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Looking for a specific board

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Dark Shade

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Hey all. Looking for a specific board to suit the needs for my network. I'm looking to install pfSense on it and use it as my router. The Intel Atom looks to be the best bang for the buck at the moment, however, I've had trouble finding the right one, if it exists yet.

Obviously to act as a router, it needs at least two Ethernet ports, but I also want it to act as a Wireless access point, so the board would either have to have 2x Ethernet ports and I use the PCI slot for a Wireless card, or one Ethernet port and one built-in Wireless card, and use the PCI slot for a second Ethernet card.

So far I've found that a majority of these systems have only one PCI slot and one Ethernet port, which would limit its uses to me. Are there any Atom boards out there that have dual Ethernet (10/100 or 10/100/1000) + 1x PCI slot, or single Ethernet and Wireless built-in + 1x PCI slot? I know that ZOTAC has one with a single Ethernet and Wireless, but it has a PCI-E x16 slot and not a PCI slot.
 
Here are a few options I have found:

Here's a VIA board, should be very sufficient for a router (as most Cisco routers aren't powerful at all on a PC level)
http://www.itxdepot.com/xcart/product.php?productid=1910&cat=44019&page=1

Perhaps this AM2+ board and a cheap Athlon or Sempron or something?
http://www.itxdepot.com/xcart/product.php?productid=1845&cat=44019&page=1

Actually, looking deeper, looks like I found what you're looking for:
http://www.itxdepot.com/xcart/product.php?productid=2090&cat=32140&page=1
 
Yeah it looks great for a router. Probably even an NAS, since it has those four SATA ports.
 
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