FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by profquail » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 1:22 PM UTC

FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite
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Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by gnoway » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:10 PM UTC

Note that UBNT claims line rate throughput and provides proof via a commissioned Tolly report (no idea on their legitimacy).

The fbsd image yields ~250mbps between two gigabit hosts.

I've been eyeing one of these for a while and putting fbsd on it interests me, but not if it means a huge peformance drop (even if I wouldn't really miss it).

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by zdw » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:11 PM UTC

Similar, but not as mature support is being worked on in OpenBSD as well: http://www.openbsd.org/octeon.html

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by jlgaddis » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:26 PM UTC

Related: I picked up a couple of Neoware CA21 thin clients on eBay real cheap recently. 800 MHz, 512 MB RAM, and 1 GB disk-on-module. I built customized (NanoBSD) images and run them read-only off of a flash drive. I connected a Garmin GPS 18 LVC to one and have my own stratum 1 NTP server for < $100.

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by pktgen » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:28 PM UTC

gnoway wrote: post #2

Note that UBNT claims line rate throughput and provides proof via a commissioned Tolly report (no idea on their legitimacy). The fbsd image yields ~250mbps between two gigabit hosts. I've been eyeing one of these for a while and putting fbsd on it interests me, but not if it means a huge peformance drop (even if I wouldn't really miss it).

UBNT's numbers are using the hardware fast path, which presumably is not supported by this project.

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by profquail » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:34 PM UTC

gnoway wrote: post #2

Note that UBNT claims line rate throughput and provides proof via a commissioned Tolly report (no idea on their legitimacy). The fbsd image yields ~250mbps between two gigabit hosts. I've been eyeing one of these for a while and putting fbsd on it interests me, but not if it means a huge peformance drop (even if I wouldn't really miss it).

Assuming UBNT is correct and the device supports line-rate throughput, I don't think there's any reason why FreeBSD couldn't easily support that.

The freebsd-mips mailing list already has a few threads discussing this; if you want to know why the router isn't achieving line-rate speeds "out of the box", you'll probably get the best answer there (and maybe even someone who knows how to fix the problem):

* http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mips/2014-January...

* http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mips/2014-Februar...

If you don't get a suitable answer there, you can also try freebsd-net:

* http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by blutack » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:35 PM UTC

As an easier to obtain alternative to minicom, screen can also handle serial port communications quite happily for basic usecases (like this one).

  screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 # Linux-centric example

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by pktgen » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:38 PM UTC

profquail wrote: post #6

gnoway wrote: post #2

Note that UBNT claims line rate throughput and provides proof via a commissioned Tolly report (no idea on their legitimacy). The fbsd image yields ~250mbps between two gigabit hosts. I've been eyeing one of these for a while and putting fbsd on it interests me, but not if it means a huge peformance drop (even if I wouldn't really miss it).

Assuming UBNT is correct and the device supports line-rate throughput, I don't think there's any reason why FreeBSD couldn't easily support that. The freebsd-mips mailing list already has a few threads discussing this; if you want to know why the router isn't achieving line-rate speeds "out of the box", you'll probably get the best answer there (and maybe even someone who knows how to fix the problem): * http://lists…

UBNT is correct, but only for the hardware fast path. The driver for that appears to be proprietary.

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by profquail » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 2:55 PM UTC

pktgen wrote: post #8

profquail wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assuming UBNT is correct and the device supports line-rate throughput, I don't think there's any reason why FreeBSD couldn't easily support that. The freebsd-mips mailing list already has a few threads discussing this; if you want to know why the router isn't achieving line-rate speeds "out of the box", you'll probably get the best answer there (and maybe even someone who knows how to fix the problem): * http://lists…

UBNT is correct, but only for the hardware fast path. The driver for that appears to be proprietary.

I think you're right about the driver. There's some more info about that here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/mips/Octeon

Re: FreeBSD 10.0 on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite

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Post by profquail » Sat, Feb 22, 2014, 3:02 PM UTC

blutack wrote: post #7

As an easier to obtain alternative to minicom, screen can also handle serial port communications quite happily for basic usecases (like this one). screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 # Linux-centric example

On FreeBSD, screen is available in the sysutils/screen port: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/screen/