Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:50:28 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Wade <mwade@cdc.net> To: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> Cc: PicoBSD List <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103071845460.95727-100000@net-ninja.com> In-Reply-To: <3AA6494F.BE06551E@aurora.regenstrief.org>
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Hi, I have set up my own customized PicoBSD VPN routers with all the > bells and whistles that I need. What I am having problems with is the > hardware side. I am desperately waiting for someone to deliver boards > that he had announced late last year, but there seem to be problems. > Meanwhile my project comes up to deadlines and I have a hard time > waiting. I need a small size low power (simple wall AC adapter) box > that essentially contains 2 (better 3) ethernet interfaces and a > sio for console, I don't want any of this video and keyboard and > sound gimmick that I can't use, that only drives up the price and > power consumption. I cannot find anything like it in the whole world > so it seems. You're happy to have one built-in ethernet, one vendor > left with two, and complete loss with three. The other problem, nowhere > can you opt in for ethernet *and* opt out of VGA. > > Does anyone know anything better? I would especially appreciate to > be directed to a specific product, I know that there are certain > vendors and web sites that come close, but having looked at all this > I cannot find anything that really fits. > > I appreciate any help. I'm also looking for similar hardware. I've prototyped a product I've designed using the FreeBSD kernel and development tools on the NC series of NetPCs from "http://www.flytech.com.tw/". Now I'm ready to move on but I'm still without low cost embedded x86 boards with 2-3 10/100bT ports + flash. --- Mike Wade (mwade@cdc.net) Chief Technical Officer CDC Internet, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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