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empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 year ago
2GB of memory is fine for openWRT. Routing is surprisingly light tbh, consider that most all home/SOHO routers run integrated SoC’s with <256MB of memory.
routing speed is more dependent on CPU +cache speed
i’d eat my boot if a residential ISP let you run your own SFP fiber module. they have to pretty tighttly control those things to keep signal levels right and have wavelengths in the right spots. plus they’ll need to upstream reconfigure it somewhat frequently as the local network changes and if it’s not their hardware, they’ll get mad.
P03@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aw dang. Never thought about my provider not allowing to use my own sfp fiber module :-( specially since its a Japanese provider and I don’t think its worth the hassle. Mhh now I don’t even know if I should go the banana Pi route, since there maybe are some better choices without sfp slot.
empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 year ago
You’re welcome to call their tech support and ask about using custom routing hardware, at least. It’s possible they already have an approved list of SFP’s that they would be willing to work with, just don’t hold your breath since they probably want (and need) to have management control over the entire router endpoint, not just the module.
YonatanAvhar@programming.dev 1 year ago
My ISP (Bezeq, in Israel) has a list of approved SFP modules, and they can supply the modules themselves, but there’s no issue using your own router with their SFP module
Of course this will differ with your provider, you should check with them, though be aware the level 1 customer service reps might not know what you’re talking about