Hi Alex: I appreciate your opinions regarding both the hardware and software requirements. I too wish I could get my hands on a 2-4port SBC. The utilite tries to play into the set top/nettop market and be more of a general purpose computer. Their version 2 system, has dropped the second GigE port. I should perhaps look again at the various routers being mentioned in these forums, I'd be interested in knowing if they have unique hardware ports or use software to create virtual LANs. The WLAN-WLAN, WLAN-LAN traffic is something I need to reconsider. Most of my need to create an isolated WLAN has to do with my create a "safe" gaming zone for my kid and his friends and still keeping our LAN access tightly controlled/filtered. I guess if I treat the WLAN as its own zone, then I should think about hardware that would support good WLAN-WLAN traffic. Good point. Thanks!! Peter On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 22:00:57 Alex Pilon <alp [ at ] alexpilon [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > > 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 >