hi
The Banana Pi R3 can be an alernative for PC Engines APU but,
sadly , no support by openbsd , just linux.
https://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-R3
Holger
On 28.09.22 16:27, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using PC Engines for years. I have many of them. I want to buy more,
> but they are not available on their main web site. I'm still planning to
> buy them the moment they will show up on https://www.pcengines.ch/order.htm
>
> However, after many weeks of waiting, I finally reached a point, when I
> need to look for alternatives, as few of my hobbyist projects and plans
> are on-hold for too long.
>
> I'm looking for something similar like PC Engines APU board. Preferably
> 4 network cards, 4GB of RAM, low power consumption, no graphic card,
> serial console access, suitable for wired and Wi-Fi and/or LTE router,
> based on OpenBSD.
>
> To give you an example, I have or had in the past, PC Engines with
> OpenBSD as:
>
> - plain simple Ethernet router
> - fiber + Ethernet router
> - Wi-Fi access point via Ethernet uplink
> - Wi-Fi access point via LTE modem uplink
> - WireGuard, OpenVPN endpoint
> - DNS, DHCP, TFTP and PXE server
> - print server and scanner via CUPS and SANE
> - HTTP server, plus some automation daemons
>
> Very typical stuff, nothing unusual I would say. I usually duplicate
> above setups in various locations, like family house, relatives, and my
> own place, but.. I run out of simple and reliable hardware to run it on,
> hence this post. I don't want to run full blown PC, because of
> electricity consumption and graphic card. In case of kernel panic() I
> want to have a system with serial console, by design on motherboard,
> not something additional.
>
> From architecture perspective I think most practical is amd64, but maybe
> well supported arm64 would do. If you want to put RPi in the picture, I
> don't think about it, as it has only one Ethernet interface.
>
> PS: Please CC me in any replies.
>
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