[conspire] Quiet, Freedom-compatible NAT/firewall/misc box?

[Don Marti]

begin Ross Bernheim quotation of Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 07:16:07PM -0700:
> 
> Pi 2 does not need the heat sink. While quad core, it is make using a newer smaller process so generates less heat. Also the Pi2 uses the newer power supply section that is much more efficient and creates less heat. Also the memory is 
> moved to a chip on the bottom of the board which reduced the heat in the CPU from the earlier system on a chip configuration.
> 
> Ethernet might be a problem as the usb chip is used to do the ethernet. So doing two ethernet ports might be pushing things a bit, particularly if you also want to hang a disk drive off of the usb controller as well.

I might also be able to scavenge up an old
PowerPC-based Mac Mini, which it looks like can be set
up as a decent Debian system.
  http://www.sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/

That would also mean finding a good USB Ethernet
device...TRENDnet TU2-E100?
  http://free-electrons.com/blog/usbeth/

(Yes, I'm using the "look for blogs and list posts
written by people who compile kernels from source"
method of hardware shopping.)

> > On Mar 14, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm thinking of a raspberry pi 2 for such an application. Not 100% freedom but the proprietary stuff is in the video. And cheap and highly replaceable. Debian by default. USB Ethernet for the second port might be a deal killer but I've had pretty good luck with them. Combo USB 2.0 hub with integrated Ethernet have been solid for me, USB 3.0 not so much.  Should be able to keep up with routing and natting unless your connection is way faster than mine.  Should even be able to saturate the line from USB storage. I would add the copper heat sinks to the Raspberry Pi and use a 2.1 amp power supply. And stick to the 100 megabit usb ethernet- the gigabit ones draw a lot more power .  If you need to go but that might be a deal breaker as well. My current router box uses gigabit on the internal side where it can be useful and 100 megabit usb Ethernet on the external which more than exceeds my upstream connection.
> > 
> > --
> > This is unedited. Heck, this may only be phonetically similar to what I said,  which may bear only a passing resemblance to what I meant.
> > 
> > On Mar 13, 2015 7:42 PM, "Don Marti" <dmarti at zgp.org <mailto:dmarti at zgp.org>> wrote:
> > I'm looking for a small, preferably fanless, Linux
> > system that has 2 or more Ethernet interfaces, which
> > I can use for NAT, firewall, DHCP, and DNS for a
> > home/small office network.  I don't need a wireless
> > AP, since I already have that.
> > 
> > Preferably running an actively maintained regular
> > Linux such as Debian.  I might end up putting a few
> > other miscellaneous network services on it.
> > 
> > Anyone using such a machine?
> > 
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