Micro Routers (Was:Raspberry PI (as router))

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:56:09PM -0400, Scott Sullivan wrote:
> If your already running down that road, why not just add the second
> port with a USB to Ethernet adapter. I have two points for this:

They suck.  That's why.  USB (other than 3.0) is highly CPU intensive
and certainly my past experience with USB ethernet adapters is that they
are just too slow and unreliable to bother with.

> 1) Your never going to drive any local DSL or Cable Service hard
> enough to exceed the USB bandwidth.
> 2) The Rpi's on board Ethernet is already so there nothing extra to
> complain about a performance hit. (the phy is actually a
> ethernet/USB hub combo chip which is why the Model B has two USB
> ports over the Model A).
> 
> But, if you wanted to got this route I'd actually recommend the
> TP-Link TL-MR3020. 400Mhz MIPS, OpenWRT supported, Wired and
> Wireless-N connectivity and a USB port all for $40.
> 
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_690&item_id=047186
> 
> Just throw a USB to Ethernet adapter on the USB port and you have
> your micro router ready to go today. A handful of us have been
> experimenting with them at the Hacklab and are finding them to be
> very functional.

They are nothing like real network ports when it comes to efficiency
and performance.

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Len Sorensen
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