then should "open embedded" be the first choice... regards
Kim-man 'Punky' TSE schrieb: > Hi Solomon, > > I seems impossible to get a lower price x86-based embedded board. > Other non-x86 embedded boards in MIP, ARM or XScale architecture does > not have enough flash size for storing the disk-space hungry Debian. > With squashfs+unionfs we've seen in Live CD, we can't have a distro > lower than ~30MB. Even with squashfs with lzma support, it also can't > lower than 25MB. > > If Voyage is going to support non-x86 borads, it will not be Debian > anymore, and it can't be called Voyage either, as Voyage Linux implies > Debian-based distro. > Regards, > Punky > > > > Solomon Asare wrote: >> Hi, >> I use lots of mikrotik products myself and they are >> excellent if all you need is a wireless/router without >> any special/unique customisation that you may want to >> roll out yourself. And the 112 is competitively >> priced. >> >> A licence upgrade, if required, after expiration of >> the one your 112 board came with, will set you back by >> about $40 at a latter date. >> >> Moreover, my competitors are also using Mikrotik or >> cheaper alternatives and I was wondering if, with a >> cheaper mboard + flash + memory and voyage, I can put >> together a radio more competitively. I am almost at >> the point where I may have to give the radio out and >> make money on monthly bandwidth charges which are not >> much. >> >> Regards, >> solomon. >> >> >> --- Andrew Niemantsverdriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Check out the routerboard 112. It has board memory >>> and flash for $99. My >>> research and development budget ran out for this >>> quater otherwise I would >>> get one and see what can be done with it. Anyway >>> here is a link: >>> >>> http://www.routerboard.com/prices.html >>> >>> Has anybody used these? Do they work? The cheapest I >>> can build a wrap is >>> $127 not including a radio or enclosure. And that is >>> in quantiy 10. >>> >>> I will be interested to hear of others if there are >>> any. >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> to make voyage more attractive as a >>>> >>> Wireless/Router OS >>> >>>> I guess we need a cheaper embedded motherboard. >>>> >>>> Please, does anyone have any suggestions apart >>>> >>> from >>> >>>> WRAP? >>>> >>>> Is it possible to get say a ($60 - $80) board + >>>> >>> memory >>> >>>> + flash that can support a client? Pentium 200 >>>> >>> should >>> >>>> be more than adequate. Any links? >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> solomon. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Voyage-linux mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux >> > > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
