thanks for all of your great information. the reason i am asking is i want a silent, reliable box which does not overkill. i don not want to use routers or atom pc because they look a little non professional. :-)
yajie On Friday, September 2, 2011, Jimmy Godbout <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out www.routerboard.com. They have a range of devices that should fit your needs. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> Sent: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:05:13 -0400 >> To: >> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] anyone played with single board computer >> (SBC)? >> >> Sorry, I forgot to mention that the reason we want the extra NICs is so >> we can avoid the purchase/installation of a small switch. >> >> >> On 09/01/11 08:24, Douglas Pickett wrote: >>> Frank, >>> While not the choice for a really high throughput situation, I recently >>> was setting up a pair of pfSense firewalls with CARP in a big hurry. I >>> was finding it difficult to find multi-port Ethernet cards and PC's that >>> would hold them on short notice. >>> >>> I ended up setting up pfSense using VLAN's - the one gigabit Ethernet >>> interface on the PC was plugged into one port of an 8 port managed >>> switch (I used the HP 1810G-8), and a different VLAN was then mapped to >>> each of the remaining 7 ports. This mapping turned the tagged packets >>> used on the VLAN port back into untagged packets that regular devices >>> understand. Instant 7 port Ethernet "card". >>> >>> The disadvantage of this is that the aggregate speed of the system is >>> only 1G (well, 2G when you think of full duplex) - but since few of us >>> have an Internet connection anywhere close to 1G it seemed like a good >>> trade off. >>> >>> It is an option in a situation where the host system supports VLAN's, >>> and you have at least 1 Ethernet port. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Doug. >>> >>> On 01/09/2011 7:35 AM, Frank Bax wrote: >>>> On 08/31/11 20:56, Duane at e164 dot org wrote: >>>>> Yajie wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone played with the following single board computer (SBC) >>>>>> with Asterisk and Freepbx? >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Soekris serious. >>>>>> 2 . Metrix PBX I Kit, >>>>>> 3. PIKA and WRAP on PCengines.com (End of life??) >>>>>> 4. Any other platforms. >>>>> >>>>> Asterisk (but no codec conversion) will run on openwrt etc, long list >>>>> of >>>>> routers on the openwrt/ddwrt etc websites. >>>>> >>>>> I also just came across this site by accident: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.fit-pc.com >>>>> >>>>> 8W atom based computer with 1-2G of ram >>>>> >>>>> Another alternative is the 7" Eeepc netbooks, they chew about 5W of >>>>> power and can be grabbed off ebay for about $100 second hand. >>>>> >>>>> I'd be interested in what you end up deciding on as I am looking for >>>>> something similar. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Does anyone have additional suggestions for this type of system with 4 >>>> or more NICs included? We are not looking for off-the-shelf routers; >>>> but >>>> rather small computers that we will configure as routers. Perhaps >>>> something like (cannot find a supplier for this one): >>>> >>>> http://www.lannerinc.com/Embedded_Computing/All-Purpose_Box_Computers/LEC-2126 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________ > Send your photos by email in seconds... > TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if3 > Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Yajie
