The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch

"After finally reaching the tipping point with off-the-shelf solutions that can't match increasing speeds available, we recently took the plunge. Building a homebrew router turned out to be a better proposition than we could've ever imagined. With nearly any speed metric we analyzed, our little DIY kit outpaced routers whether they were of the $90- or $250-variety." -- source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/the-ars-guide-to-building-a-linux-rou... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:50:17 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
"With nearly any speed metric we analyzed, our little DIY kit outpaced routers whether they were of the $90- or $250-variety."
-- source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/the-ars-guide-to-building-a-linux-rou...
In terms of router performance this may be true, but I read somewhere that, for wireless access points, plug-in cards couldn’t hold a candle to separate wireless boxes.
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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Peter Reutemann