From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 8 15:32:39 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB2333C for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 15:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) Received: from webmail.dweimer.net (24-240-198-187.static.stls.mo.charter.com [24.240.198.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F37E838 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 15:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.dweimer.net (webmail.dweimer.local [192.168.5.2]) by webmail.dweimer.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r48FBZjG036300 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 10:11:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 10:11:35 -0500 From: dweimer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small fanless mini-pc for home =?UTF-8?Q?router/firewall=3F?= Organization: dweimer.net Mail-Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5b6b26b3bbe98b55cd5a70d466a70424@dweimer.net> X-Sender: dweimer@dweimer.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 15:32:39 -0000 On 05/08/2013 9:10 am, firmdog@gmail.com wrote: > What is the best option out there for a mini-pc to run FreeBSD as a > home > router/firewall? (needs to have 2 nic's) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You might want to look at the pfSense project, works great for this use, Embedded FreeBSD with Web configuration. they have a hardware page on the website with links to vendors where you can get some complete kits and do it your self assembly and installation for around $200 (using PC Engines Alix Boards), or for a little more pre-assembled, and installed systems. I have been running it at my house and 3 installations at work for well over a year, on the Alix platforms. Performance and stability have been great, though the Alix platform does lack memory and processor for doing much more than routing/dhcp/firewall/ipsec. I used one of the do it your-self kits at my house, and used pre-assembled and installed setups for work, big difference is writing the image to the compact flash yourself. Assembly is so simple it might as well not be called assembly. If you are wanting IPSEC do pay attention though to the throughput on the Alix systems, and what you have available on your bandwidth, the same would likely go for any of the low boarded fan less systems, they should all handle routing/firewall just fine for whatever bandwidth you likely have but once you starting getting into 15Mbits and up these smaller boards will likely struggle with IPSEC. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/