[NTLUG:Discuss] Network hardware for Ubuntu

[Christopher Cox]

On 09/10/2018 10:45 PM, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Looking for an 8-port bare metal platform to run Ubuntu on as a firewall/router.  Having difficulty determining what to query for.  Any suggestions for this?  Right now we use an Axiomtek NA-330 but looking for alternatives.

Is there a size constraint?   I mean, you can do a lot with a good ole 1U server 
and most will come now with 2 to 4 onboard 1Gbit NICs, you could add 8 more 
(total of 10 to 12).  If that's an option.