> When net5501 says: > > "It has been optimized for use as a Firewall, VPN Router, Internet > Gateway and VoIP PBX, but has the flexibility to take on a whole range > of different functions as a communication appliance. The board is > designed for long life and low power." > > What does that mean technically? Is there any short answer?
Of course the components are all ones you'll find in other boards, but (common to many embedded boards) it doesn't have a lot of extra stuff that costs money and takes up space and in general isn't needed for it's target audience; eg. video, sound card, memory sockets, cpu socket. Other design choices like the cpu selection to keep the board fanless could be considered an optimization as well; not a performance optimization, but one that's very useful (no moving parts). > What makes this hardware "optimized" for frames > switching? I can't speak to this in particular, other than as mentioned, performance isn't the only goal towards which you can optimize. Low power and low cost, with acceptable performance for embedded applications is more what Soekris targets. -- Jesse Norell Kentec Communications, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
