Subj : Re: Cable modem change
To   : Markus Reschke
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sat Dec 03 2016 16:45:00

-=> Markus Reschke wrote to Nicholas Boel <=-

 MR> With OpenWrt you can separate Ethernet ports (if supported by hardware)
 MR> and WLANs, while giving each one its own prefix. This is very useful
 MR> for things like a guest WLAN.

That would be nice.

 NB> be easier to setup different subnets with separate access points or
 NB> routers added to the mix, which would make for a pretty cool project
 NB> with a couple extra Raspberry Pi's.

 MR> The RasPi is a bad choice for a router, since the LAN is actually USB
 MR> based.

Agree, the Pi's I/O performance is poor.  On one occasion, I had to move a file
from a netbook with a USB-Ethernet adapter to a Pi.  Later, I downloaded the
file from the Pi, but at 3MB/s, instead of the normal 10+ (i.e. close to the
full 100 Mbps) that the netbook's USB betwork card can do.

The Pi is an awesome piece of kit for the price, I love them, but high
performance I/O is not one of its strengths.


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