> > On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 01:52:23PM -0500, Peter Meyer wrote: > > > Opinions please. I am looking to build/buy something that replaces my > > > existing router/gateway box. > > > On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 12:01:11 Alex Pilon <alp [ at ] alexpilon [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > Why not just stock Linux? On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 06:33:35PM +0000, Peter Meyer wrote: > Stock Linux would be my first choice, but I do want a system that has a > power budget of less than 10 Watts. (This is for home use). Pardon me, I meant software; not disputing the choice of hardware. > The Utilite (http://www.compulab.co.il/utilite-computer/web/utilite-overview) > would be my best best in terms of power and has separate GMII ports. I've been looking for a solid-cased 2-4 port SBC, *without video*, or any extraneous components. Too bad the Utilite is just one more such board. > I can't forsee data ever exceeding 30Mb/s (the anticipated limitation > of DSL in my area). No intra-WLAN, or WLAN-LAN traffic? There was another post that complained about that too. Sure, 802.11 is half-duplex, so you're not losing any more throughput, but LAN-WLAN traffic will take more of a hit than it ought, being both over the same USB bus. > > Use tc (from iproute2) and a few iptables targets used to manage Linux > > QoS. > > The QOS is a nice to have. I've been spoiled by the simple interface > offered by Tomato. I don't know what it does with my QOS classes in the > background. LARTC was written a while back, and isn't too bad of an *introduction* still, as outdated and occasionally faulty as it is. There's also this: http://wiki.linuxwall.info/doku.php/en:ressources:dossiers:networking:traffic_control
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