What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC

Posted by chrodobert on Sunday October 22, 2017 @02:44AM
from the self-post dept.

I am looking for a cheap SBC with two switched Ethernet ports for a network device project. It is incredible how rare SBCs that have just two Ethernet ports (without a kitchen sink of other stuff) are.

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by nbernard on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:44AM (#15530980)

I'm not sure about "good", but for "cheap" take a look at the Orange Pi R1:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Orange-Pi-R1-H2-256...

http://www.orangepi.org/OrangePiR1/

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by tga on Sunday October 22, 2017 @04:52AM (#15525797)

As far as I know, OpenBSD is supported[1] on Ubiquiti EdgeRouters[2].

Depending on what you need, a readily available appliance at a reasonable price (~$100) might even be better than just a SBC.

[1] https://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html

[2] https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by weinzierl on Sunday October 22, 2017 @02:58AM (#15525533)

The fli4l community looked into different options and I have heard they often use ALIX boards[2] with up to three ethernet ports.

[1] http://www.fli4l.de/en/home/whats-that-fli4l/

[2] http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by jlgaddis on Sunday October 22, 2017 @08:09AM (#15526437)

Yep, I can vouch for the pcengines boards.

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by chrodobert on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:11PM (#15555084)

I have experience with PC engines boards in the past. They are good quality but the price is about 5 times what I am looking for, e.g. something about $20-30 to build a competitive network appliance with.

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by chrodobert on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @07:12PM (#15555091)

I am looking for something about $20 to $30 per unit.

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by jtchang on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:57AM (#15531011)

What is an SBC?

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Re:What is a good cheap 2 ethernet port SBC by jtchang on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:57AM (#15531016)

Oh nevermind single board computer.

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