That sounds interesting, but I am not familiar with any products like that. Are you aware of any?
I worry that it would take significant effort to make it a good wireless router. We are not experts is antennas. On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 7:53 AM David Solomonoff <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds like it has potential when used as a combo router and content > server for community wireless networks. > On Oct 27, 2016 10:38 PM, "Jeremy Thien" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, I have been using freedombox at home this year and like the concept. > Do you think there is any interest in additional small form factor hardware > to run freedombox? > > I work for a manufacturer, and we have designed SBC-like hardware for our > own products. I think this hardware could make a really good option to run > freedombox because the processor is targeted for home gateway applications. > > The processor is LS1021A from NXP and has interesting peripherals -- 3 > gigabit Ethernet interfaces, *USB 3.0 PCIe 2.0, SATA, hardware crypto > engine*). Our design brings all these interfaces out except for one of > the Ethernet interfaces. The processor board has 1 GB memory and a microSD > slot. > > I call ours SBC-like because it actually has multiple-boards. A carrier > board, processor board, and dual-GbE board. There is no Wifi at this point, > but in theory this could be added internally using PCIe mini connector or > externally with USB. We do not have a case for it. > > I have not seen the DreamPlug first-hand, but it seems similar. > > We already have the boards designed and running Linux (not Debian). > > I am open to suggestions on how to make this a really good option. For > example, maybe it would be interesting to buy as just a processor card that > could be customized by other hardware hackers. > > My main interest is to increase consumption of the processor and/or other > boards to get lower cost that comes with scale. If we get lower cost and > the community can get a good home server, it seems like a win-win. > > I assume most simply use old PCs (like I have). but I know I would be > interested in small, low-power home-server. > > I see the Danube edition box planned. It may be a better option, but I'm > happy to learn if there is a need. > > Cheers, Jeremy > -- > Jeremy Thien > Adtec Digital > adtecdigital.com > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > -- Jeremy Thien Adtec Digital adtecdigital.com [email protected]
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