"David P. Reed" <dpr...@deepplum.com> writes: > I wonder if an interesting project to design and pitch for CrowdSupply > to fund would be a little board that packages sch_cake or something in > the minimal hardware package that could sit between a 1 GigE symmetric > port and either an asymmetric GigE or a symmetric 1 GigE connection > into a 10 GigE switch. The key point is that it needs to support > wire-rate forwarding with small packets of Gigabit throughput. > Ideally, it also supports a dnsmasq NAT and wireguard optionally. > > I know a Celeron with 2 GB of RAM can easily do it (because that is > what I use). We know (well that's what you guys tell me) that the > dinky MIPS processors are underpowered to handle sch_cake at such > packet rates. The Linksys and Netgear and TP-link guys seem to see no > market at all for any such thing. But I see it as a useful jellybean > device if it could be cheap and simple. > > Could maybe design, produce, and sell this for $100? No one else seems > to want to make such a thing. I could just barely design and implement > the board and get it made, but to be honest I'm better at spec'ing and > prototyping than making manufacturable hardware designs. I suspect I > could find someone to do the PCB design, layout and parts selection as > a project. > > The idea for this hardware "product" is to decouple this buffer > management from the WiFi compatibility and driver mess, and make it > easy for people, maybe to demonstrate that it could be a great > product. Forget designing the packaging, negotiating a sales channel, > etc. Just do what is needed to make a few thousand for the CrowdSupply > market. > > Thoughts?
It's a cool idea, and I'd certainly buy a couple to help the crowdfunding ;) Ideally, it would need to be self-configuring, though... I.e., something like the IQRouter auto-measuring of the upstream bandwidth to tune the shaper. For reference, the GL.iNet routers are tiny and nicely packaged, and run OpenWrt; they do have one with Gbit ports[0], priced around $70. I very much doubt it can actually push a gigabit, though, but I haven't had a chance to test it. However, losing the WiFi, and getting a slightly beefier SoC in there will probably be doable without the price going over $100, no? -Toke [0] https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-ar750s/ _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
