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I think I know where I can get some(10) cheap netbooks with 10.1' touch screens; I can't remember the brand/ Specs at present. Don down at E-Waste got some donated to him, and is having trouble getting them going again as netbooks. I think he might be inclined to piece them out. I'm positive that with a little tweaking this could be used with a router board, radio, and antenna in a more compact configuration for this project.<br>.<br><br>Joseph Wennechuk<br>
________________<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:34:09 -0500<br>> From: rpjday@crashcourse.ca<br>> To: kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] OpenWRT / 802.11n / USB / SD / GB - MAC filtering wi-fi side specific?<br>> <br>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, unsolicited wrote:<br>> <br>> > Yep.<br>> ><br>> > You want the functionality, you want the capability, you want the<br>> > commercial quality (5km outside range), you're not going to get<br>> > factory direct prices.<br>> ><br>> > The public retail market will never deliver this. You will never buy<br>> > all of this from Best Buy.<br>> ><br>> > $200 to make the problem go away is peanuts. If we're lucky, that's<br>> > $200 CDN.<br>> ><br>> > Slap a waterproof cover on this, and you've got building to<br>> > building.<br>> ><br>> > Not that I care about the commercial possibilities of this (but I'd<br>> > gladly help people out to do so) - I just want the issue put to bed.<br>> ><br>> > What's our time worth to keep waiting and searching and looking and ...<br>> <br>> i was originally going to say that the ubiquity rs pro sort of<br>> violated the spirit of my original proposal, in that i was asking for<br>> something ready to go off the shelf so that beginners could follow<br>> along conveniently, but the longer i think about it, the more i think<br>> this is a more worthwhile "project".<br>> <br>> there's already ongoing discussions about openwrt on the rs pro:<br>> <br>> http://www.google.ca/#hl=en&q=ubiquity+routerstation+pro+openwrt&meta=&aq=f&oq=ubiquity+routerstation+pro+openwrt&fp=26d36933b55c2ab7<br>> <br>> as well as places that sell full kits:<br>> <br>> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=812<br>> <br>> what's necessary to make this worth doing as a "community" project<br>> is that it be fully documented, from end to end. the biggest drawback<br>> i've seen with the documentation for various routers at the openwrt<br>> web site is that they're trying to document so many routers that few<br>> of them are ever documented *completely*. and it takes only a single<br>> glitch in the installation and configuration to leave a newbie<br>> frustrated and stuck with a non-functioning router, not knowing what<br>> to do next.<br>> <br>> if folks decide that the rs pro is the way to go, the very first<br>> thing to confirm is where to get all the parts. a good web page<br>> writeup would give instructions as to where to order from, the part<br>> number(s) and how much it will eventually cost before it shows up at<br>> your door. that's the level of detail i'm talking about. but by the<br>> time we're done, anyone should be able to follow the directions and<br>> end up with a functioning wireless router.<br>> <br>> so, i'm certainly game for this, even if it's a somewhat pricier<br>> option, because i think the end result will be worth it. thoughts?<br>> <br>> rday<br>> --<br>> <br>> <br>> ========================================================================<br>> Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA<br>> <br>> Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry.<br>> <br>> Web page: http://crashcourse.ca<br>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday<br>> ========================================================================<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kwlug-disc_kwlug.org mailing list<br>> kwlug-disc_kwlug.org@kwlug.org<br>> http://astoria.ccjclearline.com/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org<br> </body>
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