I ran the openssl speed tests on my Alix.2d3 w/hardware acceleration
and on my Atom box for fun. Alix is running pfSense embedded, Atom is
running Asterisk on CentOS 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5. These are not network
tests but rather speed of encryption tests.
Atom Board:
The 'numbers' are in 1000s of byte
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Angelo Turetta
wrote:
> Never try to route/bridge between high speed LAN segments, though.
> Maximum sustainable throughput around 20 Mbps (with polling), but copying a
> 30GB backup file from one net to another is not recommended: on FreeBSD6
> based pfSense I fre
Chuck Mariotti wrote:
Thanks for the info... I will stay away from Jetway.
Are there any limitations to what these ALIX boards can do or handle in terms
of traffic? I'd like to do some load balancing, run SMTP spam filter and IDS on
it. I have no need for wireless. Which board do you recommend
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From: Vick Khera [mailto:vi...@khera.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:35 PM
To: support@pfsense.com
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Intel Atom Motherboards or Similar Systems
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> I have been looking at Jetway and Inte
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> I have been looking at Jetway and Intel boards.
>
I had been running a NAS box using FreeNAS on a Jetway board with a
VIA cpu. It worked great for about 14 months, then the ethernet went
bad. And then shortly after that the other ethernet
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:44:04PM -0500, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> I just need dual network/LAN.
I wish I had three. Two is not enough for carp+pfsync, non-transparent
bridge without VLANs.
> I have been looking at Jetway and Intel boards.
Do these have Intel GBit NICs? 2-3 of them?
> Any sug
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From: Morgan Reed [mailto:morgan.s.r...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:41 AM
To: support@pfsense.com
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Intel Atom Motherboards or Similar Systems
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> To be honest, I hate the idea of h
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> To be honest, I hate the idea of having to use a terminal to set it up, not
> because I can't, just because I'd have to teach the other admins how to do it
> in case of an emergency. It also probably means I'd have to get a second one
> s
-Original Message-
From: Larry Sampas [mailto:la...@larrysampas.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:18 PM
To: support@pfsense.com
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Intel Atom Motherboards or Similar Systems
I'm running pfSense on an Alix 2d3. The install was pretty flawless.
No wi
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Jeppe Øland wrote:
> Boards like this would be interesting (but probably expensive).
> http://www.ibase.com.tw/ib882.htm
This is is a cheap way to get a barebones Atom setup:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856107036
Just need to add anothe
Boards like this would be interesting (but probably expensive).
http://www.ibase.com.tw/ib882.htm
I'm running pfSense on an Alix 2d3. The install was pretty flawless.
No wireless, but I did get the Soekris VPN 1411 miniPCI card for
encryption acceleration. It was auto-recognized.
On the other hand, my Asterisk box (pbxinaflash/freepbx) is an Intel
Atom CPU/Board bundle. I needed to install a t
I'll second the vote for netgate/alix. Setting it up is a little more
involved that installing it on normal hardware, with firmware updates
and serial cables, but the hard work is already done.
This is the guide I followed:
http://www.forums.cory.lievers.ca/viewtopic.php?t=196
Good luck,
Jer
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
> I have been looking at Atom based systems for a while. I keep drooling over
> these cheapo, compact, low power units.
>
> I'd really like to replace my 1Ghz, 1GB, 1U machine running pfSense with one.
> Are these things supported in pfSense
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