[Soekris] net5501 Successor

[Sargun Dhillon]

Guillaume FORTAINE wrote:
> 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"
>
>
With OpenVPN we saw a 40 mbit/sec (geode-aes enabled) throughput. Have
you thought of changing VPN solutions, and migrating over to Linux as a
possibility?

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