So I've seen this discussion a few times now and I've thought about it myself. Let's ask the questions and see if we can get some testing/thoughts.
Overall question: Can we build an effective 10GbE switch out of cheap parts and have it work well?
- What are the limiting factors to make this work? CPU cores? Bus speed?
- Should I be able to slap in RouterOS or just turn on bridging in Linux and get this to work?
- How do I test saturation or performance? I don't even know how to generate...
Homebrew 10GbE switch![]()
Overall question: Can we build an effective 10GbE switch out of cheap parts and have it work well?
- What are the limiting factors to make this work? CPU cores? Bus speed?
- Should I be able to slap in RouterOS or just turn on bridging in Linux and get this to work?
- How do I test saturation or performance? I don't even know how to generate...
Homebrew 10GbE switch