Hardware recommendations for small and energy efficient Gateway

[Christoph Harder]

Hello Dustin,

looks like this is in the category I was planning to buy, I'll have a closer look.

Best regards,
Christoph


Am 06.03.2020 um 08:59 schrieb Dustin Marquess:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 1:13 AM Christoph Harder <shadowomf at arcor.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I'm planning to set up multiple Gateways (for routing, as firewall and IPSEC Site-to-Site VPN). Does anyone have recommendations regarding the hardware, especially in regards to power consumption?
>>
>> I would definitly prefer an AMD based solution (the last time I've had an Intel Processor was when MS DOS was still around).
>> Since I plan to use it as Gateways for my parents and family it shouldn't be too expensive (if possible below 300€ for the hole system), while also not increase the electricity bill to much (as you may know electricity in Europe is quite expensive).
>>
>> I've found the Biostar A10N-8800E V6.1 Mainboard with integrated processor. Has anyone ever used it with DragonflyBSD? Can you recommend it and does it work with DragonflyBSD?
>> Do you have any better suggestions?
> 
> Personally, for this stuff, I'm a total fan of the PC Engines
> hardware, they have a few decent models:
> 
> https://pcengines.ch/apu2.htm
> 
> It's small-ish, low power, etc.
> 
> -Dustin
>