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What he's saying is that you can make custom hardware that's fast enough so you don't need any buffering.
by adestefan 16y ago
What he's saying is that you can make custom hardware that's fast enough so you don't need any buffering.
- smutticus 16y agoThat's right. But this hasn't trickled down to the consumer market yet. Maybe there is a market for a pro-sumer home router or cable modem? It would cost more than your typical Best Buy Netgear or whatever. But it would implement L3 forwarding in hardware and have advanced congestion control and QOS. My guess is the market research has been done and consumer router manufacturers have determined that not enough consumers are willing to pay for things they don't understand.
- wmf 16y agoNo. In any router with different-speed interfaces, buffering is necessary on the slow interface. On any router with more than two ports, buffering is needed to absorb possible congestion.