[Soekris] Sizing a Soekris

[John Stalker]

Everything you list, and more, can be done with 4511, if you
know your software, particularly FreeBSD, really well, or are
willing to spend a long time experimenting.  With a 4801, if
you can get one, things would be a lot easier.  The crucial
question is how high a value do you put on your time?  If
you are doing this for fun then you might enjoy the challenge
of sticking everything on a 4511.  If you just want a box which
does what you want, and your time is worth more than a few
cents an hour, then I would look for something a bit bigger.

> Like so many other messages I've seen in the archives, I am
> looking to replace a loud, power-hungry old desktop PC that
> is working as a bastion host/broadband router/wireless AP with
> something small and QUIET. But I am not sure if I'm "sizing"
> up the system right. From some things I see, a 4511 sounds like
> it has the basic stuff that I need, two Ethernet ports and a
> mini-PCI or PCMCIA slot for a wireless NIC. But I'm not sure
> if the processor and RAM are up for what I want. So I'm looking
> to the list for some guidance here.
> 
> My requirements:
> 
> 	- Two Ethernet ports
> 	- Room for mini-PCI or PCMCIA wireless NIC
> 	- FreeBSD
> 	- IPFilter
> 	- IPv6
> 	- IPsec (doesn't need killer performance)
> 	- ISC DHCP server
> 	- DHCP client
> 	- rtadvd (IPv6 router advertisement)
> 	- sshd
> 	- syslogd (to send logs to another host)
> 	- ddclient
> 
> Really nice to have:
> 
> 	- BIND caching DNS resolver
> 	- NTP
> 
> Now I think I can squeeze this running system into the RAM
> available in a 4511, 64 MB, but get the system and a MFS in
> RAM? Will I be able to do that?
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark at alum.mit.edu
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