Good candidate for router+nas ?

[mika91]

Hi,

I’m just wondering if the espressobin is a good candidate to build an all-in-one router + gateway + wifi AP + NAS box.
The ports (sata/LANx2 + WAN) seems to suggest it, but I have doubts about performance and software.

I think the Topaz Switch will not be a bottelneck for net/lan traffic, but will the CPU be fast enough for firewall and routing (home usage)?
And during big file transfer (with samba), there will be enough CPU and bandwith for routing/firewall/traffic?

My needs:

• DHCP server
• WIFI acces point (using pci-e wifi card) or external NETGEAR/D-LINK AccePoint
• Firewall
• USB 4G dongle (or 4G router in bridge mode)
• xDSL modem, connected on the wan port
• router/gateway: possibility to route internet traffic to 4G or xDSL, depending on source IP or destination port
• samba server
• transmisison + sickrage
• TV-Headend server

Is there a mature enough distribution working on the espressobin (debian, ubuntu…) thaht will meet my needs?
Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi Mika

My needs are similar to yours:

WAN connection (xDSL modem, connected on the wan port)
WAN2 connection (backup? USB 4G dongle (or 4G router in bridge mode))

Firewall + IDS + SNORT
DHCP server
router/gateway: possibility to route internet traffic to 4G or xDSL, depending on source IP or destination port

WIFI acces point (using pci-e wifi card) or external AccessPoint
LAN connection

samba / OMV / NAS [b]ligth[/b] server

but not a media/headless server
transmisison + sickrage
TV-Headend server

the reason is that i want to make sure that the prime functions (routing + FW) always work while the secondary functions might flood the connection / CPU.

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