On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Dave Täht wrote: > > > On 2/15/16 8:11 AM, dpreed@reed.com wrote: > > > BTW, I went shopping for a pure home "gateway" box. What pleased me was > this board, because I am sure it has the "oomph" to deal with up to Gigabit > packet processing (which is where all the current residential ISPs will > shortly be). It has room for RAM and a good mini-PCIe card, as well as a > modest mSATA drive. You can use virtualization to provide isolation between > parts. > > > > > > - Jetway NU93-2930 NUC Form Factor Intel Celeron N2930 SoC Bay Trail 2 > Intel LAN, 2 Display, 2 x HDMI, 1 x SATA2 port, full-size mSATA, half-size > mini-PCIE, 1 External COM, 3xUSB2, 1xUSB3, Audio, 9V-24V DC-in (size 4" x > 4" x 1.5"). > > > > - 8 GB SODIMM ($35) > > - 32 GB mSATA ($30) > > - 12v Wallwart > > > Oh, goodie. I've been a very happy user of the nuc based products for > quite some time now (it is generally my main desktop box and I use two > as load generators). The linux support for the graphics chipset, > ethernet drivers, etc, is excellent, the fan, quiet, the speed adaquate > for everything except big compiles (where I am spoilt by having a big > box in the cloud). I would hope it is a good box for bsd/pfsense also. > > It is a really good box for server/IoT controller/Torrent/development > duties as well, and having one as my main router to the internet has > always been an option (I do not mind having wifi on a separate box anymore) > > Finding one with dual ethernet ports was always a problem. > > Problems are: > > 0) Internal wifi antennas may suck. Still the basic case and device are > 229 on amazon + memory. > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SHYW6US/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AEELF2HAVZFED > > Ordered one with the tall case. Thx! > > I am very tired of not having a full OS on the firewall/gateway and will > give this a shot. I am pretty sure that things like openwrt derived > odhcp6 and so on will be of help.... > > 1) The msata slot is full length. The wifi slot is half length which > restricts you to using half length cards. Only 2x2 802.11n is achievable > in that form factor. > > Since I wanted 3x3 or 802.11ac support... > > I experimented with using a usb3 stick as a hard disk, roached two (and > it was slow) so I gave up on that and went with an external usb3 hard > disk - and recently found a usb3 to msata adaptor which is working > pretty well. > > Then they came up with a taller case so you can use a regular sata disk. > I have kept hoping to find something I could mirror with, like this: > > http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AYI276I?psc=1 > or this > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ITJ7WDC/ref=pd_luc_rh_mrairec_01_04_t_img_lh?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > 2) Although this looks to be less powerful than other (i3, i5) nucs I've > had, the default ethernet driver does do TSO offloads. You *can* turn > them off and I think 1GigE forwarding rates are possible - otherwise, > cake would be needed. Will find out tomorrow. > > I have totally lost track of the differentiation between atom and > celeron - I was using the rangeley platform elsewhere... > > 3) The edgerouter X provides about 250mbit dual ports for 50 bucks. > The linksys ac1200 can do gigE with cake, but it's still a bit buggy. > > ... > > Other items maybe worth playing with on other hardware were things like > > > http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Port-mSATA-Components-SD-PEX40079/dp/B00KKO6N98/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455560175&sr=1-3&keywords=msata+raid > > Gigabyte and ASUS also have some decent NUCs already out or coming soon! > > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel >