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I thought I'd post this since other people might find it useful—especially for quick testing purposes, as you can get a little hardware router up and running pr
by geerlingguy 5y ago
I thought I'd post this since other people might find it useful—especially for quick testing purposes, as you can get a little hardware router up and running pretty quickly, and so far in my testing the Pi 4 model B can put through at least 750-800 Mbps with no sweat, and the Compute Module 4 can do 940+ Mbps assuming you use a PCI Express NIC instead of using a USB 3.0-to-Gigabit NIC.
I had to do this as part of my testing of two new Compute Module 4-based router boards, both of which may make some decent low-cost and tiny Gigabit routers / firewalls / VPN appliances, depending on your needs.
- folkhack 5y agoSuper interested in what boards you are using and/or if they're custom! Would love to have a Pi 4 based home router with the 2nd NIC on the PCIe bus.
- mjcarden 5y agoJeff has published much about his Pi adventures. Some examples: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/ https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com/ https://github.com/geerlingguy https://github.com/geerlingguy
- folkhack 5y agoOh holy cow. It's that guy ha. Will dig deeper - thanks for the links!
- geerlingguy 5y agoThe two I'm currently testing are Seeed Studio's router board and DFRobot's as well.
- folkhack 5y agoJust got the order in for the Seeed Studio board. I'm sure I have a good wait time with shipping but looking forward to replacing some Ubiquiti gear after their drama. Thanks for the reply as it totally inspired me to build my own router like it's 2003 =)
- rocky1138 5y agoI use a similar method to share Internet with my Tandy 1000 via an old laptop I've used as a server for years. LAN via Ethernet coming in, network forwarding via iptables, and serial null modem cable to the Tandy. Unfortunately, I don't get anywhere near 750-800 Mbps but 6 Kbps :)
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y agoYou should take a look at serial-to-ethernet converters like the USR-TCP232-T2. I use one with my VIC-20 to telnet into BBSs. Uses a modified AT command set, so you can actually control it a bit like a modem. Picked it up for $10 off eBay a few years back.
- rocky1138 5y agoHey, thanks! I might actually use this for another project.
- tssva 5y agoFor about 10 months my home router has been a Pi4 running Ubuntu 20.04. I use a realtek based USB 3.0 to gigabit Ethernet adapter. With the Pi4 overclocked to 2Ghz I get around 930Mbs. The router is located inside a distribution panel in an unconditioned garage. It has been rock solid with only a $10 generic case with fan ordered off eBay to protect it.
- ponyfleisch 5y agoHi Jeff Did you get 750-800 out of the box with a Pi4 and USB ethernet? Asking because mine was around 300 and needed some manual tweaking (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27231705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27231705)