On 1/20/16 8:31 AM, John Klimek wrote: > I'm currently using pfSense on an x86 system and it's working great, but I'd > like to use fq_codel and the upcoming Cake algorithm/system.
There is work going on to finally port this stuff to BSD. > What is considered to be the best firewall software/distribution that will > also be one of the first to support Cake? At the moment cake remains under heavy development. (see the cake mailing list) - but it does work on nearly every form of linux with a little work. More benchmarking/testing is needed before the code can be finalized. it was my hope that "some vendor" - like ubnt, who were the first out the gate with good fq_codel support in their edgerouter series - would be tagging along this time - on cake, and actively tracking and more importantly *financially supporting* the work. No such (visible) luck, except from nlnet. Sigh. Hardwarewise it looks like armada 385 based products are the most open and hackable, so things like the linksys 1200ac and turris omnia will be good choices * in the future *. I still consider the state of the firmware on that chipset to be very immature, but there is a lot of activity on it and it's getting better rapidly. There is a mt76 based board that is looking decent also. > > It sounds like I can use OpenWrt and/or CeroWrt, but I'm unsure about the > quality of the x86 version. CeroWrt, as we knew it, is "dead". Everything in it that was important is in mainline linux now (and openwrt and derivatives). CeroWrt might come to a resurrection of sorts as part of "make-wifi-fast". x86 is not really a primary target for openwrt. Far too many variants - I'd like to know of a good x86 board to use for openwrt, though - the "quality" is there for sure - just have to find a decent embedded x86 board. >Another suggestion I've seen was to use ipFire which supports fq_codel. ipfire is pretty darn good for the x86 market. > > Any suggestions? Is there a "primary" firewall/distribution that Buffer > Bloat recommends? Not in the business of choosing sides. Goal in life is to make this stuff and available default in everything so nobody ever has to think about it anymore. _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat