[Work In Progress] OPNsense Ported into ARM Devices

[franco]

Well if necessary it can do wonders so we don't question utility. The question is rather about versatility and how to effectively replace "cheap plastic" routers.

You can even torture RPI2 it with Suricata if you dare. :>


Cheers,
Franco

[orangana]

Can someone tell if the raspberry pi 2 image also works on the raspberry pi 3? And is wifi working?

And really great that it finally happens! Opnsense on arm just makes sense! 

[NetGobbler]

Based on the discussions in this thread, I recommend you just wait.  It is possible we may see a 'proper' image released in the coming 6 to 12 months (?) if I understand correctly.

You'll also be better off, buying a USB network card, that's supported by the Pi.
Just wait, this may take off, in time.

[mimugmail]

RPI3 is not compatible to RPI2, sorry.

[orangana]

I'm waiting already a couple of years... one more... one less isn't that hard

But even with a usb network card the raspberry will still be the shitiest thing for networking (all 4 usb and the internal mac shared in one(!) physical usb hub). For i/o - specially for network this is probably the worst case design flaw. Even a $10 orange pi one with a allwinner h3 is kicking the raspberries away in terms of network throughput simply because the ethernet and usb port's are not shared. Sadly it looks like there is no future for the h3 boards with opnsense 

[tsgan]

I'm waiting already a couple of years... one more... one less isn't that hard

But even with a usb network card the raspberry will still be the shitiest thing for networking (all 4 usb and the internal mac shared in one(!) physical usb hub). For i/o - specially for network this is probably the worst case design flaw. Even a $10 orange pi one with a allwinner h3 is kicking the raspberries away in terms of network throughput simply because the ethernet and usb port's are not shared. Sadly it looks like there is no future for the h3 boards with opnsense 

check out nanopi-r1, RPI0,1,2,3 is not a really for router/firewall.

[orangana]

check out nanopi-r1, RPI0,1,2,3 is not a really for router/firewall.

Thank's for the tip. I have already a good collection of devices and was hoping to get one of mine supported. I have a orange pi one and a orange pi pc which share the same soc as the nano pi r1 (allwinner h3). With a added usb network card they are ready to rumble... when opnsense is ready - it shouldn't be that hard as their is already a image for the h3 soc

[chemlud]

Good news!

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1560/1473/files/Inside_Raspberry_Pi_4.pdf?2142

...but how long will it take till the support will reach BSD? :-(

[mimugmail]

FreeBSD 12 should be aware of it ...
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12184

[chemlud]

The CPU at least, but there is some more work to do I guess?

[bobbythomas]

Good news!

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1560/1473/files/Inside_Raspberry_Pi_4.pdf?2142

...but how long will it take till the support will reach BSD? :-(

I have ordered this one and I should expect it by this week or next. Since RPI 4 is here with better Specs (Cortex A72 ARM-V8, Gigabit Ethernet, LPDDR4, USB3, Wifi AC) this should be ideal to run OPNsense and FreeBSD. Can we expect some development for this board soon?

[Wiggles]

I'm excited to see if this 4th gen will be the answer to a super budget home firewall.

[chemlud]

I have ordered this one and I should expect it by this week or next. Since RPI 4 is here with better Specs (Cortex A72 ARM-V8, Gigabit Ethernet, LPDDR4, USB3, Wifi AC) this should be ideal to run OPNsense and FreeBSD. Can we expect some development for this board soon?

Have a look at raspi 3, there is no working BSD-sense image yet, as the hardware is not really supported by the OS yet. Assume the same to happen for raspi 4...

[bobbythomas]

I have ordered this one and I should expect it by this week or next. Since RPI 4 is here with better Specs (Cortex A72 ARM-V8, Gigabit Ethernet, LPDDR4, USB3, Wifi AC) this should be ideal to run OPNsense and FreeBSD. Can we expect some development for this board soon?

Have a look at raspi 3, there is no working BSD-sense image yet, as the hardware is not really supported by the OS yet. Assume the same to happen for raspi 4...

I think we would see more development for this little guy as it is one of the best hardware released by RPI team.

[NetGobbler]

It's not that simple ,they need to fully port BSD to Arm or something, then Hardened BSD needs to import the code and eventually make their own hardened BSD 12 that's truly Pi compatible, then, finally the opensense folk will have a stable base to work with.

That's my understanding, they're slowly getting there.    I still think maybe in 2020 sometime you can buy a $35 Pi 4.0 and a $10 USB network card and end up with it working well. (assuming 1GB is fine?)