On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 13:07, Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> We are currently using ALIX boxes and some Soekris 4826 (basically a > 4801 with a couple of mini-pci slots populated with wi-fi cards) but > we'd like to find something newer (the 4826 is no longer being > manufactured) and cheaper, so we can deploy on wider scale than our > current dozen or so nodes. > > The application is a real-time tracking and locating system. We > currently cover the Computer Science building, but we'd like to go > outside and cover a significant section of the campus. > > If you only need wi-fi, I use a lot of Mikrotik's hardware (mikrotik.com, the hardware is all on routerboard.com). I use it, but then I work for a fixed-wireless ISP. :) Mikrotik's "RouterOS" software is basically Linux, with their own proprietary GUI (and CLI if you're so inclined). Not as versatile as a full-featured Linux box, but most of the common networking stuff is there, and especially on the low end the pricing can be hard to beat. Another choice, depending on your needs, would be Ubiquiti's hardware. Has a nice Web interface for centralized management of a lot of devices (it's a Tomcat application), the hardware usually looks nicer (might be important for your campus deployment), a bit more expensive. (And sometimes hard to find, Ubiquiti is notorious for under-estimating demand.) Also runs Linux internally, and even has an SDK (somewhere on ubiquiti.com, I've never used it so I can't vouch for its completeness). David Smith MVN.net
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