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Think about it a bit if PCs were faster and cheaper than purpose built
routers there wouldn't be any purpose built routers. A high performance router costs hundreds of thousands of dollars when fully configured. The instruction rate of the processor really doesn't mean much. claus "Stacey" wrote in message ... : kony wrote: : : On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:58:52 -0400, Stacey wrote: : : : Now that I know this, I still have no idea how it compares to a : Pentium box running 'nix. Oh well. : : : : Thanx for the info.. : : -- : : Stacey |
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santa wrote:
Think about it a bit if PCs were faster and cheaper than purpose built routers there wouldn't be any purpose built routers. A high performance router costs hundreds of thousands of dollars when fully configured. I don't doubt a high performance router costing hundreds of thousands of dollars will outperform a PC based one. The question here is if a $40-$100 router is going to outperform a PC based one, I kinda doubt it and until someone posts some with and without router times that are lower than what I got I won't believe it. Maybe in a HUGE network a $100,000 hardware router is needed, but most home networks with 2 or 3 computers can easily be served with a PC or a $100 hardware router, I just think the $100 hardware router is going to be slower. The main reason for a "purpose built" cheap home router over using an old PC is ease of use/setup and since most routers plug and play fairly easily, they win on that count. Most people would get frustrated trying to setup a linux box for a router given the short attention span most people seem to have. -- Stacey |
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"Stacey" wrote in message ... : santa wrote: : : Think about it a bit if PCs were faster and cheaper than purpose built : routers there wouldn't be any purpose built routers. A high performance : router costs hundreds of thousands of dollars when fully configured. : : I don't doubt a high performance router costing hundreds of thousands of : dollars will outperform a PC based one. The question here is if a $40-$100 : router is going to outperform a PC based one, I kinda doubt it and until : someone posts some with and without router times that are lower than what I : got I won't believe it. Maybe in a HUGE network a $100,000 hardware router : is needed, but most home networks with 2 or 3 computers can easily be : served with a PC or a $100 hardware router, I just think the $100 hardware : router is going to be slower. : : The main reason for a "purpose built" cheap home router over using an old PC : is ease of use/setup and since most routers plug and play fairly easily, : they win on that count. Most people would get frustrated trying to setup a : linux box for a router given the short attention span most people seem to : have. : : -- : : Stacey Think again. The main reason for purpose built routers is cost. All the logic is incorporated in one or two chips. The first one cost maybe a million and the next million 10 cents each. I"d bet the most expensive single part in a purpose built router is the plastic case. Even in a pc system most of the encode/decode is done by specialized hardware, its cheaper and faster. I don't think intelligence span has anything to do with it. developing router algorithms has been done and burned into silicon why reinvent the wheel? I doubt very much if you've written any kind if driver let alone the code necessary for a router to work properly but if you want to spend your time developing router software for a Linux box do so by all means its just as rewarding as playing computer games. claus |
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