[AusNOG] Australian-designed OpenFlow switch hits Kickstarter

[Jamie Baddeley]

I think what this device is missing is a wifi port.

SDN and devices of this scale lend itself well to a centrally managed
'secure' home CPE system. Add thousands of these devices to a central flow
controller and a decent northbound interface from the OFC to a web based
management system pointed back to the home user and things start to look
relatively interesting. How interesting is somewhat limited by the flow
table size but as you say Skeeve, it's a start. An alternative application
I suppose is a gateway device for IP based eftpos terminals.

great to see some hardware based innovation on SDN in our part of the world.

jamie

On 2 July 2015 at 15:26, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at theispguy.com> wrote:

> You have to start somewhere.
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> This is likely to be the first version to kick it off.
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> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Thorpe <jthorpe at conexim.com.au>
> wrote:
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>>  Interesting idea, but more ports and GigE would make it less of a toy.
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>> I’m probably missing the point, and it appears a good learning tool, but
>> I don’t understand its application in the home or small business which I
>> assume its targeting based on the description. It’s essentially a small
>> multiport router without the router – you need an SDN controller for those
>> sorts of roles.
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>> OpenFlow on the cheap is apparently possible with MikroTik gear, but they
>> don’t classify their implementation as “production ready” as of yet.
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>> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Simon
>> Sharwood
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:37 AM
>> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Australian-designed OpenFlow switch hits Kickstarter
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>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/northboundnetworks/zodiac-fx-the-worlds-smallest-openflow-sdn-switch
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>> Looks cute, but short a few ports?
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