Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm router with 3 ports

[wireless]

Ed W wrote:

> Just a note, but I got a quote on a bunch of the LannerInc boards and
> they seem quite affordable for what you get.  You need to call them to
> get your own prices, but they seem to run about $300-400 depending on
> board and spec for the Atom devices with lots of network ports.

> Obviously these are quite a lot more power hungry than some ARM device,
> but if you want to filter 8x gig E ports then I wonder if you need
> something a bit more beefy anyway?

> Ed W


Thanks Ed for the info. I use way less than 10 Mbps, so
these boards (atom & GigE)  are overkill. LOW POWER is the
quintessential goal, and I like ARM processors for a variety
of other reasons: cost, many suppliers, most JTAG setups are
excellent, assembler is very cool on ARM, embeddable on SOC
or FPGA, etc, etc.


James