On 2022-09-29, Holger Glaess <gla...@glaessixs.de> wrote: > hi > > > The Banana Pi R3 can be an alernative for PC Engines APU but, > > sadly , no support by openbsd , just linux.
Doesn't seem to be available yet anyway? > https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R3 > > Holger > > > > On 28.09.22 16:27, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using PC Engines for years. I have many of them. I want to buy more, >> but they are not available on their main web site. I'm still planning to >> buy them the moment they will show up on https://www.pcengines.ch/order.htm >> >> However, after many weeks of waiting, I finally reached a point, when I >> need to look for alternatives, as few of my hobbyist projects and plans >> are on-hold for too long. >> >> I'm looking for something similar like PC Engines APU board. Preferably >> 4 network cards, 4GB of RAM, low power consumption, no graphic card, >> serial console access, suitable for wired and Wi-Fi and/or LTE router, >> based on OpenBSD. >> >> To give you an example, I have or had in the past, PC Engines with >> OpenBSD as: >> >> - plain simple Ethernet router >> - fiber + Ethernet router >> - Wi-Fi access point via Ethernet uplink >> - Wi-Fi access point via LTE modem uplink >> - WireGuard, OpenVPN endpoint >> - DNS, DHCP, TFTP and PXE server >> - print server and scanner via CUPS and SANE >> - HTTP server, plus some automation daemons >> >> Very typical stuff, nothing unusual I would say. I usually duplicate >> above setups in various locations, like family house, relatives, and my >> own place, but.. I run out of simple and reliable hardware to run it on, >> hence this post. I don't want to run full blown PC, because of >> electricity consumption and graphic card. In case of kernel panic() I >> want to have a system with serial console, by design on motherboard, >> not something additional. >> >> From architecture perspective I think most practical is amd64, but maybe >> well supported arm64 would do. If you want to put RPi in the picture, I >> don't think about it, as it has only one Ethernet interface. >> >> PS: Please CC me in any replies. >> > > -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
