Tank you Sean, I'll try to respond to your message Indeed, a firewall is not a desktop. On the site openbsd.org is indicated support for OpenBSD i386 processors Atom platform. But it is not clear Atom1, Atom2, while the responses were made, are on Atom1. A firewall must be 100% supported by the platform. It's a box of confidence, the error is not allowed. Now you understand my question dear Sean? :).
>>> Hi all >>> >>> I would like to make a firewall / router running OpenBSD. I >>> watch the ARM processors / Geode but they are less powerful and >>> expensive >>> for a complete solution. I also looked at the solution Soekris but is >>> expensive compared to D510mo from Intel. >> >> Well it depends what size of a box etc. you want, but for example I have >> a Jetway NC92-330-LF mini-itx motherboard with a daughterboard of >> 3 Intel gigabit NICs and everything works great with OpenBSD! :-) > > I'm curious about the 'expensive' part of the OP. What price for good > little > firewall? And what level of performance are you looking for? I only need > 5M/.7M for a small number of client machines and a couple of servers > (web/dns/mail). > > I've been running my firewalls on old Sun IPX machines (upgraded to > Cyclades > motherboards, and Fujitsu TurboSparc 170) for so long that I recently > thought > I should move out of the 90s. So I bought a PC Engines Alix 2d13 (same as > a > 2d3 but with a real time clock). I spent a total of < $150US on it > (including > 2G CF card, case, power supply and motherboard). Showed up in like three > days > from Europe to CA, US. Installation was little more than hooking up to a > box > that could be a PXE server, and bam, Bob's your uncle, the OS installed in > no > time (first time with the new installer -- VERY SLICK). > > I haven't gotten the box installed as a firewall (planning on doing that > tonight, maybe tomorrow), but the only thing I've had an issue with so far > is > the real time clock (I only got the 2d13 because the 2d3 was out of stock). > > The Jetway referenced above seems to be about the same price (maybe a > little > bit more expensive) than the Alix board. I didn't go with an Atom board > because, well, PC Engines makes it clear they work with OpenBSD -- Money > where > my mouth is and all that. Not that I wouldn't have gone with the Jetway, I > hadn't stumbled on it. > > Because the RTC isn't read correctly I had to switch ntpd to use -s to set > the > time. That's the only thing I've had to work around at all. And I really > could care less about that. (and I've done NOTHING to try and fix it yet, > since I only noticed it on the last reboot last night. > > dmesg follows. > > Sean > > PS I have to admit I'm befuddled why you'd want a frame buffer on a > firewall > -- it's a firewall, not a desktop. But whatever. Do what you want, buy > what > you want. Hell, I used old desktops for over 10 years (granted, without > using > the frame buffer)! I'm happy with how my stuff's working out. And I buy > the > CDs. :-)
