I use a Soekris net4801 with a minipci 802.11 abg card and two antennas. I'm running Voyage Linux (<http://linux.voyage.hk/>) off a 128mb Compact Flash card.
This has been totally solid for me. Absolutely no problems. Cost a bit more (time and $$$) to set up initially than a Linksys, etc. but this lets me do iptables stuff (like restrict wireless clients to accessing the Internet only) and gives me a nice serial console for management. Pretty cool. -Deke On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Drew Arnett wrote: > Hi, > > I was thinking about replacing the old, hulking, and yet free free > pentium 100 based router I have at home with something newer, smaller, > and hopefully fanless or at least very quiet. Anybody have any > suggestions for a platform or places to shop? > > I did a bit of browsing and see some possible interesting platforms. > Mini-itx looks to be a very popular form factor. I see some nice low > power fanless VIA CPU boards from at least Via and Jetway. Any other > mfgs? Any recommended retailers? What about AMD's Geode? > > Slightly smaller SBC platforms are of interest, too, although they > might be a bit more work to setup. There's a fairly wide variety of > processors in a mid-horsepower range. Soekeris, Mikrotik, and PC > Engines are a few manufacturers in this range that look interesting. > Any others? Retailers? > > Also in this range are the repurposed consumer products including the > Linksys NLSU2. That unit doesn't appear to be available from as many > retailers any more. Are there any recommended or popular products of a > similar ilk for repurposing? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > -- > KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
