On December 3, 2014, Barry Roberts wrote: > Less processor and RAM than a pi/beagle/cubie, but considering all the > stuff it includes (wirelss, GB switch, GB NICS, power supply, case, > etc.), for $78, you MIGHT be able to put together a pi or a beagle-based > option for a similiar price, but probably neither would be as good as a > router (pi definetly wouldn't), and the packaging and cabling would > be much uglier.
Many home-brew/DIY projects lack the polished look of the commercial models. But they are fun to get assembled, and work better than a commercial model too. So looks are the least of my consern. However, I can always look at other models to see what they have. As to BeagleBoard, the only project I've ever seen seems to indicate it's similiar to the Arduino, but just more powerful. I don't know if that's right or not. I'd have to take a much closer look at it to see how compatable it is. I don't want to build this on something so specialized that it wouldn't run a full O/S. That's why I was looking at the pi. It was the only full system in a single board I was aware of. I _KNOW_ ardunio wouldn't work in that regard(and talk about slow if it did! The chip is less than 10MHz if memory serves). I can take a closer look at beagle and/or cubie. Perhaps they'll work better. Thanks for the tips! --- Dan On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:42 PM, Barry Roberts <b...@robertsr.us> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > As to what I was doing, I hadn't decided for sure. I had a few ideas, but > > they all needed more than one NIC available. One idea was a homebrew > > router. Of course there are others too, but let's focus on the router > idea > > for now. One thing at a time. :) I've not heard of the Asus RT-N16. Is > it a > > b, g, n, or ac router? > > B,G, N (no AC), 300 MBps max wireless (yeah, right). > 128 MB RAM, 32 MB flash, 480 Mhz processor, 4x 10/100/1000, > 10/100/1000 WAN, USB, 3 removable antennas. > > Less processor and RAM than pi/beagle/cubie, but considering all the > stuff it includes (wireless, GB switch, GB NICs, power supply, case, > etc.), for $78, you MIGHT be able to put together a pi or beagle-based > option for a similar price, but probably neither would be as good as a > router (pi definitely wouldn't), and the packaging and cabling would > be much uglier. > > It's supported by several the WRT-based distros, and even has its own > tomato mod, EasyTomato. That's what I use. > > It's not a real DIY router project or anything. It takes 5 minutes to > install EasyTomato and you have a working router with a nice web UI > and ssh access. But it's a great Linux router. > > A couple of years ago I looked for AC-capable routers that could > easily be flashed to a good Linux OS, but there weren't any at the > time. Looks like the Asus AT-AC66U (1.3 Gbps wireless) is $169 and > supported by dd-wrt. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
