Router/FW hardware w. low power consumption and low price

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 02:20:58PM -0400, Jarl Stefansson wrote:
> Yesterday some of us were talking about good hardware to run a linux based
> router/fw/etc on and I promised to share the following hardware name/specs
> with the list:
> 
> Ubiquity RouterStation Pro
> Gigabit Ethernet Switch (4 ports, use VLANs to split them up)
> 720/800MHz CPU (Atheros AR7161 MIPS)
> 128MB RAM
> 16MB Flash
> USB 2.0 Support
> 3x mini pci
> $79 USD (without an enclosure or psu, can use PoE or DC 48V)
> http://www.ubnt.com/rspro

Those are rather neat boxes.  Same CPU as the DIR-825 I like (except it
runs 680MHz and has 64MB ram and 8MB flash and comes in a box with a
power supply and wifi).

> At the time I thought it was ARM based but as you can see it's MIPS, however
> if you prefer ARM the following two should fit the bill with 4+ gigabit
> ports at around $100

MIPS is nice too.

> Linksys/Cisco WRT350N v2
> D-Link DIR-665

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