Decide on router hardware - Supernode about toronto-community-network

[darkdrgn2k]

BABELD on Debian
#12 (comment)

BABELD on OpenWRT

opkg update
opkg install babeld

cat  <<"EOF">  /etc/config/babeld
package babeld  
config general
    option 'local_port' '999'

config interface 'eth0'
    option 'ifname' 'eth0'
EOF


cat <<"EOF"> /etc/babeld.conf
echo redistribute if eth0
redistribute deny
EOF

[darkdrgn2k]

Espresso Bin Benchmark

[iperf PC]--gige---[iperf espressobin]
✔️ 931/Mbits/sec Mbits/sec

[iperf PC]--gige---[espressobin bridged]----[iperf PC]
✔️ 936/947 Mbits/sec

[iperf PC]--gige---[espressobin routed]----[iperf PC]
❌ 335/403 Mbits/sec

[iperf exitnode]--gige wan---[iperf espressobin]
❌ 199/199 Mbits/sec MAX drops to 20

[ASoTNetworks]

Doing some testing on the Atomic Pi which is an Atom x5-Z8350 SoC

[iperf PC]--gige---[iperf atomic pi USB3 dongle]
✔️ 923/Mbits/sec

[iperf VM over babled]--gige---[iperf atomic pi onboard]
✔️ 800/Mbits/sec

[iperf VM over babled]--gige---[atomic pi onboard routed over USB3 dongle]---[iperf PC]
✔️ 837/Mbits/sec

[atomic pi wg0 over USB3 dongle]--gige---[WireGuard server with iperf]
✔️ 895/Mbits/sec

[iperf VM over babled]--gige---[atomic pi onboard routed over wg0 encapsulated to physical USB3 dongle]--gige---[VM running WireGuard server with iperf]
🟨 665/Mbits/sec

CPU usage when routing over wireguard

[darkdrgn2k]

Wire guard Test

Client

• ip address 192.168.1.x

cat <<"EOF"> wg0.conf

[Interface]
PrivateKey = cFP6gBOZrvqlt/XkdT7Cp6HOLuNMYa6yVNcCR+e9IEw=
ListenPort = 1000

[Peer]
PublicKey = 1510YjIH8EfQtJ2zxEEUb5+1B4HqmIv86pwpkJwNOW4=
AllowedIPs = 0.0.0.0/0
AllowedIPs = ::/0
Endpoint = 192.168.1.2:1000
EOF
ifconfig wg0 down
ip link del dev wg0
ip link add dev wg0 type wireguard
wg setconf wg0 wg0.conf
ip addr add 10.254.254.2/24 dev wg0
ifconfig wg0 up

Server

ip address 192.168.1.2

#### SERVER
cat <<"EOF"> wg0.conf
[Interface]
PrivateKey = 4LMdS6DPRe5gHcmMWYhZqlM9PzFTEeDz0kz0YIMCPm0=
ListenPort = 1000

[Peer]
PublicKey = //C9KkNgCgT/0+bIb6YMS558xNx6wJOwAuGbqO8CGlI=
AllowedIPs = 0.0.0.0/0
AllowedIPs = ::/0

EOF

ifconfig wg0 down
ip link del dev wg0
ip link add dev wg0 type wireguard
wg setconf wg0 wg0.conf
ip addr add 10.254.254.1/24 dev wg0
ifconfig wg0 up

[darkdrgn2k]

Router X with Hardware Offloading
Seepds of ~ 217/180 VPN over WG
If we drop encryption 800-900
Comes as a weather proof version (edge point)
Babeld can be side loaded onto stock - https://github.com/darkdrgn2k/RouterX-Babeld-Package

[darkdrgn2k]

Edge Router does not HW Accelerate over tunnels leaving speeds at ~300Mbps