DIY commercial router kit

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Levi

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Router, not a switch guys, unless you guys are lucky enough to have that kind of speed.
 

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Interesting idea for a small form factor router. I like the options on it. They don't mention the LAN chipset. I'm curious to see test results under load both routing and things like VPN.
 

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If you go to the website they have a pro version with 6 switched rj45 ports among other things.
 

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I'm not sure, they said it was based off raspberry pi, so i would expect some options. They said openwrt in the article.
 

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I guess there are different definitions of "telecom-grade" depending on if you live in Astana, Kazakhstan compared to New York or London.

How are the Gig E ports configured? Many of the cheap ARM boards have them going through USB.
 
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I guess there are different definitions of "telecom-grade" depending on if you live in Astana, Kazakhstan compared to New York or London.

How are the Gig E ports configured? Many of the cheap ARM boards have them going through USB.

I'll not sure where telecom grade came from? By commercial I was referring to how it was designed and manufactured.

As far as info for the device I have no clue. Posted the link so interested people could do research for them selves.
 

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@Levi it is mentioned multiple times in the venture beat article.

Then again, you can't expect much from journalists.
 

Levi

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@Levi it is mentioned multiple times in the venture beat article.

Then again, you can't expect much from journalists.
Lol yeah they out of touch with reality then.

I didn't read the article, looked at the pictures, clicked through to the manufacturers site to find the white pages.

I like it because I've seen mini PCs out route average consumer grade hardware. I'll try to find the comparison article. So I thought this would have really great potential for something at the house.
 

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I guess there are different definitions of "telecom-grade" depending on if you live in Astana, Kazakhstan compared to New York or London.

How are the Gig E ports configured? Many of the cheap ARM boards have them going through USB.
They look like they're right to the soc no usb involved
 

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I finally got around to buying this. I bought the Pro versions and am going to see if I can get vayallaos to run on it. I'll be sure to post once I receive and it hopefully get it running.
 
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I will be curious to see how it works for you @dicecca112
Similar to the routerboard type of mini-router/switch on a single PCB but with the Armada A38x base fr a faster CPU.

Armada 38x · MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/main Wiki · GitHub
the SoC they used has 3 Gig ports on the chip itself, which would correspond to the 2 copper and one SFP port on the "ClearFog Base" version and the switch is hung off of one of the 3 SoC ports in the "Pro" version.

The SoC can do 2.5Gb Ethernet as well, don't know if the rest of the board is built to support it however Marvell - Embedded Processors - ARMADA 38x