[kwlug-disc] OpenWRT / 802.11n / USB / SD / GB - MAC filtering wi-fi side specific?
Lori Paniak
ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
Fri Jan 15 16:45:42 EST 2010
Instead of looking for proper hardware, why don't you build it yourself:
Take an old PC (lots of USB, SATA, video...) and put a low power CPU in
it. Load the PCI(E) slots or USB up with your favourite Wifi radios and
install the x86 version of OpenWRT for a mondo appliance. You could
have a 7 radio CRTC magnet. Poor neighbors.
The Atom systems from Intel give low power (<35W) platforms you can
craft with your choice of x86 distro.
Debian Live is a good way to build an appliance with all the goodness of
the deb way. Burn your image onto a USB stick et voila!
Does that sound too much like a talk proposal?
On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 16:23 -0500, unsolicited wrote:
> Yep.
>
> You want the functionality, you want the capability, you want the
> commercial quality (5km outside range), you're not going to get
> factory direct prices.
>
> The public retail market will never deliver this. You will never buy
> all of this from Best Buy.
>
> $200 to make the problem go away is peanuts. If we're lucky, that's
> $200 CDN.
>
> Slap a waterproof cover on this, and you've got building to building.
>
> Not that I care about the commercial possibilities of this (but I'd
> gladly help people out to do so) - I just want the issue put to bed.
>
> What's our time worth to keep waiting and searching and looking and ...
>
> Khalid Baheyeldin wrote, On 01/15/2010 4:11 PM:
> > One more thing about the Ubiquity (from reading the thread): it is kind
> > of "bare".
> > You need to buy a wireless card, a cover, ...etc. This makes it closer
> > to $200,
> > rather than the under $100 all in one routers.
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:44 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca
> > <mailto:unsolicited at swiz.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Agreed. I'm in.
> >
> > I believe the Ubiquity RouterStation Pro
> > (http://www.ubnt.com/products/rspro.php) is the box, given its
> > flexibility, but it's not local. So what. I'm guessing Cedric bought
> > http://www.ubnt.com/airview/, given his presentation, so he already
> > understands the lines of supply to Ubiquity.
> >
> > It's their product line that confuses me, and that this is a bare
> > board with multiple mini-pci slots. But I expect sufficient
> > expertise is around to grok this. And put a cover on it.
> >
> > It wouldn't surprise me if we could sell this (via Cedric / John?).
> > As you say Bob, it's a matter of local expertise, and having the
> > product in hand. Any SMB/SOHO could use one, we could all use one.
> > Especially if it relayed current wi-fi. i.e. Facilities could use it
> > to provide wi-fi internet access to the public while keeping their
> > own internal networks secure - with one (black) box.
> >
> > Why? Because it's nails the current need to the floor for a good
> > long while - fire and forget. We're all tired of waiting for the
> > latest hardware to solve this problem and be done with it. It's
> > taken way, way, to much eye space and time.
> >
> > Anyone else interested?
> >
> > Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 01/15/2010 10:21 AM:
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> >
> > every so often, i look around to see if there's a new,
> > openwrt-ideal
> > router out there. and by openwrt-ideal, i mean:
> >
> > * runs the latest version of openwrt with a 2.6 kernel
> > * at least one USB 2.0 port (preferably two)
> > * supports the graphical (luci) interface
> > * etc, etc, you get the idea.
> >
> > Me too ... the development is behind the new models
> > available at the
> > large stores.
> >
> > Graphical interface is not a must for me. Command line or
> > web based
> > is fine.
> >
> > But to add to the list:
> >
> > * Wireless N support.
> >
> >
> > i actually had tossed that in under the "etc, etc" part. :-)
> > but if
> > someone identifies such a router that's locally available, how
> > about a
> > kwlug project for a few people to each buy one, and then have the
> > locals document the crap out of it and put that up at the kwlug site
> > so others can do the same?
> >
> > from my experiences with the openwrt list, the biggest drawback for
> > beginners to get into openwrt is:
> >
> > * deciding which router to buy, then
> > * learning the hard way that that router has some deficiencies
> >
> > if enough kwlug people can agree on a particular router that would
> > seem to fit most peoples' needs, we can collectively document
> > exactly
> > how to get it running out of the box, at which point a *lot* more
> > people should be able to follow along.
> >
> > it's just a thought.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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