It’s been a long time since I’ve played with a MicroTik device, but this one seems powerful and is dirt cheap:
http://www.balticnetworks.com/mikrotik-hap-lite-tc-2-4ghz-indoor-access-point-tower-case-built-in-1-5dbi-antenna.html It beats Edmund’s 7 W @ idle by a mile. :-) • Max power consumption: 3W at 5V > On Jan 25, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Karthik Poobal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pfsense appliances were overkill for my use case. So, after a bit of > research, I bought Ubiquiti’s EdgeRoute Lite > (https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/ > <https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-lite/>). They are around $100 and > have been running them at multiple locations for the last couple of years. > Runs EdgeOS which is a fork of Vyatta which is based on Debian. I think it > pulls 7w idle and has been super reliable. > > Ubiquiti released two new and cheaper versions. EdgeRoute X ($50) and > EdgeRouter X SFP ($80) but I haven’t really checked them out. > > > -- > Karthik Poobal > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Skype: poobal > OpenPGP Public Key: https://poobal.net/poobal.gpg > <https://poobal.net/poobal.gpg> >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Shannon Roddy <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Yeah. I was looking at those. But, $500 seems a bit steep for a home >> router. I can roll my own atom system for less. >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Edmund Cramp <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> ➢ I'd like to go to a lower power system some day. >> >> https://www.pfsense.org/products/product-family.html#sg-2440 >> <https://www.pfsense.org/products/product-family.html#sg-2440> - pulls 7W at >> idle with 4 network interfaces - in an emergency you could run it off AA >> batteries. >> >> >> >> From: General [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Shannon Roddy >> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:55 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Cox Residential and IPv6 >> >> Glad it's working... been a while since I looked at pfsense. Forgot it was >> based on FreeBSD. I might have to consider it next time I change my router >> out... I'd like to go to a lower power system some day. >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Keith Stokes <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Color me embarrassed. All these open browser windows for configuring/testing >> IPv6 have been open for months and I hadn't done anything in awhile. >> >> Google-Foo served up this link from back in November when I tried again: >> https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102339.0 >> <https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102339.0> >> >> Follow directions, add an outbound IPv6 LAN-->WAN outbound rule and here I >> am: >> Good news! Your current configuration will continue to work as web sites >> enable IPv6. >> >> >> Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have IPv6 Internet >> access. >> >> Your readiness score >> 10/10 >> for your IPv6 stability and readiness, when publishers are forced to go IPv6 >> only >> >> On 1/24/2016 7:24 PM, Shannon Roddy wrote: >> I'm on Comcast... YMMV. I have a debian box that is running as my router. >> I couldn't get v6 to work with comcast with the ISC client. I had to >> install the wide-dhcpv6-client package and go from there. That was for the >> WAN connection. Google around for the wide dhcp package and there are some >> howto docs out there. I had to cobble together some scripts to get it all >> to work. >> >> For the internal network, I chose to support auto config so that all my >> devices would work... so, I'm running radvd on the internal interface of my >> debian router. Comcast supposedly will delegate larger than a /64, but I >> gave up on getting that to work. Seemed like the route wasn't getting set >> on their end. >> >> I ran into a number of issues getting it set up... and it's a bit hazy now >> because it's been a while and I didn't keep good notes. But, if you need >> further info, I can look on my running system and let you know how I have >> things here. >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 7:58 PM, Keith Stokes <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Has anyone worked with Cox Residential in BR/Laf/NO on IPv6? Support told me >> a few weeks ago it's been deployed in our area. >> >> I've learned that I get the best tech support from them on Sunday so today I >> hit them up in web chat for instructions or methods they use. Anything to >> get me started. >> >> They want me to call their Home Networking Group. Since I'd rather pull out >> my fingernails than try to explain how I'm running a PfSense box with static >> and dynamic VPNs, a handful of creative rules, Macs, Linux (see there's a >> link in here somewhere to the list) and Windows, plus everything else I can >> think of to make life harder for them, I'm hoping someone else has done this >> before and is willing to share. >> >> -- >> >> >> Keith Stokes >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> <http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> <http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> >> >> -- >> >> >> Keith Stokes >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> <http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> <http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Keith Stokes
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