[Klug-general] Cheap Fanless Linux Box

[Andrew Spode Miller]

Buffalo does a DD-WRT capable Gigabit router with 64MB of RAM at about
£60. This would make for a pretty good router setup - and DD-WRT is
very flexible.

Spode

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 8 January 2011 15:03, Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if it could run pfSense and be a nice little router.  Looked on
>> the Google but cant find any confirmation.
>>
>
> The biggest issue I can see, is what can you do with 3 USB ports and a
> Network Port?
> Ok the USB ports should take USB Hubs, but that will add to the
> power consumption and reliability, But I tend to want at least two network
> ports to make a router....
> Otherwise can't see why it should not work.
> Peter Childs
>
>>
>> Sent from my Nokia phone
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karl Buckland
>> Sent:  08/01/2011 14:54:19
>> Subject:  Re: [Klug-general] Cheap Fanless Linux Box
>>
>> I'm sure it will work, but with 128mb memory it'll need some fine-tuning
>> to
>> run Apache and Postgres.
>>
>> Karl
>> On Jan 8, 2011 2:45 PM, "Andrew Spode Miller" <spode at justfdi.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm fairly sure there are specific Asterisk images pre-made. Apache +
>> > Postgres certainly wouldn't be an issue!
>> >
>> > Come to think of it - DD-WRT on routers can run Asterisk - so this
>> > should have no problems!
>> >
>> > Spode
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
>> > > Been looking at these devices for a while. just need to work out what
>> > > it can do and if its worth it.
>> > >
>> > > could it run asterisk. post Gres. and Apache?
>> > >
>> > > Peter
>> > >
>> > > On 07/01/2011, Tom Carlson <twigathy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> s'got an ! at the end of the URL which the link parser in gmail
>> > >> didn't
>> > >> pick up...
>> > >>
>> > >> On 7 January 2011 18:57, Karl Buckland <buckland.karl at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >>> Getting a 404 for the scan web page.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Karl
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Jan 7, 2011 6:39 PM, "James Blake" <jimmyblake at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>>> I saw Maplin had something similar on the shelf for £49 - it was
>> about
>> > >>>> the
>> > >>>> size of a paperback I wonder if it is the same one?
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Regards
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> James
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 18:35, Andrew Spode Miller wrote:
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> Hello,
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Thought this might interest some people.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>>
>>
>> http://www.scan.co.uk/products/seagate-freeagent-dockstar-usb-and-network-adapter-upto-3-usb-storage-devices-share
>> !
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> £40 for an ARM based computer with Gigabit ethernet, 3 USB ports
>> > >>>>> and
>> > >>>>> 128MB of RAM.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> SSH server pre-installed. Login, and run the script from here:
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> After 20 minutes, you have a Debian Squeeze install. From there,
>> > >>>>> you
>> > >>>>> have a highly flexible, low power consumption (15W) server to do
>> with
>> > >>>>> whatever you will.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Add the debian-multimedia repositories and you can even set it up
>> > >>>>> as
>> a
>> > >>>>> mythtv-backend using a USB TV Tuner.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> For the money, I thought I'd have a play. Plugged in a USB VGA
>> adapter
>> > >>>>> and had it working as a desktop - not exactly it's intended use,
>> > >>>>> but
>> > >>>>> illustrated to me how cool it was :)
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> Spode
>> > >>>>>
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