I’m the proud owner of a new Soekris net5501. This is a low power SBC (Single Board Computer) that I intend to use as a:

• router,
• firewall,
• name server,
• wireless access point,
• VPN end-point,
• PBX,
• SMTP server,
• IMAP server,
• NTP server,
• file server (both NFS and SMB),
• UPS monitor,
• print server,
• database server, and
• source control server

for my home network. My preferred operating system is FreeBSD and I’m installing the most recent stable release – 7.2.

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