Ars technica UK Homebrew Router Competition
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So I was just beboping around the various news outlets this morning when I encountered a very interesting item testing various routers home made "from scratch" to the "off the shelf" competition.
I have to say that I was taken somewhat aback by the stated metrics and the fact that a home made router actually beat the retail counterpart in various testing. It seems that a DIY router configuration of linux beat the very router I upgraded to a scant year back and it has me somewhat in a tiz ...
HOWEVER, my penchant for swapping out the old with the new to try and gain an edge on emerging tech and to get the stuff replaced before it fails was upheld in the verbiage to my only gratification.
Just because my rationale is sound doesn't mean that my choices have been so.
It appears that instead of buying my various retail brands I may opt for something a little more esoteric and a skillset taxing variant on the stuff I normally buy.
Anyway the metrics revealed a distinct advantage but is the effort worth that extra "umph" provided to the networking as a result ?
It all remains relevant to how much time you have on your hands and how ambitious you are. I'm pretty doggone happy with the high end wireless and gigbit portage I presently have with my off the shelf router.
I suppose I'll just have to ascertain my "laziness coefficient" in the final calculations of whether I'm going to go homebrew or off the shelf next time.
Titilating to say the least. At least I have a while to think about it. Besides, my security devices are eating up a bit of that throughput because I simply hate the thought of someone getting over on me.
Decisions, decisions, decisions !
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