ARM Support?
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I would LOVE to buy one of these from SolidRun, but I'd rather run pfSense on it rather than some linux distro.
See here: https://www.solid-run.com/product/clearfog-base/I have heard that the pfSense Team will never port to ARM.
Is there any way to convince them otherwise?
Point in-fact I have three of that exact board on order. So I don't know where you heard that, but it's bullshit, and you definitely didn't hear it from us.
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After they made the cubox to cater to openelec and Kodi, I suggested that they sell something that would cater to OpenWRT and this is the result. I never dreamed it would run pfsense too. I hope this leads to good things.
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Well I have a SolidRun Hummingboard i4Pro which has "gigabit ethernet" that only manages 320megabit. so I wouldn't get too excited about these.
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There are plenty of places where sub-gigabit-capable hardware is appropriate. Just as there are plenty of places where paying for gigabit-capable hardware is a complete waste of money. Kind of like building the "ultimate gaming rig" for grandma so she can check her AOL when a NUC (or maybe even a minnowboard turbot) would be perfectly adequate.
Anything over 100M requires gig-e ports. Just because it has gig-e ports but cannot firewall at gig-e speed does not make it disappointing or defective or undesirable if it is the right tool - at the right price - for the job at-hand.
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The cost difference between a 100 and 1000 port looks to only be a couple bucks, hard to justify the slower port unless there is no chance your device could make any use of speeds over 100M.
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Any updates on this? :)
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Any updates on this? :)
Why should there be an update, while pfSense 2.4 is still in pre-alpha?
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Any updates on this? :)
Why should there be an update, while pfSense 2.4 is still in pre-alpha?
Because people are excited about it, myself included.
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Any updates on this? :)
Why should there be an update, while pfSense 2.4 is still in pre-alpha?
Because people are excited about it, myself included.
Exactly! I can't wait… as long as they can handle Gig internet I found the perfect solution! :)
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The cost difference between a 100 and 1000 port looks to only be a couple bucks, hard to justify the slower port unless there is no chance your device could make any use of speeds over 100M.
The cost delta between 100M and 1G on the SG-1000 is more than a couple bucks, and the MAC(s) are in the SoC, so they don't factor. Simple fact: gigE takes more power, and tollerances are tighter.
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Well I have a SolidRun Hummingboard i4Pro which has "gigabit ethernet" that only manages 320megabit. so I wouldn't get too excited about these.
@FranciscoFranco…FYI, the Ethernet issue is a known problem on the processor that the SolidRun's Hummingboard is based on, NXP's i.MX6. Check out ERR004512 in the errata document: http://cache.nxp.com/assets/documents/data/en/errata/IMX6DQCE.pdf
It states that there is an internal issue that limits the GigE port to 470Mbps. In the real world limit is closer to 400Mbps and that is heavily optimized, so I would expect less than that in most implementations. I believe this is fixed in subsequent generations of the processor and other families (i.e. i.MX7, i.MX8, QorIQ, LayerScape).
