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OpenBSD Router Guide

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Re: OpenBSD Router Guide

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Post by Quequau »

I have an old Soekris Net6501 which I would love to use OpenBSD on. However, they don't have any support for the Sierra WWAN modem I have.

Unfortunately these days finding an alternative Linux distro which supports an installation process which uses the serial terminal interface is really, really hard these days. So the device sits unused in one of my desk drawers.

Re: OpenBSD Router Guide

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Post by bartvanH »

Quequau wrote: post #2

I have an old Soekris Net6501 which I would love to use OpenBSD on. However, they don't have any support for the Sierra WWAN modem I have. Unfortunately these days finding an alternative Linux distro which supports an installation process which uses the serial terminal interface is really, really hard these days. So the device sits unused in one of my desk drawers.

I don't know the specifics of the Net6501, but can't you do a foreign debootstrap where you let debootstrap copy all files on a machine that is already installed, then boot it up on the Soekris itself and let it do the rest of its install work over the serial connection?

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Post by efortis »

BrawnLongHaul wrote: post #4

Looks like a good article to follow. Anyone has recommendations on a small form factor board to get for this project? It appears that the ASRock Mini ITX board in the article is no longer available?

Check out the PC Engines APU2. They work very well with OpenBSD. I've been using them for ~8 years.

I'm not sure how they would handle a gigabit. I have 250Mbps and I get 248Mbps with a dozen firewall rules.

Re: OpenBSD Router Guide

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Post by nix23 »

Quequau wrote: post #2

I have an old Soekris Net6501 which I would love to use OpenBSD on. However, they don't have any support for the Sierra WWAN modem I have. Unfortunately these days finding an alternative Linux distro which supports an installation process which uses the serial terminal interface is really, really hard these days. So the device sits unused in one of my desk drawers.

PFsense that's whats running on my Net6501.

Re: OpenBSD Router Guide

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Post by SpaceInvader »

BrawnLongHaul wrote: post #4

Looks like a good article to follow. Anyone has recommendations on a small form factor board to get for this project? It appears that the ASRock Mini ITX board in the article is no longer available?

Any other ASRock Mini ITX board will do. I'm running FreeBSD router on J3455M, works flawlessly.

Re: OpenBSD Router Guide

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Post by acd »

BrawnLongHaul wrote: post #4

Looks like a good article to follow. Anyone has recommendations on a small form factor board to get for this project? It appears that the ASRock Mini ITX board in the article is no longer available?

Pc engines boards are suitable as routers.
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