[Voyage-linux] A Cheaper Motherboard

[Matthias Lemke]

then should "open embedded" be the first choice...

regards


Kim-man 'Punky' TSE schrieb:
> Hi Solomon,
> 
> I seems impossible to get a lower price x86-based embedded board.
> Other non-x86 embedded boards in MIP, ARM or XScale architecture does
> not have enough flash size for storing the disk-space hungry Debian. 
> With squashfs+unionfs we've seen in Live CD, we can't have a distro
> lower than ~30MB.  Even with squashfs with lzma support, it also can't
> lower than 25MB.
> 
> If Voyage is going to support non-x86 borads, it will not be Debian
> anymore, and it can't be called Voyage either, as Voyage Linux implies
> Debian-based distro.
> Regards,
> Punky
> 
> 
> 
> Solomon Asare wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I use lots of mikrotik products myself and they are
>> excellent if all you need is a wireless/router without
>> any special/unique customisation that you may want to
>> roll out yourself. And the 112 is competitively
>> priced.
>>
>> A licence upgrade, if required, after expiration of
>> the one your 112 board came with, will set you back by
>> about $40 at a latter date.
>>
>> Moreover, my competitors are also using Mikrotik or
>> cheaper alternatives and I was wondering if, with a
>> cheaper mboard + flash + memory and voyage, I can put
>> together a radio more competitively. I am almost at
>> the point where I may have to give the radio out and
>> make money on monthly bandwidth charges which are not
>> much.
>>
>> Regards,
>> solomon.
>>
>>
>> --- Andrew Niemantsverdriet <andrew at pure-wireless.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Check out the routerboard 112. It has board memory
>>> and flash for $99. My
>>> research and development budget ran out for this
>>> quater otherwise I would
>>> get one and see what can be done with it. Anyway
>>> here is a link:
>>>
>>> http://www.routerboard.com/prices.html
>>>
>>> Has anybody used these? Do they work? The cheapest I
>>> can build a wrap is
>>> $127 not including a radio or enclosure. And that is
>>> in quantiy 10.
>>>
>>> I will be interested to hear of others if there are
>>> any.
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> to make voyage more attractive as a
>>>>       
>>> Wireless/Router OS
>>>    
>>>> I guess we need a cheaper embedded motherboard.
>>>>
>>>> Please, does anyone have any suggestions apart
>>>>       
>>> from
>>>    
>>>> WRAP?
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to get say a ($60 - $80) board +
>>>>       
>>> memory
>>>    
>>>> + flash that can support a client? Pentium 200
>>>>       
>>> should
>>>    
>>>> be more than adequate. Any links?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> solomon.
>>>>       
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
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