Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys! Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious choice for me, I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall solution I am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased, but playing with BSD may be advantageous as well seeing as how both my desktop and laptop are Mac's :)
Thanks to everyone that responded, I'm going to start shopping for a Net4801 and hope to get one soon. I'll undoubtedly have some more questions as time marches on! Thanks all, Stephen On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Adam Retter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > I was in the same situation as you previously a few years ago. I > bought a net4801 and have found it more than powerfull enough for my > 20mbit internet cable connection, it also has a Wirlesless Atheos card > in it and so acts as the WAP as well. Whilst I had previously a good > knowledge of Linux and FreeBSD, I decided to go for OpenBSD becuase of > its security standpoint, I really believe it is the best option for > this application. > > Otherwise if you want something like Smoothwall, you may want to take > a look at M0n0wall, which is based on FreeBSD but uses the same packet > filter (Firewall) application as OpenBSD which is very well respected. > > I am very impresed with both the net4801 and OpenBSD as a combination > and would happily recommend it to anyone else, with a bit of Googling > it is very easy to get started and get OpenBSD installed on a Soekris. > > Thanks Adam. > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Stephen Brown Jr > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to this platform, and embedded computing as well and I want to > build > > a router for my home network. Right now I'm using Smoothwall on an old > > Gateway system. > > > > I'd like to stay with that, or maybe try pfsense or possibly roll my own > > using Debian. I run a small network with about 3-5 machines which > includes a > > webserver, an iMac, two laptops, and another linux desktop. > > > > I also have a dedicated switch and WAP. Based on my needs, what would be > the > > best Soekris solution to get? I'm interested in the Net5501 but I feel it > > might be slightly overkill for what I need and it is a bit pricey.... > > > > Also, are there any guides out there on setting up linux, pfsense, or > > smoothwall on these devices? > > > > tnx > > Stephen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > > > > -- > Adam Retter > > Software Pimp Extraordinaire >
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