[TriLUG] OT: Wired Gigabit Router Postscript, or Post Mortem...

[Lee Fickenscher via TriLUG]

Steve,
Thanks for pointing that out. I had completely missed that.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Steve Pinkham <steve.pinkham at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 10/27/2015 10:42 AM, Lee Fickenscher via TriLUG wrote:
> > Very cool. Glad to here you finally got it going.
> > I still have it sitting in a wish list along with this:
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KVF7S40
> >
> > Which, while significantly more expensive, seems to offer the same
> > functionality and adds 10G and a load of ports.
> >
> > Weighing my needs and options...
>
> Those are one of the cheapest ways to get a couple 10g switch ports, but
> make sure you check out the routing speeds at the bottom of the page:
>
> http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN
>
> Those are best case marketing numbers and still slower than home routers
> from 10 years ago. In terms of routing it's orders of magnitude slower
> than the ERL, and won't stand up to Time Warner MAXX let alone google
> fiber.  It's quite a bit slower then their $49 routers as well: It's
> best thought of as a switch that can route if it *really* has to.
>
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