OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

[seitz at bsd-unix.net (Bryan Seitz)]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 08:23:37PM -0500, Rob Seastrom wrote:
> 
> "Robert Webb" <rwebb at ropeguru.com> writes:
> 
> > What I do not like about the Pi is the network port is on the USB
> > bus and thus limited to USB speeds.??
> 
> Pretty much all of the ARM boards have their ethernet ports on HSIC
> channels (480mbit/sec, no-transceiver-phy USB for on-board use -
> maximum length is 10cm).
> 

Agreed the long pole at a small site for DNS won't be the USB bus.  Might I recommend the following:

odroid-c1 + eMMC module + RTC battery + case + power adapter.  Should run you about $75 *AND*
wouldn't be bad for running NTP as well.

The gig-e port on the C1 has been observed to push 405Mbps TX and 940Mbps+ RX via iperf.

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Bryan G. Seitz