PC Routers

[Ansar Mohammed]

This conversatoin keeps coming up and I keep giving the same response.. :)

I would suggest a Wyse VX0 terminal, or any of these:
http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/
You can get them for ~$30 on Ebay, they have 1Ghz VIA x86 processors and
USB 2.0.
They run Linux quite well, are low on power and with a IDE based flash
drive, possibilities are quite endless.


On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Scott Allen <mlxxxp-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 8 December 2011 17:59, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> >> WRT54GL specificaly is ancient, slow, resource limited, broadcom based
> >> (a rather bad thing for wifi drivers in general), and runs rather hot.
> >>
> >> Really, what's to like?
> >
> > The price? I got one from NCIX on sale for $25, although it was a
> > Linksys certified refurb.
>
> Exactly, I've gotten a couple of free early WRT54G (OpenWRT/Tomato
> compatible) routers from people upgrading to 802.11n routers. Are the
> WRT54G/WRT54GL's perfect? Obviously no, but they have a smaller
> footprint than almost any PC, they consume far less power than almost
> all PCs and the price can not be beaten. As Lennart notes there are
> some routers that have better power consumption numbers, better
> drivers and a longer list of features, all at a MUCH higher price.
>
> Regardless, I stand by the view that OpenWRT or Tomato Linux running
> on a commercial router (be it an inexpensive one (like the WRT54GL) or
> a feature rich one (like the Atheros MIPS24k based ones)) is in MOST
> situations a much better option than a PC running Coyote Linux.
>
> Colin
>
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> > Scott
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