[SGVLUG] Current Raspberry Pi info

[Jeff Carlson]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 06:38:24PM -0700, Dustin Laurence wrote:
> I'm thinking I need a Pi as an energy-efficient little server; it seems
> one should be more than enough computer to run squid and dnsmasq.  I'd
> be tempted to make it the gateway as well, but I don't see any native
> dual-headed Pi's.  I'm sure this has been done before--is the standard
> solution to use a USB ethernet adapter, to find a third-party add-on
> board, or to not use a Pi for a gateway?

Although at this point the RPi3 has been ruled out, you might be
interested in the BananaPi R1, which I believe is software compatible
with the RPi.  The R1 is specifically a "router" board.  I don't know
if it shares the same shared-with-USB architecture the RPi has.  But
it has built in WiFi (and this was released long before the Pi3) and
an additional four ethernet ports (and all five are gigabit) that make
it look like the guts of any home WiFi router.

So I guess these are the questions.  If the ethernet ports share the
bandwidth with USB, do they perform at actual gigabit speeds?  Are the
four LAN ports on the same bus so their bandwidth is shared?

The SATA port and micro-SD make it more interesting than your average
off-the-shelf home router.  I'm curious if any others have thought
about this one.
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