Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:54:49 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptops as routers Message-ID: <41847019.6070006@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41846C2A.9080206@nbritton.org> References: <p0611040dbda9c3a61a55@[10.20.30.249]> <41846C2A.9080206@nbritton.org>
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Oh... If you don't want to do the dumpster diving then you can get some good stuff here: http://www.retrobox.com/rbwww/home/search_results_pc_computers.asp?bin_id=world&page=1&Manufacturer_ID=&CPU_ID=&CPU_Speed_ID=&RAM_ID=&HD_Size_ID=&CD_ROM_Flag=&Price=&order_by=price%5Fcurrent%5Fselling%5Fprice+asc Shipping & Handling is $27.50 per unit though. Nikolas Britton wrote: > Paul Hoffman wrote: > >> Greetings again. I'm looking to buy a couple of cheap old laptops to >> be used as temporary routers. They just need to be able to handle >> PCMCIA Ethernet cards, not much more (having an Ethernet connector on >> the motherboard is fine, of course.) I don't want to run XWindows, >> and I'm sure 64 MB and a 1gig hard drive would suffice. >> >> Are there any brands/models I should lean towards? Ones I should avoid? >> >> --Paul Hoffman >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > Here is a better idea! > Step 1: Go dumpster diving for old computers (Pentium 1 or better, 8MB > IDE Storage Device or better, and a minimun of 48MB/Ram). > Step 2: Grab some networks cards wail your in the dumpster. > Step 3: Install said network cards into computers. > Step 4: Install and configure m0n0wall on said computers. > http://m0n0.ch/wall/ > Step 5: Profit??? > ------------------ > Total Cost: $0.00 > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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