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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> This thread has some interesting recommendations perhaps people could >> put them on the lug website, we need more content, just log in, create >> a new story and add the details, it would be good for future reference. >> >> just an idea, as the same topic seems to come up every so often. > > Heh... Being a Linux group what we should do of-course is build our own > out of a Linux PC with a few Ethernet cards and/or ADSL cards... (Says > the man who's just bought 2 Wi-Fi access points rather than cobble > together a monstrosity out of PCI cards, USB adapters, etc.) However my > main router is Linux, has 5 Ethernet ports an acts as a mini Ethernet > switch... runs 2 servers via virtualisation, beats as it sweeps as it > cleans... > > Looks like this might be handy too: > > http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12181 > > Not exactly sure how it works - hopefully it's a PPPoA <-> PPPoE bridge > onna card... Although it comes with drivers... > > Wish I had more than one PCI slot on my motherboard... > > And as Rob says, I like and use Draytek stuff - it's mostly OK - I like > it because it has reasobably effective traffic shaping for the VoIP > stuff I do, but it is expensive - the RRP of the 2710n (with Wi-Fi & > USB) is £119+VAT. (Broadbandbuyer has them for £114.49 inc vat - Draytek > do a nice discount to dealers if they buy a box of 10 at a time - > something I can't do, but the bigger on-line places will be able to get > that) > > The 2710 doesn't do fall-over to 3G via the USB though - the 28xx series > do - if that's an issue, however they are "reassuringly expensive"... > > So while it's easy for me (or more likely one of my resellers) to go > into a small/medium company to install network/lan/voip as an all-in-one > service, I think it's hard for individuals to justify that sort of price > for a home device... > > The only other device I've had experience of recently is DLink - which > you've currently got - but a quick look at broadbandbuyer isn't finding > me any with a USB port for printer type functions... > > Hows about an idea for a local project - We put a specification (maybe > more of a "HowTo" together for a small Linux box - Low power > motherboard, capable of taking 1 or 2 SATA drives, 2 (or more) Ethernet > ports, suitable kernel configuration, and so on.... ? Won't be as cheap > as a consumer grade router though!!! > > Gordon > Sounds like fun, Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 10.04 is 29th April : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/ - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkvZp5oACgkQaggq1k2FJq1MVgCffs2+QRLX9wF75Mmalsvo0mSY ftAAnRlI8aDB0dEiAbG5E6GacrhY+RH2 =e68x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html