[NTLUG:Discuss] Network hardware for Ubuntu

[Leroy Tennison]

Thanks for the reply, however, the current platform is using an Atom D525 @ 1.8GHz so performance isn't exactly what is needed...



-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Cox <cjcox at acm.org>
To: discuss <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2018 10:25 pm
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Network hardware for Ubuntu

On 09/11/2018 10:19 PM, Christopher Cox wrote:
> On 09/10/2018 10:45 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>> Looking for an 8-port bare metal platform to run Ubuntu on as a
>> firewall/router.  Having difficulty determining what to query for.  Any
>> suggestions for this?  Right now we use an Axiomtek NA-330 but looking for
>> alternatives.
>
> Is there a size constraint?   I mean, you can do a lot with a good ole 1U server
> and most will come now with 2 to 4 onboard 1Gbit NICs, you could add 8 more
> (total of 10 to 12).  If that's an option.

If you have the money and want something really fast and quiet and small: 
http://airtop-pc.com/product/airtop-s/


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