you can get rid of the hard drive with a flash IDE form Eje
http://store.wisp-router.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=DOM-128&eq=&Tp= No moving parts ---------------------------------------------------- Scott Piehn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scottie Arnett" <sarn...@info-ed.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Replace MT X86 with routerboard? >I posted this to Butch's MT list too. To answer a few questions. It is a >full P4, not Celeron. I forgot to mention a few things that come to mind. I >am using it as DNS server and redirecting(via NAT) all DNS activity through >the MT to use the MT DNS cache. I am not using web proxy. At the moment it >has a Prizm card for wireless customers(10 total), but I am getting rid of >that and going to a BulletM2HP. I am needing 1 of the 4 ports for this. > > I would like to keep these below $250. I can buy regular x86 much more > powerful than this for less money. The reason for trying to go to > routerboards is to have standbys ready to go with minimal configuration > after copying configs over and setting them up. The other reason is to get > rid of the mechanical component of the hard drive...a mistake I made from > the beginning. The last reason is to cover all the separate things that > can go wrong in an X86 compared to a routerboard. > > Thanks for all the replies and I am evaluating all of them. > > Scottie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Scott Reed <scottr...@onlyinternet.net> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:35:10 -0500 > >>493 only has 128M RAM. Might want a little more. RB800 only has 3 >>ports, but supports the new RB816 for a total of 19 ports and has a >>little more horsepower than the 4xxx cards. RB1000 has 4 ports and more >>horsepower, but I don't think it is expandable. >> >>can...@believewireless.net wrote: >>> A RB450G should be fine for what you need. Or use an RB493AH if you >>> need more ports. If you can wait a couple months, the new RB1100 is >>> coming out which looks pretty sweet. >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Scott Reed >>Sr. Systems Engineer >>GAB Midwest >>1-800-363-1544 x4000 >>Cell: 260-273-7239 >> >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>http://signup.wispa.org/ >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as > $30.00/mth. > Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/