On 04/25/2013 11:50 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz
> <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> I need to replace my Juniper SSG5 access gateway. I have outgrown
>> it. I
>> need more VLANs, more ports, more DHCP and RA than I can get. Also I
>> want
>> to split fuctionality. I am looking for 3 boxes, plus one standby.
>> I would
>> rather buy something cheap on ebay, but could go the DIY route. I want
>> longevity with Fedora on it (like 4 Years).
>>
>> I figure that the WAN-facing box should have 2 WAN ethernets that
>> will run
>> things like PPPoE through ISP provided bridges and at least 3 LAN
>> interfaces. The LAN-side boxes (2) will need 8 LAN interfaces (2
>> tied up in
>> the router network).
> I've only seen devices with up to 4 etherenet ports but they are
> generally 1gb.
>
>> Is there reasonably prices hardware out there configured like this
>> with an
>> ARM chip that will go forward beyond F18 (which I understand that
>> F19 will
>> not support ARMv5 of my pogoplug?). Of course a stable RH/Centos
>> distro in
>> the future would be great! (RHEL 7?)
> Fedora will support ARMv7 going forward, there's been no statement
> from Red Hat about intentions with future products related to ARM and
> given this is a Fedora list I couldn't speculate.
>
>> Earlier here, I was pointed to the cubieboard for DIY. I would have
>> to find
>> a 4 and 8 port (100Mb each) ethercard that is fully VLAN/routing
>> addressable
>> for it. Plus case and etc.
> You'd need something like the Openblocks AX3. It has up to 4 Gb ports
> which you could bond together and VLAN up to get 8 ports of resilient
> 100Mb. You don't really get devices with multiple 100Mb LAN
> connections now as it's generally given that most enterprise products
> would prefer a single gig and trunk VLANs over it and then bond that
> for resilient/load.
>
>
http://openblocks.plathome.com/products/ax3/
Impressive. But it says only available in Japan :( I wonder what
the US$ cost is? Perhaps some of my Japanese collagues could get me
some?
I am seeing a price of $450. Quite out of my reach. :(
hmmm. I simple Gig switch that doesn't trash VLAN tags could connect
the three, leaving 3 ports each for the 'downstream' units. Thing is
my HP2650 only has 2 gig ports, so I would need to ask my HP friends
what switch to get.
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