There are loads of cheap commercial SOHO routers out there that run
openWRT or DD-WRT. That is a specialized linux distro which often comes
with OpenVPN, ssh, firewall, etc.

See:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://openwrt.org/


-Pete


On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 13:51 -0800, Robert Csaba Molnar wrote:
> I need to choose a processor for a router (like) box.
>=20
> Here are the requirements:
> -  must run Linux with vpn (OpenVPN), http (Apache?) and possibly ssh (Op=
enSSH)=20
> - 3 PHY interfaces at 10 Mbit/s=20
>=20
> Users will connect to the LAN through a secured VPN, and there will be at=
 most 10 users. Traffic will be limited to 10 Mbit/s even if the MAC+PHY is=
 capable of more.
> It is required to keep response times below 10 ms at all times.
>=20
> Since I do not have any experience in this field, I  ask your opinion on =
this subject. What would be a good micro-controller and mac+phy choice?=20
> Shoudl I opt for something that has 3 different MAC's or for something wi=
th 1 MAC and a switch chip with VLAN support (will this be enough?).=20
>=20
> Qlwo what is more suitable for this task? ARM based, MIPS,  PowerPC or so=
me other micro? Personally i lean towards MIPS, tends to perform better in =
case of such tasks and from what I've learned is more Linux friendly.
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> Let's say I go with MIPS, will a 24KEc at 480 Mhz be enough or do I need =
something more powerful?=20
>=20
> Any help is much appreciated.
>=20
> Robert


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