From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 11:21:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6BE5BC for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:21:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C6F8FC0C for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBMBJYsU088444; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:19:35 GMT (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <50D59746.5060504@qeng-ho.org> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:19:34 +0000 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dweimer@dweimer.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD as an Access Point References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 11:21:02 -0000 On 12/21/12 21:12, dweimer wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has used FreeBSD (or NanoBSD) on any small form > factor broads such as PC Engines Alix, or similar hardware. And how > well it has worked for them, and what hardware they used. > > I have been having a lot of performance issues with my home wireless, > and am considering replacing the current APs early next year. I wanted > something a little more flexible than the standard consumer AP, without > spending the money for a high end Cisco AP (I do realize that the > hardware will run me in the range of their low end APs). My early > searching shows I should be able to get an Alix board, Wireless Card, > and Antennas for around $300. > I run pfSense on an Alix 2d13 for my firewall, which I see you mentioned doing in a later mail. It handles a 60 Mb/s link without breaking sweat. NanoBSD obviously would fit on it, using a CF card. If you wanted full(ish) FreeBSD you could always add an external disk. I note you're using a crypto accelerator too help with IPSec - are you aware that the Geode CPU has hardware support for AES? Alternatively, the Alix 2d2 has 2 miniPCI slots so you could have both a crypto unit and a WiFi.