Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:12:19 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Subject: Re: Laptops as routers Message-ID: <200410310112.21385.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <p0611040dbda9c3a61a55@[10.20.30.249]> References: <p0611040dbda9c3a61a55@[10.20.30.249]>
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--nextPart1452694.MWdaNZJHL2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2004 00:20 schrieb Paul Hoffman: > 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? Bad idea IMHO. I'd suggest having a look at http://www.soekris.com/ (net450= 1=20 for easiest requirements, better 4801, all in one extendable box) or if you= =20 need just basic 586cpu-power without extendability and only (well designed)= =20 ethernet ports see: http://www.pcengines.ch/wrap.htm You can use any type of PC as terminal to operate these boxes vi the serial= =20 interface. Perhaps you already have any old vt100 terminal handy. But I don''t have an answer to your original question, sorry. Although I'd= =20 like to mention that old laptops often can't handle modern PC-CARDSs=20 (CARDBUS), PCMCIA was 5v and 16 bit wide, very slow and really not sutable= =20 for routing purposes! =2DHarry > > --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" --nextPart1452694.MWdaNZJHL2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBhB/VBylq0S4AzzwRAiv4AJ4iaYhLfiBdxZzVOStmAO6IRwcLIwCeMn1i CoX8fRro0EfB2YEsSiCaI40= =0Nz+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1452694.MWdaNZJHL2--
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