[Bloat] fixing bufferbloat in 2017

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen toke at toke.dk
Wed Nov 23 15:37:03 EST 2016


Jonathan Morton <chromatix99 at gmail.com> writes:

>> On 23 Nov, 2016, at 20:46, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>> 
>> Do you need a device that ships with the fixes in it from the factory?
>
> I think this is what we should aim for. That would greatly simplify
> installation for Joe Average, and it could serve as an anchor point in
> the wider industry.
>
> Ideally, it would have official mutual support with LEDE or OpenWRT,
> so that updates to the latter automatically propagate. Even if it
> takes a month between writing a patch and being sure it’s reached
> end-users, that’s still a major improvement over the status quo.

Well, this does actually exist now, in the Turris Omnia. The problem is
the price tag, though... Who is going to pay €300 for a router?

-Toke


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