[ale] Suggestion for ARM box with 3-4+ PCI-based ethernets?

Greg Clifton gccfof5 at gmail.com
Tue May 21 13:56:58 EDT 2013


You might want to take a look at Netgate.com they have 3 port
configurations, including one with GigE ports, but you will be spending a
couple hundred $


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Sidus Nare <sidusnare at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thin khttp://routerboard.com has some stuff like what you might want.
> There are others like them that advertise in the Linux magazines, I
> don't remember them all right now
>
> On 05/21/2013 12:20 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Alers,
> >
> > I'm looking for something to replace my existing dd-wrt router (or at
> > least to separate out my router functionality from my Wifi capability).
> > I'm looking for an arm box (I want the very low power use of an ARM),
> > but I want ethernet via PCI (or on-chip), not through the USB Bus like
> > on many ARM boxes, due to speed requirements.  I'm looking for at least
> > 3 10/100/1000 ethernet ports because I want to support multiple WANs,
> > some of which might exceed 100mbps.
> >
> > So, suggestions?  My understanding is that the RPi's ethernet is via
> > USB.  Cubieboard is only 10/100.  I haven't looked around at other ARM
> > systems.
> >
> > I'd be willing to use non-ARM if it can get down to the 10-15W power
> > profile.  I'd even be willing to swap over to a "real router" if I can
> > get the price point down, but last I checked a Cisco of sufficient speed
> > and ports would cost me several hundred dollars.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -derek
> >
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