[TriLUG] Build a Homebrew Linux Router?

[David Both via TriLUG]

I do not find performance to be an issue in my environment. I have two 
Raspberry Pi's I am using as router/firewall combos. One is a 2B and the 
other is a 3B. My home office network is not very large, but I do have 
large file transfers pretty regularly, including multi-GB ISO images. 
The limiting factor for me is the 15Mb down and 2Gb up of my TWBC 
connection. I notice no difference in transfer times from when I was 
using a tower PC with dual Gb NICs for my router/firewalls. In addition 
to my casual observations, have used speedtest-cli to verify this with 
repeatable and measurable observations.

Now when I convert to Google Fiber, I will have to do something else in 
order to utilize the full bandwidth. ;-)



On 06/14/2016 12:21 PM, Michael Marley via TriLUG wrote:
> Just as a word of caution, RasPis tend to make pretty awful routers.
> This is mainly due to the fact that the Ethernet chip is a 100Mbps
> device attached to USB2 and any additional Ethernet devices must also
> attach to the same USB2 bus.  On at least the RasPi 1 and 2, this bus is
> additionally limited to about 60Mbps of total bandwidth.  Combine this
> with the fact that the Internet traffic must both enter and leave the
> device across the USB interface and these limitations make it an
> acceptable router only for extremely slow Internet connections.
>
> Michael
>
> On 2016-06-14 11:54, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> I wonder if we could tie in "homebrew router" into July 14 RPi Talks?
>>
>> This would be ideal because we are planning a hack day RPi install fest at
>> SplatSpace afterwards. It would be a good time to make homebrew RPi
>> routers.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jeremy Davis
>> @jeremydavis0_0
>> www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/ [1]
>> www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com [2]
>   
>
> Links:
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> [1] http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydavisprofile/
> [2] http://www.trianglecareerdevelopment.com

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