Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:43:51 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question Message-ID: <cda5b640-ecb4-22d8-9b69-47aa9a73427a@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <05f7ca3a-57d9-8528-d553-40f95d705fd8@qeng-ho.org> References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <05f7ca3a-57d9-8528-d553-40f95d705fd8@qeng-ho.org>
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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.
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