On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 3:18 PM Nathan Owens wrote: > Isn't that what CZnic has done with the Turris router? > > https://www.turris.com/en/mox/overview/ > > I hadn't seen the Mox, that is clever. The downside is the price, and that they're hard to get outside Europe. > On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 1:08 PM Jonathan Bennett < > jonathanbennett@hackaday.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> The Compute Module 4 exposes the same integrated Ethernet port, and a >>> PCIe lane in place of the USB 3 chipset (the latter being attached to >>> the former in the standard Pi 4B). This obviously allows attaching at >>> least one real GigE port (with a free choice of PCIe-based chipset) at >>> full line rate, without the intermediate step of USB. I think it >>> would be reasonable to include a small Ethernet switch downstream of >>> this, matching the connectivity of typical CPE on the LAN side. If a >>> PCIe switch is inserted, then a choice of Mini-PCIe Wifi cards can be >>> installed, with cables running to the normal array of external >>> antennae, sidestepping the problem of USB Wifi dongles. >>> >> >> I would hype the heck out of a router-style carrier board. I'd even buy >> a bunch myself, for that matter. I used to make good money by putting >> OpenWRT on cheap routers for small businesses. >> >> I've had good success chatting with Eben about Hackaday articles. If this >> were to become more than a pipe dream, we could reach out to him, to see if >> the Pi Foundation had any interest in backing a Pi router carrier board >> that beats bufferbloat. >> >> --Jonathan Bennett >> _______________________________________________ >> Starlink mailing list >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >> >