[ale] Suggestion for ARM box with 3-4+ PCI-based ethernets?

[Raylynn Knight]

For this application you might have better success searching for low power
MIPS based systems than ARM systems.  Look for something that uses the
Cavium Octeon processor.

Ray
 On May 21, 2013 12:25 PM, "Derek Atkins" <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Alers,
>
> I'm looking for something to replace my existing dd-wrt router (or at
> least to separate out my router functionality from my Wifi capability).
> I'm looking for an arm box (I want the very low power use of an ARM),
> but I want ethernet via PCI (or on-chip), not through the USB Bus like
> on many ARM boxes, due to speed requirements.  I'm looking for at least
> 3 10/100/1000 ethernet ports because I want to support multiple WANs,
> some of which might exceed 100mbps.
>
> So, suggestions?  My understanding is that the RPi's ethernet is via
> USB.  Cubieboard is only 10/100.  I haven't looked around at other ARM
> systems.
>
> I'd be willing to use non-ARM if it can get down to the 10-15W power
> profile.  I'd even be willing to swap over to a "real router" if I can
> get the price point down, but last I checked a Cisco of sufficient speed
> and ports would cost me several hundred dollars.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -derek
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