Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Basically anything that can run Debian and has two suitable >> ethernet ports will do. An old laptop? One of the shiny little >> Raspberry-Pi style devices? (Probably not the Pi itself; it only >> has one ethernet port.) > > I use a BananaPi for that. It has 3 network interfaces: > - the ethernet one, which I use on the DSL side. > - the wifi (I used an external USB dongle for that, for various reasons). > - the USB-OTG which I use to connect my main desktop (effective > bandwidth on this one is a bit more than 10MB/s, so slower than > a gigabit ethernet but plenty for my needs). > The reason why I like those critters: > - supports SATA. > - very low power consumption (e.g. I measured 5W at the "mains", > including a 2TB HDD spinning). > - runs stock Debian, including stock kernel, so I don't have to worry > about lack of security fixes down the road. > So I use them (one at home, on at the office) as router-plus-NAS, > running things like OpenVPN, Squid, OwnCloud, MusicPD, ... > Having a full Debian system means that I can trivially install pretty > much anything that I might need, using the same old tools I already know > and love. > > > Stefan
A Ubiquiti Networks ER-X (or ER-X-SFP) perhaps? 5 ports that can be set up in any combination of routed / switched ports that you want (from 5rtr/0sw to 0rtr/5sw). the base system is Debian Wheezy, with EdgeOS (a vyatta 6.x fork) running on top. Granted, they're a fair bit more limited than the RPi in terms of CPU / RAM / "permanent" storage though. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
