Hi,

I'm looking for a cheap device which supports Kamikaze with Kernel 2.6.x and that can do 100MBit throughput(!) with NAT. WLAN is not required.

Any recommendations?

alix1b is a good and cheap choice.  there are many others perhaps.

Well, this looks like a good board for an embedded PC, but seems to be overkill for my application. VGA? IDE? 256MB RAM? I just want a simple NAT Gateway... OK, not that simple, it should be able to route at least 100MBit/s (this is the main problem, the table of hardware on the OpenWrt site shows many possible devices, but not the throughputs they achieve) and Kamikaze should run on it. Two onboard Ethernet ports instead of only one would also be nice, so that i don't have to use an add-on card.

So... any more suggestions?

(Last edited by zocker on 16 Jun 2007, 11:55)

Gateworks Avila boards should do the trick for you.  They are known for their speed. 

The 2348-2 and 2348-4 both have two Ethernet ports.   Both run Kamikaze.   Cheap is a relative term, so I don't know if their price fits your bill.   They start at $180 USD.

The GW2348-4 is beyond my budget, but the GW2348-2 may be an option. Can you (or someone else) confirm that this has enough power for 100Mbit routing? Any benchmarks?

http://pcengines.ch/alix2a.htm
This is the same as the alix board above but without the vga audio etc.
I thinks its the best choice for you and best value for money

"In development, availability ~ late summer 2007"

Well, I'm looking for products that can be bought NOW.

Is it really gonna support 100Mbit/s, because sounds like a really piece of hardware..has anyone make a test..?

Regards

If I remember correctly, my Gateway 7001 gets at least 80Mbps throughput.  The key is to look for a device that has multiple physical ethernet controllers.

Stuff like the WRT54GL only has one ethernet port, which gets chopped up into WAN/LAN ports using VLANs on the switch.

(Last edited by pmarks on 28 Sep 2008, 01:27)