Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:56:04 +0100 From: Joe Holden <joe@rewt.org.uk> To: Iwan Aucamp <aucampia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Router Message-ID: <20100414215604.GA9303@jasmine.barbary> In-Reply-To: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com> References: <4BC61E1C.9000101@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:57:16PM +0200, Iwan Aucamp wrote: > I'm looking for a device which I intend to use as a wireless router > - and would like to load either bsd or linux on - with at least > following: 1xusb, 2xethernet, 2xmini-pci(e). > > I found this : http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=MPC8377EWLAN > A bit pricey for what you get - but quite reasonable - would likely > be cheaper if it was for mass market - think they maybe sell 100 a > year if that. > > I have looked also at: > > - routerboard : mikrotik doesn't really want to help people to load > other OS on it - and it's a mission from what i've seen to do it > - alix : a bit slow - and I don't really like the amd geode (seems > like its not really made for router applications) > - routerstation pro : probably best option price wise - but a bit > more power would be nice - and board layout is bit awkward. > > Any other ideas ? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I use an ALIX as headless FreeBSD CPE without a problem, can easily do 100meg and as they also have a crypto device, I offload openvpn aes processing to it which means 0 cpu impact. Out of the solutions I evaluated, the ALIX boxes were the easiest to get going Thanks, J
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