On 26 jun. 2012, at 01:45, Diego Barrios wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I have the same problem here, need a "low-power low-cost" solution like the > excelent Alix board, but with 4 or more 10/100 ports. > > After weeks of research I discovered that there is nothing like the Alix > boards with more ports =/. You can find some good ARM and PPC solutions with > a lot of NICs, but not i386, and unfortunatelly PFsense only runs on Intel > platform. > > Soekris have some good options, they assembly boards (and cases) like Alix, > but with a PCI slot you can plug for example a 4-port PCI NIC on it, the > problem is the price... too high for a SMB solution with a really slow 233mhz > CPU. They have some better CPU but too expensive. > > http://soekris.com/products/net4801-48-bc-lan1641b.html > > The best thing i found was an AAEON (Taiwan) model FWS-2300 with SATA port > (so you can run a proxy for example) and 4 GBIT LAN. > > http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Network-Appliance-is-designed-for-IDS-IPS-UTM-applications-580284 > > http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Aaeon-FWS2300/ > > This AAEON FWS-2300 costs aproximatelly USD 300 > > The old PC is not an option for me due to the power consumption, size, > reliability, etc > > I think we share the same point of view here... we just need an Alix 2D13 but > with 5 NICs =| >
For higher demands than a Alix can deliver we use Jetway MB's with a daughterboard option, like the NC9C-550-LF and AD3INLANG Links: http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.asp?productid=781&proname=NC9C-550-LF http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.asp?productid=683&proname=AD3INLANG-LF Jetway has some boards with daugherboard possibility. The daughterboard can be with realtek or intel chipset. Then you have a total of 4 Gbit interfaces Depending on the case you could come under $300. I'm interested in other options too. With kind regards, Pim van Stam > Regards, > > Seko > > > From: "Chris Bagnall" <pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc> > To: "pfSense support and discussion" <list@lists.pfsense.org> > Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 1:49:45 PM > Subject: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms > > Greetings list, > > For many years I've been deploying pfSense on ALIX boards. They've > proven to be reliable and a good balance between cost and performance. > Price in the UK is about 120 GBP (including PSU and chassis), which > means that they're cost-comparable with Draytek's higher end units > (which is their primary competition amongst our SME client base). > > Recently, we've had need to deploy pfSense with more than 3 network > interfaces, and unfortunately the ALIX boards seem to top out at 3. A > 4-port unit based on the same AMD Geode architecture more than doubles > the price to around £250 GBP. > > Has anyone any suggestions for a 4-port alternative that's closer to the > 3-port cost? > > Kind regards, > > Chris > -- > This email is made from 100% recycled electrons > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@lists.pfsense.org > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@lists.pfsense.org > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
