From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 25 20:51:44 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 9CFD3B4A67A for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 20:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.70.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD29177C for ; Wed, 25 May 2016 20:51:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id 05F67CB8CA5; Wed, 25 May 2016 15:51:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 128.135.52.6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Wed, 25 May 2016 15:51:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <58786.128.135.52.6.1464209502.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <4790bdce-0945-fc98-3428-7d81011d6e8c@hiwaay.net> References: <9971febb-334b-8cb6-170a-6f28d81b4ba9@hiwaay.net> <45833.128.135.52.6.1464193655.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <4790bdce-0945-fc98-3428-7d81011d6e8c@hiwaay.net> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 15:51:42 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: slightly OT hardware question From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal 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 20:51:44 -0000 On Wed, May 25, 2016 2:38 pm, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > 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. Aha, I see from your another reply you are looking at their website already (fit-pc.com). It is advantageous to get their heatsink ($15) if you get fitlet-i. I decided against their more expensive creatures for my goal. fitlet-i having two gige ports seems to be optimal IMHO (unless you decide to have multitude vlans, then you may go up to more network ports incarnation). Valeri >> >>> -- >>> >>> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++