Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:20:27 +0200 From: Marten Vijn <info@martenvijn.nl> To: Joe Holden <joe@rewt.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Router Message-ID: <1271319627.18002.2.camel@tor> In-Reply-To: <20100414215604.GA9303@jasmine.barbary> References: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com> <20100414215604.GA9303@jasmine.barbary>
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On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 22:56 +0100, Joe Holden wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:57:16PM +0200, 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: 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 ? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I use an ALIX as headless FreeBSD CPE without a problem, can easily do 100meg and as they also have a crypto device, I offload openvpn aes processing to it which means 0 cpu impact. > > Out of the solutions I evaluated, the ALIX boxes were the easiest to get going We use them in the Network Event Kit, http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek for more info, a hardware overview is on http://bsd.wifisoft.org/trac/wiki/nek_hardware cheers Marten > > Thanks, > J > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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