Marc, the goal is not to build it from commodity parts, but to learn how to build such systems in general :) >From scratch, starting with custom kernel build, then tailored busybox, then web management and stuff...
that's what I call open source: working with the source :-) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Marc SCHAEFER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:56:06 PM > Subject: Re: [swinog] Embedded Linux practicing > > On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 04:50:34AM -0700, Stanislav Sinyagin wrote: > > My first mini-project is to build a small Wifi (or even Bluetooth?) > > hotspot (only for home use, of course) which would take its Internet feed > > from one of those mobile USB GPS modems that you get for few francs a month > > from Swisscom or Sunrise. > > It is quite easy to do with the WL-500g WiFi access point, which has the > advantage of > > a) being compatible with standard systems (e.g. DD-WRT GNU/Linux) > > b) having an USB port you can plug the Swisscom Unlimited dongle > inside (the one which pretends to be a CD-ROM, uh, a tty) > > I think it costs about 120.-. I have done it, and it works (routing the > Swisscom Unlimited net to the internal switch, not the WiFi, in my case) > > PS: the discussion on OSS gets annoying. Use whatever tool you find > appropriate, as long as you can fix it when required. > > _______________________________________________ > swinog mailing list > swinog@lists.swinog.ch > http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list swinog@lists.swinog.ch http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog
