[Soekris] Want to build a router

[Stephen Brown]

Well I'm looking to get away from my old PC and jump into an embedded 
platform because I think it will be challenging, fun and educational 
while fullfilling a need at the same time, and I already have a 
dedicated switch so the 4 port card wouldn't help me.

I have been running Smoothwall for a couple of years now with no 
hiccups, but would really like to try out building my own. The Net5501 
looks like a nice platform, but it's not cheap and I want to justify the 
costs, not sure if I would take full advantage of all it's capabilities.
dfeustel at mindspring.com wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 04:08:40PM -0400, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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> Have you thought about getting a Soekris 4-port lan card, plugging it
> into your old computer and running pf on OpenBSD as your
> router/firewall? 
>   
>> Stephen
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