Can someone recommend a good platform on which to run OpenBSD which will consume the lowest possible power and let me run a Wireless-G and a Wireless-N NIC in master mode at the same time? I also need 100baseT[x]. Ideally it would run from fairly broad DC power (8-18VDC). I want to spend minimal money:) So far in the running are PC Engines, Mikrotik, and Soekris, in my current order of preference from most to least. I'm willing to have my mind changed, though. SD, USB, or CF storage, I don't care.
I guessed as much, which is why I asked. It's pretty easy to do with Linux if you buy the right hardware, and if I don't get any good replies I will try one or two other places and then just do it with Linux, for which I don't require any hand-holding because several companies are intelligent enough to sell me what I want.
+1 for the PC Engines stuff. Never used BSD, but they run fine with every bit of hardware I've stuck in them (had some success with a crazy 2 PCI wifi + USB 3G setup under Linux).
It doesn't even sound like OpenBSD supports 802.11n, so I guess I will be using Linux. I appreciate OpenBSD's slower pace in most cases, but this is one of those times it's not acceptable (for me.) So far PC Engines does look like the winner.
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Can someone recommend a good platform on which to run OpenBSD which will consume the lowest possible power and let me run a Wireless-G and a Wireless-N NIC in master mode at the same time? I also need 100baseT[x]. Ideally it would run from fairly broad DC power (8-18VDC). I want to spend minimal money :) So far in the running are PC Engines, Mikrotik, and Soekris, in my current order of preference from most to least. I'm willing to have my mind changed, though. SD, USB, or CF storage, I don't care.
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You can run OpenBSD on a PC Engine [wikipedia.org]? Awesome!
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I guessed as much, which is why I asked. It's pretty easy to do with Linux if you buy the right hardware, and if I don't get any good replies I will try one or two other places and then just do it with Linux, for which I don't require any hand-holding because several companies are intelligent enough to sell me what I want.
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+1 for the PC Engines stuff. Never used BSD, but they run fine with every bit of hardware I've stuck in them (had some success with a crazy 2 PCI wifi + USB 3G setup under Linux).
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It doesn't even sound like OpenBSD supports 802.11n, so I guess I will be using Linux. I appreciate OpenBSD's slower pace in most cases, but this is one of those times it's not acceptable (for me.) So far PC Engines does look like the winner.