How about something like the <a href="http://www.logicsupply.com/products/jbc372f36w" target="_blank">Jetway JBC372F36</a> ?<div><br>-Atom N2600 (new) CedarView CPU: fairly capable + very low wattage (fanless)</div><div>-mini-PCIe card slot (comes populated with a B/G/N-card but that is easily replaced)</div>
<div>-dual gigabit Ethernet ports, USB ports, serial/COM ports</div><div>-rugged industrial design (all metal enclosure) - with (4) antenna holes!</div><div><br></div><div>The <a href="http://www.mindspeed.com/products/cpe-processors/comcertoreg-2000" target="_blank">Comcerto C2200</a> sure does have some wonderful-sounding specs - but for now I couldn't find any available (or even planned) hardware. I realize this Atom unit doesn't satisfy all of the requirements (no hardware RNG, not sure about hooking to advanced interfaces e.g. GPON) but surely this beats a wndr3700 ?</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Luke</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Dave Taht <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave.taht@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I can't remember with whom I was talking to about alternatives to mips<br>
for home router processors, but this is the first new one I've seen in<br>
the arm world that comes close to being one...<br>
<br>
<a href="http://electronicdesign.com/article/digital/dualcore-cortexa9-tackles-communication-gateway-chores-74092" target="_blank">http://electronicdesign.com/article/digital/dualcore-cortexa9-tackles-communication-gateway-chores-74092</a><br>
<br>
Most of the new arms are targetted at the burgeoning handheld markets.<br>
A router has no use for video<br>
and a big use for pci busses and multiple ethernet chips, which the<br>
handheld targetted chips usually don't have...<br>
<br>
All that said, the arm ecosystem appears to be healthier than the mips<br>
ecosystem, overall.<br>
<br>
The marvell kirkwood (dreamplug) is getting long in the tooth, the<br>
octeon is too expensive (and the cool onboard hardware locked away<br>
with binary blobs), the various atheros chipsets I'm aware of a little<br>
too weak, the broadcoms a little too proprietary, and perhaps this new<br>
chip from mindspeed would be "just right".<br>
<br>
So... Anyone know about the comcerto 2000, or of anything else out there?<br>
<br>
I figure cerowrt's ar71xx chipset currently has less than 18 months of<br>
market life left to it.<br>
<br>
While I would hope to have finished fixing the home router market by<br>
then, deploying fq_codel, getting ipv6 made default, solving the<br>
naming problems, deploying dnssec, etc and genericall fixing all the<br>
head-ends and the rest of the known internet universe, etc, I'm not<br>
planning on it. :)<br>
<br>
So thinking about what next piece of open, and more powerful hardware<br>
to complete the research/work with is starting to weigh on my mind.<br>
<br>
Big Goals:<br>
<br>
Faster, better, not cheaper<br>
Open source in all core components<br>
802.11ac<br>
Hardware rng<br>
Capable of gigE ipv6 *routing*<br>
Capable of being hooked to various advanced interfaces (gpon, cable, adsl)<br>
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with fq_codel!"<br>
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