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From: "Nerius Landys"
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:26 PM
To: "C. P. Ghost"
Cc: "Mark Shroyer" ;
Subject: Re: Replacing Home Router With PC
Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking lik
On 3/12/2010 2:39 PM, C. P. Ghost wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Nerius Landys wrote:
>>> Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking like
>>> Soekris gear, which I'm very happy with (of course running FreeBSD):
>>>
>>> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm
>>
>> Is there
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Nerius Landys wrote:
>> Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking like
>> Soekris gear, which I'm very happy with (of course running FreeBSD):
>>
>> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm
>
> Is there a nice guide that explains how to install FreeBS
Nerius Landys writes:
> Is there a nice guide that explains how to install FreeBSD onto a
> headless system (such as one of these small devices) via serial port?
It's documented in the installation chapter of the Handbook.
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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
> Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking like
> Soekris gear, which I'm very happy with (of course running FreeBSD):
>
> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm
Is there a nice guide that explains how to install FreeBSD onto a
headless system (such as one of these small devices)
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Mark Shroyer
wrote:
>> Bear in mind that the added electricity costs will more than cover the
>> cost of a new Linksys (or equivalent) router in a few months.
>
> If energy consumption is a concern, you might try one of these:
>
> http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.ht
On 3/11/2010 9:32 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> mailinglist writes:
>
>> I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is
>> several years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput
>> should be 54 mb and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on).
>> I've got an
On 3/10/2010 8:50 PM, Ed Jobs wrote:
> On Thursday 11 of March 2010 03:36, mailinglist wrote:
>> The question is, can it use that wireless card to
>> act as a access point instead of a client (how the card is intended to be
>> used)?
> you can run the hostapd daemon to configure a card as an access
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Subject: Replacing Home Router With PC
I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is
several years old and is about to die (very
mailinglist writes:
> I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is
> several years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput
> should be 54 mb and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on).
> I've got an older PC that would great as a routerhowever I a
+1 for psSense and if you need a quick to setup home NAS box, you could do
worse than FreeNAS, which is also derived from FreeBSD -although I don't
think it supports ZFS currently. When it does it will be even better.
Best,
Matt
On Thu, March 11, 2010 7:59 am, Alexandre L. wrote:
> You can use
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> Objet: Replacing Home Router With PC
> À: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"
> Date: Jeudi 11 mars 2010, 1h36
> I've got an old Linksys router
> hanging off of my cable modem that is several years old and
> is about to die (very poor wireless throughput shoul
> I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is several
> years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput should be 54 mb
> and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on). I've got an older PC that
> would great as a routerhowever I also need it to be
On Thursday 11 of March 2010 03:36, mailinglist wrote:
> The question is, can it use that wireless card to
> act as a access point instead of a client (how the card is intended to be
> used)?
you can run the hostapd daemon to configure a card as an access point. I did
this on an openbsd box, so i'
I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is several
years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput should be 54 mb
and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on). I've got an older PC that
would great as a routerhowever I also need it to be a wirele
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