuer "bs1.fjl.org.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9207854 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:32:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.1.35] (host86-191-18-122.range86-191.btcentralplus.com [86.191.18.122]) (authenticated bits=0) by bs1.fjl.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uALEJHBY061612 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:19:22 GMT (envelope-from freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk) Subject: Re: simple freebsd router for home use To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <20161118214559.GH26146@physics.muni.cz> From: Frank Leonhardt Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:19:18 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161118214559.GH26146@physics.muni.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:32:51 -0000 On 18/11/2016 21:45, Martin Cermak wrote: > I think of creating a simple router for home use with > FreeBSD. Just for fun. I imagine a single printed circuit board > with passive cooling, with 3+ 100+ Mbit/s ethernet ports. I used a Raspberry Pi (just for fun) doing this a few years ago. It only has one built-in Ethernet port, but I think the new ones also come with wireless Ethernet too. I can't remember whether I got a USB Ethernet adapter working with it, or whether I used an external switch and single-handed routing. Since then, ARM support for FreeBSD has gone mainstream(-ish). FreeBSD can route very happily. In reality I have on-site servers doing the routing so have no need for a separate box. Somewhat more reliable IME than the plastic box type, and you can configure them hot-standby with a simple script. Have cross-over switches to the outside world and when one server dies the other turns on. Now THAT'S fun! Regards, Frank.