Re: [OT]call for backers: open source hardware for networking innovation (ONetSwitch)

2015-04-07 Thread huc@ieee
make the kickstarter project success, so if you'd like to buy some boards, we appreciate you to back now at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onetswitch/onetswitch-open-source-hardware-for-networking Thanks and regards, Chengchen On 2015-3-3, at 下午9:47, huc@ieee wrote: > >

[OT]call for backers: open source hardware for networking innovation (ONetSwitch)

2015-03-03 Thread huc@ieee
Sorry for a little bit off topic. This email is to inform you a new open source hardware for networking innovation called ONetSwitch. It is an all-programmable networking platform combining ARM and FPGA in a 17cm*13cm area (notebook size) for testing and verifying research idea related to

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-09 Thread Saku Ytti
On (2014-01-09 00:36 -0500), Brandon Ross wrote: > So, in other words, you should make higher demands of your 3rd party > optics providers than any of the OEMs could meet? When was the last > time your OEM lowered your pricing for you when their supplies got > cheaper? And when was the last time

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-08 Thread Brandon Ross
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014, Saku Ytti wrote: On (2014-01-08 13:56 -0500), Ray Soucy wrote: Just to toss in a few more vendors so not to look biased: Instead of suggesting names, I'm giving some suggestions want to ask for vendor when looking for new partner So, in other words, you should make high

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-08 Thread Saku Ytti
On (2014-01-08 13:56 -0500), Ray Soucy wrote: > Just to toss in a few more vendors so not to look biased: Instead of suggesting names, I'm giving some suggestions want to ask for vendor when looking for new partner - DDM/DOM, should be included in each (<1USD price premium), min/max TX/RX in e

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-08 Thread Ray Soucy
Just to toss in a few more vendors so not to look biased: Champion One: http://www.championone.net/ Have used them with no complaints. And a new company I heard about off-list: Luma Optics: http://www.lumaoptics.net/ I haven't dealt with them before, but their solution seems to be pretty slick

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, January 07, 2014 05:12:38 PM Aled Morris wrote: > In Europe, http://www.flexoptix.net are recommended. > > They also sell blank modules and give you a programmer > too, so you can stock fewer spares and program them for > whatever vendor you need in an outage/rapid deployment > situat

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-07 Thread Aled Morris
On 7 January 2014 13:57, Vlade Ristevski wrote: > Sorry to get off topic, but is there a company that you can recommend? The > price of the Cisco single mode GLC-LH-SMD= is killing me. I see a bunch of > third party ones on Amazon and CDW but I'd to love to get my hands one > that has the correc

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-07 Thread Ray Soucy
http://approvedoptics.com/ is a good starting point if you want correct vendor codes On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Vlade Ristevski wrote: > Sorry to get off topic, but is there a company that you can recommend? The > price of the Cisco single mode GLC-LH-SMD= is killing me. I see a bunch of >

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-07 Thread Vlade Ristevski
Sorry to get off topic, but is there a company that you can recommend? The price of the Cisco single mode GLC-LH-SMD= is killing me. I see a bunch of third party ones on Amazon and CDW but I'd to love to get my hands one that has the correct vendor code without going and trying them all. On

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-06 Thread TGLASSEY
Arnd - the German Government is most likely a partner meaning overloading the NSA is pointless if you could. Todd On 1/5/2014 1:15 AM, Arnd Vehling wrote: Hi, On 04.01.2014 21:07, Daniël W. Crompton wrote: To my surprise I am seeing a theme fatalistic acceptance in this thread, thats not r

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-05 Thread Arnd Vehling
Hi, On 04.01.2014 21:07, Daniël W. Crompton wrote: To my surprise I am seeing a theme fatalistic acceptance in this thread, thats not really suprising. Then most poeple dont understand the implications "this" has. A number have mentioned that if you are targeted there is little you can do,

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On Friday, January 03, 2014 03:33:56 PM Saku Ytti wrote: > Right now, if you need perfomance, you're going to have > to buy something like bcom chip and then cumulusnetworks > linux on top of it, it's as close to 'open source' as > you're going to get with good performance. And this is > more or l

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 04/01/2014 11:38, Saku Ytti wrote: > Right now some of the big name vendors are running really archaic and naive > control-planes, and it's hard for them internally to justify project to > rebuild it all, because customers will largely accept even the shitty > control-plane, because that is only

