OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

Thu Feb 19 14:57:08 UTC 2015

People, processor of this hardware will be killed before the 100M ethernet
be the problem.

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Eduardo Schoedler

2015-02-19 12:52 GMT-02:00 David Reader <david.reader at zeninternet.co.uk>:

> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:26:36 +0200
> Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys at visp.net.lb> wrote:
>
> > As far as i know, Raspberry PI ethernet over USB might be fine for DNS
> > too, but before it had issues with
> > large data transfers (ethernet driver hangs). No idea about now.
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:26:36 +0200
> Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys at visp.net.lb> wrote:
>
> > As far as i know, Raspberry PI ethernet over USB might be fine for DNS
> > too, but before it had issues with
> > large data transfers (ethernet driver hangs). No idea about now.
>
> AIUI the problem with the RPi isn't so much that the Ethernet NIC sits on
> a USB interface, it's that the RPi USB interface is very basic and requires
> a great deal of host interaction to work. It presents a very high interrupt
> load, and that can lead to problems.
>
> Remember that the RPi, fantastic as it is, was developed as a low cost
> educational aid. It can be used with great success in other fields, but you
> should consider its limitations.
>
> I'm using several to connect sensors, actuators, and such to a private
> network, which it's great for - but I'd think at least twice before
> deploying one as a public-serving host in user-experience-critical role in
> a remote location.
>
> d.
>

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Eduardo Schoedler