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pyvpx
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A tiny PC as a router
it's efficient because the fast path is a very closed-source binary blob running on the hardware. anything the binary blob doesn't support, is going to be "software switched" as it is commonly called.
cpach
on Oct 4, 2016
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Yep. Does anyone know if there are fully open source solutions that can compare to the performance/price of Edgerouter & Co?
rufius
on Oct 14, 2016
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My understanding is without the binary blob, no. That's where the magic happens.
narrowrail
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Well, you could put Gentoo on your ERL-3:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MIPS/ERLite-3
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