[ale] homebrew routers, castoff hardware

[dev null zero two]

keep in mind that pfsense will require aes-ni down the line and that
Realtek nics cap out at about 700 Mb/s just switching traffic.

Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.

On Sep 23, 2017 8:34 AM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:

> On 2017-09-22 15:59, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > On Friday 22 September 2017 12:53:34 DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> >> The newer APU2 CPUs handle 750+Mbps on their GigE connections thanks to
> >> Intel NICs.  These aren't the old Alix boards.
> >
> > I'm about to get a few of these for my lab. I'm working on a perpetual
> dev
> > project and had wanted to use Soekris, but they just pulled out of the
> US. I
> > started looking for a replacement and found these, the apparent Alix
> > successor. These things are beefier and way cheaper, so it's a win.
> >
> > On a side note, there's lots of little router-style boxes out of there,
> but
> > most of them are from Red China. I shudder to think what lurks in the
> firmware.
> >
> > --Joey
> >
>
> I've been looking at one of these though I haven't pulled the trigger
> yet since they're not cheap.  Not necessarily direct from China (though
> one office is in Taiwan).
>
> https://www.logicsupply.com/ml400g-12/
>
> That's the fanless BayTrail version.  They have one with fan for a bit
> less (with pfSense preinstalled).
>
> https://www.logicsupply.com/fw200b-10/
>
> Or just use the automagic configurators to pick what you want.
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