Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 18:52:30 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, connexion@psand.net Subject: Re: Best solution - mobile wifi hotspot Message-ID: <48403EDE.1090409@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20805300608s13ec0fa7x7034f1a89ea07c46@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20805300608s13ec0fa7x7034f1a89ea07c46@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > My dad makes instruments and goes to a lot of festivals. They are > typically in the middle of nowhere, without internet. Many vendors > still bring notebooks as they provide quick & easy access to many > things, but there is no internet. For credit cards, many use their > cell phones to make the transaction. My dad wants to get a satellite > connection (pure sattelite, no phone), and set up something to offer a > wireless hotspot. > - Some shows will just pay a flat fee, and have the hotspot open. > - Some shows won't pay a fee, and so he'll want to charge to recover > some of the cost. > > For the open hotspots, a simple wireless router will do. For the > charge hotspots, we'd want something a little more flexible. My first > thought was 'FreeBSD can do that!'. The trick is that we will be using > battery power most of the time. Low power is the key. I'm thinknig > sub-20W max power drain worst case, SUB 10-15W is ideal. > > > With that background info, my questions are: > 1) Is building a low power computer based on FreeBSD the right way to > go? Or would you all recommend something else? What? > 2) Does anyone have experience with the GeodeNX or VIA C7 boards > available on NewEgg? Heads ups and pointers? > 3) Does anyone have experiences with these and a given wireless > adaptor, How good/bad is/was it? > > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > This particular wheel has already been invented several ways :) http://psand.net/ https://en.wiki.aktivix.org/SquatTelecoms To keep power down you probably want to opt for a dedicated wireless router box not a computer (unless you are also saving bandwidth with squid etc). And to generate electricity use wind or solar. Chris
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