Brad Midgley wrote: > there's not already something out there that supports openwrt? you could > rebadge something like that and ship it with openwrt without so much pain.
I haven't found anything on the market yet. There are lots of devices that are pretty close. For example, the Asus WL-500 GP. However it's not powerful enough to run DansGuardian (I've tried it). The main issue with all these routers is RAM. A secondary issue is Flash storage. DansGuardian, from my experience, requires 64 MB at least. And for black lists, any number of MB of flash. Now I know there are lighter solutions like SquidGuard, but personally I feel DansGuardian is the better proxy. Furthermore, most WAPs use broadcom wireless stuff, which requires a binary blob kernel driver and are limited to kernel 2.4. For starters, the Alix boards are ideal hacking platforms: 400 MHz processor (AMD Geode) 128 or 256 MB RAM CF slot MiniPCI so I can use any wireless... will likely use atheros for starters 2-3 ethernet ports > > If you want to start a venture that builds the hardware from the ground > up, you should be making a business case and looking for funding. I'm not sure I want to be in business doing this. We'll see. I'm currently trying to just judge the feasibility first. At this point, I'd rather treat this as a personal project that other hackers could do too. Currently it looks like using stock Alix stuff, you should be able to build a router for $200. Now that's quite a bit more expensive than a linksys router, but if you consider the filter (commercial windows crappy filters like CyberSitter, besides sucking are $40-60 per install) capabilities, it's definitely affordable for many people. I know most folks would be hesitant to spend more than $100 on a router, but they're spending $40-60 a month on internet already. I'll be getting hardware next week. I'll update folks on how it's going. At some point I can see the need to establish a community to develop and maintain the distribution. That alone might be more important than the hardware itself. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
