[RndTbl] Small router box

[Adam Thompson]

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 at 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=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0721NTRHX
>
>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 at keizer.ca
>> <mailto:robert at keizer.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>     Soekris?
>>
>>     On Oct 20, 2017 6:55 AM, "Kevin McGregor"
>>     <kevin.a.mcgregor at gmail.com <mailto:kevin.a.mcgregor at 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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