On 14/07/14 17:33, Paul Hänsch wrote: > Allan Irving <[email protected]>, Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:06:54 >> I need something to do what it does, similarly but cannot think of a >> simple solution off the top of my head. Simply a router to work on an >> existing set up that can connect via Wifi and therefore extend the >> network and allow me to have a private sub network with a hard drive >> and printer attached to the Airport alternative, allowing me to have >> my own private network drive and printer on a university network. > > Hi Allan, > > the features you describe do not sound unique at all. The German market > for wireless routers for example is largely covered by the AVM FritzBox, > which supports complex network setups and can provide access to > printers, storage devices, and some scanner models connected via USB. I > believe it can even operate LTE modems on the USB port to provide > internet access. > > Because parts of the firmware are under GPL there is a small hacker > community around the AVM devices (keyword: Freetz). > > Most of the FritzBox models contain a DSL modem for German DSL > connections which are different from those in the rest of the world. I > believe recently they started to produce for the wider European market. > In any case the devices can also work as simple wireless routers. > > Beyond that some LinkSys and TP-Link routers are famous for their > hackability. At least in the case of Linksys this is hugely due to the > work of the GPL violations project which forced the company to release > the firmware used on their WRT routers. I don't know which models of > those routers come with native printer support. However there is a > number of small Linux distributions specially made for them. > > Only few of the router models run entirely with free software. >
Hi Allan, You might want to also look into OpenWRT.org. It's a GNU/Linux distribution optimized for embedded (wireless) router devices. It can run on a number of low-end consumer devices and it runs excellently on some higher-grade (wireless) routers. There's support for usb and for printers. Personally, I have not used it for the purpose you describe, but GNU/Linux (and therefore OpenWRT) is highly configurable, so I believe it can do it. There's a lot of documentation out there. You might start here: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/cups.server Best, Jann -- Sent with open-source Free Software. Respect your freedoms! Send me encrypted messages for privacy. OpenPGP key: 8a30148a
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