[Soekris] Wimax and SBC's

[Bao C. Ha]

I don't think a fanless PPC based solution is the answer. But, there
are non-Soekris fanless x86 solutions out there, specifically those
based on the VIA Nehemiah C3 1Ghz CPU.

Unless you are doing stateful firewall, IPSEC VPN, and many heavy-
duty services like Apache/PHP4, smtp/imap/pop3, why do you need
so much CPU power?

In a good day, I can get 20+ Mbps out of the Atheros' Madwifi
running Leaf's Wisp-dist on a Soekris 4521. I am surprised that a
Soekris 48xx with its 266Mhz Cyrix processor is having problems
pushing 4-5Mbps. My suspicion is that you might be up against the
ISA limit, if you use the 802.11b pcmcia cards.

Bao

PS: <Shamless plug on> I do carry such fanless 1Ghz CPU
products on our website. <Shamless plug off>

On Sun, November 7, 2004 5:28 pm, tommy at bishoptower.com said:
...
>> I understood him to be asking what hardware Soren was planning to handle
>>>45 Mbps WiFi; or generically how will fanless CPUs handle this
>> throughput. If the MPC performs as you've indicated, AND it doesn't
>> require a fan at those clock speeds, then it (and possibly other
>> PPC-based processors) are possibilities to answer the OP's question, eh?
>>
>
> Yes, this does lead me to believe that a fanless PPC based solution is at
> least a first step solution for WISP's like us who want to build an
> infastructure ready for the faster speeds of wireless. Another response on
> another list says linux overhead is also a hinderance, and that a RTOS is
> key to making it happen as well. We run both Star-OS and RouterOS on our
> boards, and with our current 11b setup, I can put the 266mhz access point
> boards CPU at 100% utilization with ~4.5mb throughput on a bandwidth test.
> If there was more horsepower on the board, and/or a more efficient OS,
> then
> we could see more and perhaps even push the TurboG modes to thier 108mb
> capability??
>
> Tom Johnson
> 802DSL.COM

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