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I guess the primary benefit of using something like Edgerouter Lite[1] is that you get an efficient router for half the price (perhaps even less). [1] Availabl
by cpach 10y ago
I guess the primary benefit of using something like Edgerouter Lite[1] is that you get an efficient router for half the price (perhaps even less).
[1] Available e.g. here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0XP-000A-00001 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0XP-000A-000...
- pyvpx 10y agoit's efficient because the fast path is a very closed-source binary blob running on the hardware. anything the binary blob doesn't support, is going to be "software switched" as it is commonly called.
- cpach 10y agoYep. Does anyone know if there are fully open source solutions that can compare to the performance/price of Edgerouter & Co?
- narrowrail 10y agoWell, you could put Gentoo on your ERL-3: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3
- rufius 10y agoMy understanding is without the binary blob, no. That's where the magic happens.
- fnj 10y agoYes, it's a valid option, but it's opaque closed source, and dumbed down with GUI crap for the clueless.
- lightbulbjim 10y agoNope, EdgeOS is a fork of VyOS, based on Debian. There is a GUI, but there's also a CLI which exposes a lot more functionality. You can even install standard Debian packages via Apt. See https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/categories/200321064-EdgeMAX https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/categories/200321064-EdgeMAX
- rnhmjoj 10y agoWith the hardware acceleration for packets routing it probably outperforms a custom-built PC.
- cpach 10y agoExactly my point.
- wtallis 10y agoIt'll outperform a low-end PC on really simple and dumb benchmarks. But in the real world, routers should usually be doing active queue management and often traffic shaping. Good luck getting the hardware offloads to do any intelligent packet processing like that.