Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm router with 3 ports
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:03:51
Message-Id: 1270502111.23757.3.camel@mobile
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] arm router with 3 ports by wireless
1 On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 16:38 -0400, wireless wrote:
2 > Janusz Syrytczyk wrote:
3 >
4 > >>> http://routerboard.com/pricelist.php?started_from_home=1
5 >
6 > > In my local store MikroTik is much cheaper (about 20-30% each) and its just
7 > > here, handy, ready to rock.
8 >
9 > Sorry, nothing wrong with MIPS or PPC, just not what I'm
10 > looking for. ARM is the target architecture......
11 >
12 >
13 > Any ARM processor based suggestions?
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16 Sorry none. There exist no ARM based routers cuz ARM is not an ideal
17 arch for routing. Till recently there were no >1G interfaces most were
18 10/100 and really 10 at that (driver limitations).
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21 I think you will have to design it vs being able to buy it.
22 Good luck.