[Soekris] net5501 Successor

[Guillaume FORTAINE]

Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> Guillaume FORTAINE wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Do You plan any new Soekris Board in a near future (<= 6 months) ?
>>
>> I look forward to Your  Answer,
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Guillaume FORTAINE
>> "I have root @ Google"
>>
>>
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>>     
> Why are you looking for a successor to the 5501? Any particular features
> you are looking for?
>
>   

According to this post [1] :

"With an AMD Geode LX and OpenBSD we measured an IPsec throughput of roughly 20 MBit/s."


It means that :

1) we are not able to enjoy the full speed of an ADSL2+ Line [2].

ADSL2+     24,576/3584 kbit/s     3072/448 kB/s


2) If we want to enjoy it, we will need an additional vpn1411 Board [3] 
and thus won't be able to provide Wifi (1 Mini-PCI port on the Soekris 
5501).




Conclusion : If we want to enjoy

1) Secure Wifi that is done in Software in OpenBSD,

 To quote :

"Added a kernel implementation of the 4-way handshake and group-key 
handshake protocols of 802.11i, and a software implementation of TKIP 
and CCMP, making WPA/WPA2-PSK usable in both station and hostap modes 
for bwi(4), malo(4), ral(4), iwn(4), wpi(4), ural(4), rum(4), upgt(4), 
and zyd(4)."


2) And Full-Speed VPN,


at least a faster processor would be needed (LX 900).

According to the net5501 Web Page, a 600 Mhz model is planned. Maybe a 
net5501-80 ?

I look forward to Your Answer,


Best Regards


[1] http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2008-July/014641.html
[2] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths#Modems.2FHome_user_connections
[3] http://www.soekris.com/vpn1401.htm
[4] http://www.openbsd.org/plus.html
[5] http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm

Guillaume FORTAINE
"I have root @ Google"