From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 25 19:39:56 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 1C044B4AEAC for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 19:39:56 +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 DFB2A1792 for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 19:39:55 +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 u4PJdrtR001602 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 14:39:54 -0500 Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <45833.128.135.52.6.1464193655.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <4790bdce-0945-fc98-3428-7d81011d6e8c@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:45:23 -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: <45833.128.135.52.6.1464193655.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; 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 19:39:56 -0000 On 05/25/16 11:33, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2016 10:51 am, 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 was looking lately for smallish cheepish low power consumption computer > lately to have it as firewall/router (running pfsense). I ruled out for > myself raspberryPI, for two reasons: second ethernet adapter on it will be > USB, the CPU is too weak to run decent firewall/router with decent > throughput. I took a quick look at Banana PI (just to reconsider my choice > not that I've heard bout it from you), and I have the same reservations > about it. > > What I decided to go with is fitlet-i barebone (you will need to bay RAM > and mSATA drive for it, otionally their heatsink, which I definitely will > get for myself). This brings me in a ballpark of $300 as opposed to $40 > for raspberry PI or banana PI barebone, but with fitlet-i I will have two > gige ports, and enough CPU power to have it handling decent traffic. > (Additional info: AMD SoC CPU, up to 8 GB RAM, made in Israel, or at least > by Israeli company; 5 years warranty, available on amazon, power > consumption up to 10 W). > > Just my $0.02 > > Valeri > > PS I really would like to hear what others think, and if there is better > option than fitlet-i for gige WAN and LAN. > >> -- >> >> William A. Mahaffey III >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war >> ever devised by man." >> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Valeri Galtsev > Sr System Administrator > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > University of Chicago > Phone: 773-702-4247 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I agree w/ your points about the RPi networking, that's what put(s) me off as well. I'll look at the fitlet-i, 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.