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Is there any decent router software that will run on ARM? 2x2.5 Gbe is tempting for that price.
by COGlory 2y ago
Is there any decent router software that will run on ARM? 2x2.5 Gbe is tempting for that price.
- ftth_finland 2y agoWhy bother when you can get a complete X86 mini pc for less? Just pick up an N100 with 4x2.5G ports.
- rcarmo 2y agoIt depends. I am also testing N100 (and N97) machines, but for other reasons. Pricing will vary a lot depending on the number of interfaces, case, etc.
- 15155 2y agoIn every one of these threads: "why not a NUC!!?!!" If you ever hope to deploy a bespoke board with whatever SOC you're using on it, you will never select an Intel or AMD chip. The level of supporting componentry is an order of magnitude more expensive, difficult to obtain, and not publicly documented. You could spin an RK3399, RK3566, RK3568, RK3588 board today with nothing more than the SOC and potentially the accompanying PMIC (most of these SOCs and blessed PMICs have mainline Linux support): you cannot do this with the x86 chips.
- rcarmo 2y agoMost of the RK3588 boards I test support OpenWRT, and some are purpose-built for it.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoIt's not that hard to manually make it a router by setting some sysctls and iptables rules.