From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 25 19:38:24 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 A8BFFB4AE19 for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 19:38:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B1A716BE for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 19:38:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-240-4.knology.net [216.186.240.4] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id u4PJcLe6000897 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 14:38:22 -0500 Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question To: FreeBSD Questions !!!! References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <05f7ca3a-57d9-8528-d553-40f95d705fd8@qeng-ho.org> From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:43:51 -0453.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <05f7ca3a-57d9-8528-d553-40f95d705fd8@qeng-ho.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 19:38:24 -0000 On 05/25/16 11:46, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 25/05/2016 16:51, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> Does anyone onlist know of any small (RPi-ish), cheap boxen w/ 2 or more >> working RJ45 ports (100 Mbit is OK), FreeBSD or NetBSD compatible ? I >> would like to use them as a firewall & an asterisk box. I found Utilite, >> kinda pricey, also Banana-Pi R1 (5 ports, however apparently wired >> somewhat weirdly on the board, NetBSD networking doesn't work there last >> I looked). Anyone got a little beastie like this working ? TIA & have a >> good one. >> > I'm not sure how cheap you want, but in the past I've used boards from > PC Engines as firewalls. > > http://www.pcengines.ch/ > > My current firewall was built from a (now discontinued) Jetway mini ITX > board with one ethernet if plus an added 4 ethernet if daughterboard. > Some of the current Jetway boards might be worth looking at if they're > not beyond your price limit. They tend to use Intel chips rather than > Realtek, so perform better. I was/am thinking along those lines, mini-ITX AMD SoC & small case, good solution, but I kept getting up to the same $300.00 that a couple of others mentioned, & started casting around for a hopefully cheaper-but-still-functional RPi-ish solution. Thanks :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.