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Daniël W . Crompton
On 4 January 2014 08:34, Arnd Vehling wrote: > On 04.01.2014 07:49, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > Dell, HP, Cisco, etc. were named because the leaked docs mention >> hardware-specific BIOS/firmware bugging such as ILO piggybacking in a >> Proliant. I think it's foolhardy believing they wouldn't have

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Daniël W . Crompton
On 4 January 2014 00:49, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Why would you think other platforms would be any safer? The NSA plants > those bugs with interdiction operations. They could similarly install > eavesdroppers in the USB/serial links of your KVM switches and terminal > servers and capture your ro

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Saku Ytti
On (2014-01-04 12:08 +0100), Benno Overeinder wrote: > No hands-on experience with Cumulus Networks equipment, but from > what I have heard I like their approach to open hardware/software > for routing equipment. It is flexible what you want to configure > and run (all open source software). For

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-04 Thread Benno Overeinder
On 3-1-2014 14:33, Saku Ytti wrote: Right now, if you need perfomance, you're going to have to buy something like bcom chip and then cumulusnetworks linux on top of it, it's as close to 'open source' as you're going to get with good performance. And this is more or less DC stuff, SP market needs

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Arnd Vehling
On 04.01.2014 07:49, Darren Pilgrim wrote: Dell, HP, Cisco, etc. were named because the leaked docs mention hardware-specific BIOS/firmware bugging such as ILO piggybacking in a Proliant. I think it's foolhardy believing they wouldn't have similar attacks for just about everything. Highly unli

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Darren Pilgrim
On 1/3/2014 2:05 AM, Daniël W. Crompton wrote: Good point Jimmy, there is a world of hurt involved, although it may be slightly less painless when you realize that the alternative is: "*the NSA [who] has modified the firmware of computers and network hardware—including systems shipped by Cisco, D

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Saku Ytti
On (2014-01-03 07:48 -0500), Ray Soucy wrote: > > Juniper is a FreeBSD shop, and Cisco's new OS lines are based on Linux. > Ciena is largely based on Linux as well. In poking around at these > platforms recently one of the big things I'm noticing is that there is a > lot less done in hardware th

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Thomas Nadeau
On Jan 3, 2014:12:01 AM, at 12:01 AM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Duey < > andrew.d...@widerangebroadband.net> wrote: > >> I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs. We >> are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's

RE: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Raymond Burkholder
> > Vyatta and now VyOS are important projects for networking. We really need > to get away from locked down non-free hardware and software for critical > infrastructure. > > It's natural that most of the people in this community (myself included) > will be fans of companies like Cisco and Junip

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Ray Soucy
You actually buy brand-name SFP's? That's like buying the gold-plated HDMI Monster Cable at Best Buy at markup ... I just find the the companies that the vendors contract to make their OEM SFP's and buy direct. Same SFP from the same factory except one has a Cisco sticker. ;-) You can even get t

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-03 Thread Daniël W . Crompton
Good point Jimmy, there is a world of hurt involved, although it may be slightly less painless when you realize that the alternative is: "*the NSA [who] has modified the firmware of computers and network hardware—including systems shipped by Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei, and Juniper Network

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Jorge Amodio
I use a RouterBoard with RouterOS and afaik not the hardware nor the software are open -Jorge > On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > > Have you looked at Mikrotik.com (Software) and Routerboard.com (Hardware) >

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Duey < andrew.d...@widerangebroadband.net> wrote: > I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs. We > are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's been good > to to us. It depends on your hardware and how small of

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Andrew Duey
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs. We are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's been good to to us. It depends on your hardware and how small of an ISP you are but it might be a great open source fit for you. --Andrew Duey On Jan 2, 20

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Chris Russell
haven't been able to find anything that would fulfill the requirements that a smallish ISP might have. The Cumulus guys might be able to provide some pointers ? http://cumulusnetworks.com/ Chris

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Matthew Walster
On 2 January 2014 15:53, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > Have you looked at Mikrotik.com (Software) and Routerboard.com (Hardware) > That's not Open Source. M​​

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
uot;Daniël W. Crompton" > To: "nanog" > Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 10:48:39 AM > Subject: Open source hardware > > Hi, > > a friend of mine mentioned he wants to migrate away from carrier grade > equipment such as Juniper and Cisco to open source hardware. B

Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Daniël W . Crompton
Hi, a friend of mine mentioned he wants to migrate away from carrier grade equipment such as Juniper and Cisco to open source hardware. Both of us haven't been able to find anything that would fulfill the requirements that a smallish ISP might have. Does anybody here have any advise?