[Gllug] MiniPC with 2x NIC

[S. Ford]

I recently upgraded my adsl router to a dratek vigor 120 (modem) and wrt54g running dd-wrt (router), all up shouldn't cost more than £80. I have found it incredibly reliable and more powerful than any ISP supplied solution. 

The wrt54g running dd-wrt, open wrt or tomato is a nice cheap solution that has iptables and loads of features; however it is only 802.11g and 10/100 Ethernet which I find suitable to my needs, but you could always disable wifi and connect it all to a gigE and wireless N WAP for faster speed. 

The LHS recently went with the v120 and an Alix board (all up £180ish) see link below for links to detailed hardware specifications. 

Both the wrt54g and Alix solutions for a router offer immense power and customisation, however I place my vote with the wrt54g because of the price and the ease to manage it. 


http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Pledges/New_Router


On 4 Apr 2012, at 09:49, Tim Hughes <thughes at thegoldfish.org> wrote:

> I have been looking at getting one of these http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=40, a little expensive but designed for what you want. Their thin client is dual lan which is a bit odd for a thin client but would make a nice router http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=27 and is a fair bit cheaper 
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