From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 13 00:58:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FCB106566B for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DDEC8FC1B for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so670547wah.3 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:58:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=YrxvuX/pZZEim/xzW+Z6wZn3CWQ0UDNN/GyF0HDcQwo=; b=TGxS4YkRXIntT/nyZSkj3YAyvix55KhlL+PNJ0Yan+2/tA1EWV6arbqM4YgSLo6tNq CKoaA9jefro13OwVX2jpT9v0aH+WpkM+bKHbhdjFuOdinu2PyQzYVxjBI5ShvvUI8Jnu eoOoip3tja413xfuwKvjW1SFtCfPOtWdQZ3yY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=JbbERebyyZCJUygb9HauQ9s10IAL05BgRBd5fPC7vGHpcLZwF16c/cw0OXm8uXbXcm 3CxclfbC/hywbFyGLQnEsKbObclkZ3PKC5bbOd44D2KORqB71vsqJaxCKkShrBtBM2M7 lr/v0BVyaLNoE3iHIcZ69Z5EOoFjWeUcEDHag= Received: by 10.114.185.8 with SMTP id i8mr4014538waf.28.1221265912649; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.95.2 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d710000809121731u785520a6q9ba61b506e7ae1a4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:31:52 -0700 From: "pete wright" To: "Max Laier" In-Reply-To: <200809100840.08607.max@love2party.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48A96419.2010608@fairhaven.za.net> <200808181447.19210.max@love2party.net> <20080910090657.1b18a0be@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <200809100840.08607.max@love2party.net> Cc: Angus Robinson , Ion-Mihai Tetcu , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wire(less)router under 100E - that we can run FreeBSD on? (Re: projects for wrt54gl) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:58:39 -0000 On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Max Laier wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2008 08:06:57 Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:47:18 +0200 >> >> Max Laier wrote: >> > On Monday 18 August 2008 13:59:21 Angus Robinson wrote: >> > > Not to sure if this list caters this. I have a linksys wrt54gl >> > > wireless router (the cisco open source AP) and would like to know >> > > if there is a *BSD projects out there for this AP (i know there are >> > > a few linux ones), or if IPFW2 can be sucessfully compiled on >> > > linux. I have had a look on google with not much sucess. Sorry if >> > > this is the wrong list. >> > > >> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series >> > >> > This is powered by a MIPS based SoC. The FreeBSD/mips port is not >> > ready for prime time, yet ... but the wrt54gXX should be a possible >> > target once it is. NetBSD has a mips32 port, but it seems that there >> > are boot problems with the wrt54 >> > >> > As of now, it seems that *BSD is a no-go on this device - sorry. >> >> Are you or anyone else aware of an equivalent product - wire(less) >> router under 100E - that we can run FreeBSD on? >> >> We're using quite a few wrt54gl for very small networks and I'd really >> love a bit more flexibility when it comes to firewall for the same >> money. > > I'm not. However, you can pick up PcEngiens WRAP (discontinued) and ALIX > based solutions for just about 100E. There might be some ARM based solutions > out there, I'm not aware of, though. In addition, there should be a rise in > Intel Atom based boards in the next few months which can certainly provide a > quite powerful solution for <100$. > soekris+pfsense/m0n0wall seem to work well for may people (i've used m0n0wall and OpenBSD on these systems with great success). http://www.soekris.com/ HTH -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group