Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:31:52 -0700 From: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: "Max Laier" <max@love2party.net> Cc: Angus Robinson <angus@fairhaven.za.net>, Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@freebsd.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wire(less)router under 100E - that we can run FreeBSD on? (Re: projects for wrt54gl) Message-ID: <57d710000809121731u785520a6q9ba61b506e7ae1a4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200809100840.08607.max@love2party.net> References: <48A96419.2010608@fairhaven.za.net> <200808181447.19210.max@love2party.net> <20080910090657.1b18a0be@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <200809100840.08607.max@love2party.net>
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On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Max Laier <max@love2party.net> wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2008 08:06:57 Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:47:18 +0200 >> >> Max Laier <max@love2party.net> wrote: >> > On Monday 18 August 2008 13:59:21 Angus Robinson wrote: >> > > Not to sure if this list caters this. I have a linksys wrt54gl >> > > wireless router (the cisco open source AP) and would like to know >> > > if there is a *BSD projects out there for this AP (i know there are >> > > a few linux ones), or if IPFW2 can be sucessfully compiled on >> > > linux. I have had a look on google with not much sucess. Sorry if >> > > this is the wrong list. >> > > >> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series >> > >> > This is powered by a MIPS based SoC. The FreeBSD/mips port is not >> > ready for prime time, yet ... but the wrt54gXX should be a possible >> > target once it is. NetBSD has a mips32 port, but it seems that there >> > are boot problems with the wrt54 >> > >> > As of now, it seems that *BSD is a no-go on this device - sorry. >> >> Are you or anyone else aware of an equivalent product - wire(less) >> router under 100E - that we can run FreeBSD on? >> >> We're using quite a few wrt54gl for very small networks and I'd really >> love a bit more flexibility when it comes to firewall for the same >> money. > > I'm not. However, you can pick up PcEngiens WRAP (discontinued) and ALIX > based solutions for just about 100E. There might be some ARM based solutions > out there, I'm not aware of, though. In addition, there should be a rise in > Intel Atom based boards in the next few months which can certainly provide a > quite powerful solution for <100$. > soekris+pfsense/m0n0wall seem to work well for may people (i've used m0n0wall and OpenBSD on these systems with great success). http://www.soekris.com/ HTH -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group
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