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From: Timothy Krantz [mailto:tkrantz@stahurabrenner.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:03 AM
To: 'Pete Travis'
Subject: RE: [fedora-arm] Simple routing device advice (mildly OT)

 

Hello Fedora ARM hackers,

I'm shopping around for a device to provide basic routing and firewall functions.

The goal is to provide remote access to an IP camera through satellite internet connection.  To keep the camera and link from getting buried or abused, I want to limit access to connections from a particular /25. If using a dynamic IP, the satellite modem uses NAT and does not offer firewall or port forwarding capability.  If using a static IP, a public IP is routed directly to the inside device, without a firewall.

I'm thinking a small multipurpose ARM device would be a cost effective solution.  Any problems that can't be resolved via ssh will be dealt with by post or remote hands, so it must be fairly reliable, not require user intervention to survive power cycles, etc.  I'd like a dual Ethernet device, but a USB nic could do.  There will need to be a case or finished chassis of some sort, preferably one that could protect that second NIC from accidental disconnection or tampering.

Is there anything on the market that fits the bill, or am I better off with some OpenWRT supported consumer router, or maybe something else?

--Pete

 

You might want to take a look at the Dreamplug or Mirabox from globalscale.  They both have dual Ethernet and cases.  I use both for exactly the reasons you want.  I have run fedora on both but currently run slackware on both for reasons clear only to me.

 

Tim