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by tencentshill 653 days ago
It's quite expensive to get a 10GBe-capable home router and switch, but this now allows you to use any old x86 PC and a 10GBe networking card to create one of your own. That's what I'm going to try.
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10gig software switch is easy, 10gig software router medium, 10gig software dpi challange

it's a nice exercise but the power and space requirements in relation to the performance will generally not be favorable unless you are severely constrained in up-front budget