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On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 03:10:40PM +0000, James wrote: |
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> I'd like to be able to download some open source linux to the router |
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> hardware if updates and pathces are not maintained by the vendor? |
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> That way I do not purchase something that is to be abandoned in |
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> a few years by the vendor. |
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> It's just a small home/office so 3x100Mb E would be fine, but GigE |
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> ports would be better. I'm flexible on the CPU/arch of the hardware, |
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> so all discussion and suggestions are welcome. In an idealized world |
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> I'd pay extra for a gentoo_derivative based router; but all I find |
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> is the WRT, devil_linux and such, nothing really cool and interesting. |
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For the hardware, you could get a alix2d3: |
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http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d3.htm |
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For the distribution, I'd recommend Alpine: |
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http://www.alpinelinux.org/about |
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That's the combo I used in a recent past and it worked quiet fine |
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(802.1q VLAN, traffic shaping with tc, advanced firewall with scripted |
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iptables rules, ethernet cards controlled with ethtool (I could fix |
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speed/duplex for incompatible network hardware), ssh, etc). |
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While there is no wifi I found this MUCH better than WRT54GL, for |
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example. |
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Nicolas Sebrecht |