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Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by naikrovek on Saturday July 10, 2021 @09:01AM (#27793083)
Have you measured how much electricity a computer doing routing consumes? I bet it's a lot less than you think.

Also measure how much a good, high-bandwidth router uses. I bet that is a lot more than you think.

the "why do this" question for me comes about entirely because of the continual manual intervention that is needed for solutions like this. just not worth it, to me.

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Re:25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build by jacoblambda on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:05AM (#27793421)
I mean I have and my router is on average drawing around 15W but it also isn't remotely close to being able to hit 25Gbps. I don't think 50W (apparently the draw of this router) is unrealistic for a 25Gbps router by any means.
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