input wanted regarding choice of hw for home wireless ap

Lars Engels lars.engels at 0x20.net
Mon May 4 14:07:11 UTC 2015


On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 09:09:24PM +0000, Nathaniel Goodman wrote:
> Hope this is the right list to pose the question;
> 
> I am on the market for a low-cost, low-power arm device to run FreeBSD (preferably, not -current) on. Its sole function will be acting as a wireless ap/pf firewall for a small network.
> 
> Now, I am new to this area, having only run FreeBSD on a rpi 1 some months ago.
> 
> FreeBSD, barring some unforeseen limitation, is definitely my choice for this project;
> 
> Here are the main points:
> 
> - Gigabit ethernet (wired).
> - Must be able to route at least 30mbps [preferably (much) more].
> - Must run fbsd 10 [I realize arm is not tier 1] and do so in a stable manner.
> - Under $200.
> 
> Would any of the members be able to contribute some expertise given the scenario described above?

That one maybe? (MIPS based)
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TPLink-TL-WDR3600
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