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List:       freebsd-hardware
Subject:    Re: simple freebsd router for home use
From:       Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc () fjl ! co ! uk>
Date:       2016-11-21 14:19:18
Message-ID: eeadda3b-0414-e590-1434-1b23585ff588 () fjl ! co ! uk
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On 18/11/2016 21:45, Martin Cermak wrote:
> I think of creating a simple router for home use with
> FreeBSD. Just for fun.  I imagine a single printed circuit board
> with passive cooling, with 3+ 100+ Mbit/s ethernet ports.
I used a Raspberry Pi (just for fun) doing this a few years ago. It only 
has one built-in Ethernet port, but I think the new ones also come with 
wireless Ethernet too. I can't remember whether I got a USB Ethernet 
adapter working with it, or whether I used an external switch and 
single-handed routing.

Since then, ARM support for FreeBSD has gone mainstream(-ish).

FreeBSD can route very happily. In reality I have on-site servers doing 
the routing so have no need for a separate box. Somewhat more reliable 
IME than the plastic box type, and you can configure them hot-standby 
with a simple script. Have cross-over switches to the outside world and 
when one server dies the other turns on. Now THAT'S fun!

Regards, Frank.

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