On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 6:05 PM Donald Sharp <sharpd@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
It looks like we have enough interest it might be useful for someone to start putting together a FAQ/Install guide for small form factor PC's and running FRR on them. Is there any interest in the community for someone to write this?
I am looking to replace a simple router with something that has enough horse power to enable things like vlans (to increase security) and possibly even function well as a hardware firewall. Looking at retail routers it seems that there are sub $75 routers, then its $150 and then its $250+ - - - whilst wireless services would also be useful these more expensive machines don't really seem to be offering value. In the search for networking is how I found FRRouting. Now if only I also had skills in programming - - - rather mine tend not to be in this area. Whilst I am a tool creator its physical tools ie like machinery and the uses and other areas where I have developed my skills but am an avid computer user. So I'm not going to be any kind of expert on FRRouting but I do really want to have something here that works well and am quite capable of writing up something given assistance in the doing of it. I might function best as an editor. One of the interesting things I'm seeing is that quantity 1 the mini pcs are not very reasonable - - - at quantity even 10 the price has dropped dramatically and at 25 pcs - - - well its a fairly small fraction of the cost at quantity 1 - - - but so is life. So does FRRouting stand alone doing everything in a 'router' or does it get used 'with' x or y or z or ???? Thanking you for your consideration and assistance! Dee