Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc? Does everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer robert@keizer.ca wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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mikrotik
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 08:21 Kevin McGregor, kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc? Does everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer robert@keizer.ca wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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I'll second mikrotik. Its a nice easily-supportable way of running linux/iptables/routing/switching/tunnels/vpns/etc in a packaged way that you don't need to worry about upgrading your <kernel/daemons/ipsec/tunnels/etc> stuff b/c you can simply backup the config by running /export compact and you've got everything then. You don't get the power of dropping a bash shell either, but the UI and CLI language exposed me to things I never knew existed in iptables even.
Their windows winbox UI app runs beautifully in WINE on linux and mac, I've never had an issue with that.
Theodore Baschak - AS395089 - Hextet Systems https://bgp.guru/ - https://hextet.net/ http://mbix.ca/ - http://mbnog.ca/
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Dan Keizer dan@keizer.ca wrote:
mikrotik
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 08:21 Kevin McGregor, kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc? Does everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer robert@keizer.ca wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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Unify USG or Mikrotik, are good stuff. PFsense is ok but the hardware is rarely more valuable than a custom build.
The PCEngines Alix boards are more aligned to your original question though.
Go take a look at Netgate USA - they sell a lot of their own custom designs from ADI, for pfSense use, but all work fine under Linux. -Adam
On October 20, 2017 8:21:24 AM CDT, Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc? Does everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer robert@keizer.ca wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor"
wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and
they
come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number
of
ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely
some of
you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to
advertise
in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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I bought one of these for home a while back, works great. I had a few requirements in mind.
* Fanless - I was replacing a very noisy Fortigate that was out of support and had fans getting louder. * Low-power * Multiple interfaces, so I can run separate wired, wireless and "whatever else". * Gigabit NICs
https://www.amazon.ca/pfSense-8GB-RAM-16GB-SSD/dp/B0721NTRHX?SubscriptionId=...
If you are thinking of pfSense, be aware that the 3.0 version will require AES-NI support in the CPU. That rules out some of the cheaper mini-PCs, but means faster crypto support.
Cheers,
Tim
On 2017-10-20 6:21 AM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc? Does everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer <robert@keizer.ca mailto:robert@keizer.ca> wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com <mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com>> wrote: Hey all, Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall. It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca <mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca> https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable <https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable> _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca <mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca> https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable <https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable>
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Honestly, if you're going to run pfSense on it, I'd say just man up and buy one of their low-end models - support the project, get support & warranty, and a box guaranteed to work out of the, uh, box. Or buy the same hardware from the Netgate store as I mentioned earlier and IIRC they come preloaded with CentOS. Otherwise, ALIX boards are good, too. There's alot of options out there now. -Adam
On October 20, 2017 11:00:40 AM CDT, Tim Lavoie tim@fractaldragon.net wrote:
I bought one of these for home a while back, works great. I had a few requirements in mind.
- Fanless - I was replacing a very noisy Fortigate that was out of support and had fans getting louder.
- Low-power
- Multiple interfaces, so I can run separate wired, wireless and "whatever else".
- Gigabit NICs
https://www.amazon.ca/pfSense-8GB-RAM-16GB-SSD/dp/B0721NTRHX?SubscriptionId=...
If you are thinking of pfSense, be aware that the 3.0 version will require AES-NI support in the CPU. That rules out some of the cheaper mini-PCs, but means faster crypto support.
Cheers,
Tim
On 2017-10-20 6:21 AM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
Soekris! I *thought* it started with an S!
It looks like they're out of business. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative for use as a firewall/router, etc?
Does
everyone just use a Pi now? What about multiple network interfaces?
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Robert Keizer <robert@keizer.ca mailto:robert@keizer.ca> wrote:
Soekris? On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com <mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com>> wrote: Hey all, Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall. It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a smallmetal
box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used toadvertise
in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business. _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca <mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca> https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable <https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable> _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.ca <mailto:Roundtable@muug.ca> https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable <https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable>
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On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor" kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
Hey all,
Maybe someone can remember the device I'm trying to recall.
It's from a company that makes small devices which can run Linux and they come either as a bare board or in a small metal box with some number of ethernet ports. It's not ARM-based. I know that's vague, but surely some of you can come up with a list which will contain the one I'm trying to remember! Or something comparable, at least. Oh, and they used to advertise in Linux Journal. I'm not sure if they're still in business.
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