Re: [SPAM] Re: APU4 hardware network interfaces tied together

2020-11-18 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Stuart Henderson [s...@spacehopper.org] wrote: > > Do you have evidence to back this up? People were saying the same about > PCEngines not being reliable compared to Soekris too. It all seems nonsense. > Old rpi 1 and 2 machines are still running fine doing the job they were > intended to do. I'm

Re: [SPAM] Re: APU4 hardware network interfaces tied together

2020-11-17 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-11-17, Mihai Popescu wrote: >> The combination of the computer and switch together can be considered a > router. > > I have Mikrotik hAP ac2 in test for a few days. That is exactly something > like this, 4 cores ARM for routing, switch attached for vlan'ed interfaces, > plus wifi. And it

Re: [SPAM] Re: APU4 hardware network interfaces tied together

2020-11-17 Thread Mihai Popescu
> The combination of the computer and switch together can be considered a router. I have Mikrotik hAP ac2 in test for a few days. That is exactly something like this, 4 cores ARM for routing, switch attached for vlan'ed interfaces, plus wifi. And it is a real charm as performance and price. But

Re: [SPAM] Re: APU4 hardware network interfaces tied together

2020-11-17 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2020-11-16, Noth wrote: > Buy a switch, and buy the APU4. Two ports don't get used, so what? For starters, that means you at least might as well use APU2 instead (which is often easier to buy - not all vendors have the APU4 - PCEngines don't sell direct in some countries other than to

Re: [SPAM] Re: APU4 hardware network interfaces tied together

2020-11-16 Thread Noth
Buy a switch, and buy the APU4. Two ports don't get used, so what? It'll be more reliable long term than a RPi4. A router with only one physical port isn't a router, it's a host, no matter how many vlans you throw at it. Cheers, Noth On 16/11/2020 18:06, Mihai Popescu wrote: bridge(4), and