Re: Cheap small factor computer

Carsten Holbach <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have found information that FreeBSD runs on SheevaPug, which is 
basically the same platform: 
http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugwiki/index.php/FreeBSD_9.x_%289-current%29_Plug_Computer_Distribution 


Am 12.02.2010 21:17, schrieb Sterling Windmill:
> I know that there exists no ARM port of m0n0wall.
>
> I believe that the pfSense developers are working on an ARM port, but I'm not sure how far along it is.
>
> There does exist some ARM support in vanilla FreeBSD, but I'm not sure how usable it is for the platform you're looking at:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/arm.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carsten Holbach"<[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:02:03 PM
> Subject: [m0n0wall] Cheap small factor computer
>
> Hi there
>
> I stumbled over GuruPlug Server Plus, a small factor computer which can
> be plugged into the wall power
> plug:http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-guruplugdetails.aspx#features
> The Plus version with two LAN-ports is about 89 EUR, which I finde quite
> cheap.
>
> Specs:
> - 1,2 GHz ARM processor
> - 512 MB DDR2 RAM
> - 512 MB Flash
> - 2x Gbit Ethernet
> - 1x eSATA
> - 2x USB 2.0
> - 1x internal MicroSD
> - 1x external MicroSD
> - Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
> - RS-232 and Mini-USB for console
> - Hardware support for AES, DES, 3DES, SHA1, MD5
> - under 5W power consumption (!)
>
> I wonder if this platform qualifies for m0n0wall. I've read that there
> are FreeBSD distributions that run on the ARM CPU...
>
> Your thoughts?
>
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