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Usually the issue in setting up a PC to do this kind of stuff is power consumption. Typically it's a minimum of 60W to run an idle PC, while an ARM router woul
by woolvalley 9y ago
Usually the issue in setting up a PC to do this kind of stuff is power consumption. Typically it's a minimum of 60W to run an idle PC, while an ARM router would run at 1-5W and have multiple ethernet ports.
- jimpudar 9y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong - I haven't tried it - but it looks like you should be able to run OpenBSD on ARM https://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html https://www.openbsd.org/armv7.html I'll check what the energy consumption on my router is. I'm using an AMD chip which I had lying around. You're probably right that it uses a bit more power than necessary. I was thinking about getting something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Micro-Appliance-Gigabit-Barebone/dp/B01GIVQI3M/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1518825397&sr=8-5&keywords=pfsense+router https://www.amazon.com/Firewall-Micro-Appliance-Gigabit-Bare... which uses 10W. It should be easy to install *BSD on something similar.