From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp118.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (smtp118.iad3a.emailsrvr.com [173.203.187.118]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 932A53B2A4 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp7.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp7.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 628EC4FEA for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from app62.wa-webapps.iad3a (relay-webapps.rsapps.net [172.27.255.140]) by smtp7.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 58B824FA1 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) X-Sender-Id: MAILER-DAEMON Received: from app62.wa-webapps.iad3a (relay-webapps.rsapps.net [172.27.255.140]) by 0.0.0.0:25 (trex/5.7.12); Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 Received: from reed.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by app62.wa-webapps.iad3a (Postfix) with ESMTP id 475EF6008C for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) Received: by mobile.rackspace.com (Authenticated sender: dpreed@reed.com, from: dpreed@reed.com) with HTTP; Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:04:34 -0500 (EST) From: dpreed@reed.com To: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <1481303074.289913458@mobile.rackspace.com> X-Mailer: mobile/4.0.0 Subject: [Make-wifi-fast] =?iso-8859-1?q?Open_Wifi_ap_with_10_GigE_uplink?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=3F?= X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:04:34 -0000 Just got the new 16 port UBNT 10 GigE managed aggregation switch for my hom= e lab. Amazingly inexpensive! MSRP < $600, Street price potentially lots lo= wer. Just two 8 port chips in the switch, and a little management circuity. I have other uses for this piece of kit in the short term (SDR with gigasa= mple per sec remote ADC and DAC, and a backplane interconnect for my home H= PC cluster, which already uses direct 10 GigE links), but it occurred to me= that we don't have good open AP gear with uplinks above 1 gigabit/sec capa= city, even though the air rates on dual band 802.11ac APs are now higher th= an 1 gig by a lot. So it occurred to me that there should be a way to build inexpensive open 1= 0 GigE APs. The home router market isn't there, but the enterprise market i= s. Anyone have pointers to boards or components smaller than PCIe x8 form fact= or? I am really interested. I suppose it possible that there is open source= IP core for a 10 gig interface on a Xilinx FPGA or something else that cou= ld have a mini-pcie wifi chip for the air interface. Near term, NVmE drives over WiFi would be convenient, since they can consum= e and generate data at comparable rates, and are now dropping to very low c= osts.=20