Re: Recommendations for small NetBSD network box

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Sep 6, 2012, at 7:11 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> > > 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.
> >
> > Some of these:
> > http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Fuloong
> > have two ethernet ports
>
> No! None of them have two ethernet ports. That box has 1 gigabit  
> ethernet
> port.

The docs say otherwise.

> > and NetBSD support has been added a few months ago.
>
> Really? Can somebody point me to it please?

NetBSD/evbmips

> > and it's not too bad once someone with access to
> > the hardware adds support for CPU clock scaling ( what I added is
> > Gdium-specific but adapting it to this machine should be trivial -  
> > all
> > you need is an external 100Hz timer interrupt )
>
> Frequency scaling on these is a waste of time and effort. They run  
> cool even
> under load and consume next to no power, what's the point?

Tell that to my Gdium, which has a 900MHz Loongson 2F. At full speed  
it gets pretty damn hot. And it's the actual CPU since it runs a lot  
cooler at lower speeds.

have fun
Michael

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