[geeks] Old hardware cut-off

[Phil Stracchino]

On 02/16/14 22:30, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> If that doesn't work out, there is also the ubiquiti edge router
> lite.  It is a dual core MIPS CPU ( Cavium OcteonB CN5020 ) , which
> supposedly has some special acceleration, 512megs of ram, 2 gigs of
> flash which is actually an upgradeable internal USB stick, and 3 give
> ports for about $100. For about $40more there is a 5 port version
> with 3 ports of PoE.

Looking at their site, I see that Ubiquiti posts a performance
comparison done vs. Mikrotik, but apparently tests against an older
Mikrotik version with dual PowerPC cores, not the current MIPS-powered
version.  The Mikrotik has a 600MHz processor vs. 500MHz for the
Ubiquiti, but doesn't as far as I can see specify number of cores or
32/64 bit.  Then again, all but the Uniquiti Lite are several times toe
cost of the Mikrotik, and the Lite doesn't have enough ports.  To get
the number of ports I need I'd have to spend at least twice what I'd
spend on Mikrotik.


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