Re: Recommendations for small NetBSD network box

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%shagadelic.org@localhost>]

Adding port-i386 :-)

On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:22 PM, David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> wrote:

> Apologies for cross posting to three pretty generic CPU lists, but I'm
> hoping the answer lies with the expertise reading this now :)
> 
> I'm looking for a small box to act as a NAT & low traffic VPN device.
> 
> Requirements are pretty simple:
> - At least two Ethernet interfaces (100base fine)
> - Enough RAM to to run NAT (probably pf), and IPSEC or OpenVPN
> (fortunately not both) for up to about 50 web (or weblike) clients &
> sshd
> - Small (sub mini-itx), and cased (looks like a product)
> - USB port to plug in a 3G dongle would be nice.

    http://soekris.com/products/net5501.html

Looks like it fits the bill, and you can add the crypto offload processor as an 
option.

    http://soekris.com/products/vpn14x1.html

> 
> I could obviously easily find something running Linux, but I'd prefer
> to have it running NetBSD.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> David

-- thorpej