On 29 Aug, 2014, at 8:11 pm, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 09:57:26AM -0700, Aaron Wood wrote: >> It looks like it's definitely time for a new router platform (for me). > > Everyone's needs are different, of course, but I've found that having a dual > HTPC+router (in the form of a simple little Atom box) works well for me. > As a bonus, you'll never again need to worry about storage space, RAM, > or any other embedded Linux crap; you can just run your favorite distro and > be happy. :-)
That's basically what I do, only it's an old PowerBook G4. The built-in Ethernet port happens to support GigE, and a second Ethernet port is added via the PCMCIA slot. For a wireless AP, though, I punt on trying to make a client-oriented card do it, and use an Airport Extreme Base Station as a dedicated 802.11n bridge. I haven't yet got around to checking how much data that lot can really push. I should. I suspect it might depend on how solidly the GigE chip is attached to the rest of the machine - probably by plain PCI, not PCIe. Incidentally, that's a good marker of just how long 802.11n has been around. My MBP and that Base Station, which I bought more-or-less together, both date from 2007. - Jonathan Morton _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
