I'm reaching the point where friends and relatives are clamoring for DansGuardian setups, and I find the combination of a dedicated virtual coLinux installation combined with a WRT54GL/OpenWRT that I have been installing for people is too clunky. The WRT56GL itself just can't handle DansGuardian either.
So I am looking into building/selling a unit that is a wireless router and a web filter. The mass-production target would be around $100-$150, but maybe on a much smaller scale, folks I know would spend $150-200. Whether I'd ever want to be in this business is another story. But... For now I'm just looking to prototype and see what I can do. I've found what I want in the form of Alix boards from pcengines. The prices have really fallen in recent years. I'm looking at: - 400 MHz board with 256 MB RAM - CF storage - 3 ethernet ports - miniPCI - Atheros Wireless, or some other easily-supported linux-compatible chipset The alix3c1 or alix3c2 would fit the bill rather nicely, and are $120-125 a piece. Wireless cards are around $25. All total, should be just under $200. I'm considering buying what I need to prototype a unit, and will likely build off of OpenWRT as the base linux distro. Does anyone have experience in this and would like to comment on this? If this does go forward, would anyone be interested in helping develop the software. Mainly openwrt web modules that can interface with DansGuardian, scripts to drive iptables, etc. Michael /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
