Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:21:28 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Jeff Meegan <jeffm@frob.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>, "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" <freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: looking for suggestions for a small router/appliance board/SoC Message-ID: <20151022182128.GY65715@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org> References: <2EB47812-4744-48B5-BEBF-B2074D9EEA8F@jnielsen.net> <CAJ-Vmok4jbffVu-dc9anucTOYRcqR=M_%2BmNKNvqPG0uA%2B=pq%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <2F3D00CB-C270-4A98-B9C1-554B43574CF1@frob.org>
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Jeff Meegan wrote this message on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:06 -0700:
> I have a couple of Gateworks Avila boards that at least boot.
And only 100mbit ethernet, so failes the gige part of the requirements...
> > On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The PC engines boards are your best bet to begin with. There's updated
> > ARM hardware from Gateworks but I don't recall if we ever got a port
> > fully working on it.
> >
> > On 22 October 2015 at 10:57, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net <mailto:lists@jnielsen.net>> wrote:
> >> Hi-
> >>
> >> I???m working on a proof-of-concept for a kind of networking swiss army knife. Can anyone suggest a board that meets the following requirements? CPU arch doesn???t matter as long as it will run FreeBSD (Atom, ARM, MIPS, etc).
> >>
> >> - Small form factor (SoC, probably)
> >> - Can support at least 2 802.11a/b/g/n adapters, prefer 3 (any combination of chip-integrated and mini PCI-e slots. Prefer to avoid USB if possible)
> >> - Has or supports at least 2 1GbE ports. Prefer 3-5 ports with switching functionality
> >> - Storage not super constrained. Built-in storage (if any) can be small (which I???m arbitrarily defining as less than 128MB) if there is also an SD card slot or similar. USB storage will do in a pinch.
> >> - Has at least 2 free USB ports after meeting previous requirements
> >> - Serial port or header (or GPIO pins that can be used as one? Not too familiar with that)
> >> - Low power consumption (within reason taking the above into account)
> >> - Low cost (again, within reason)
> >>
> >> I may just start with a PC Engines apu1d, but if there are boards that are smaller, cheaper, have lower power requirements and/or have integrated wifi or switch capabilities I???d like to look in to them as well.
> >>
> >> I know that might be asking a lot, so I???m also open to any suggestions that are most of the way there. Thanks!
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