[isf-wifidog] WiFiDog Hardware

[Dana Spiegel]

the soekris boards are just micro-PCs. To add wireless, just plug in  
any mini-PCI wi-fi card. If you look at metrix.net, they sell whole  
kits including wi-fi cards and outdoor mountings.

The easiest way to load an OS on the soekris is to use PXE. Details  
are available on www.metrix.net and www.nycwireless.net.

Dana Spiegel
Executive Director
NYCwireless
dana at NYCwireless.net
www.NYCwireless.net
+1 917 402 0422

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On Jul 7, 2006, at 4:26 AM, Chris Rowson wrote:

> Thanks for the information,
>
> The powers that be are a little bothered by the fact that upgrading
> the WRT54G using after market firmware invalidates the warranty.  All
> things considered though, the Cisco APs we are using at the moment
> cost around £200 and the WRT54Gs cost around £50. Enough said!
>
> As for the Soekris boards. I have no experience with these. Are they
> easy to use and upgrade and how does one add wireless connectivity to
> them?
>
> Thanks Again
>
> Chris
>
> On 07/07/06, Dana Spiegel <dana at nycwireless.net> wrote:
>>
>> We've been running it on Pyramid Linux (www.metrix.net) and  
>> Soekris embedded
>> computers (www.soekris.com). Works very well, and tends to be a  
>> little more
>> resilient and far more flexible than Linksys hardware.
>>
>> Soekris has a EU distribution. You might also try WRAP computers  
>> as well
>> (though I don't know that Pyramid Linux will work on them).
>>
>>
>> Dana Spiegel
>> Executive Director
>> NYCwireless
>> dana at NYCwireless.net
>> www.NYCwireless.net
>> +1 917 402 0422
>> Read the Wireless Community blog:
>> http://www.wirelesscommunity.info
>>
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> After experimenting with WiFiDog gateways installed on PCs running
>> Debian in our library service, we have decided it would be nice to  
>> get
>> rid of the PCs entirely and embed WiFiDog into a smaller device.
>>
>> Please could you tell me what kinds of hardware we can run WiFiDog  
>> on?
>>
>> Our datacomms division is keen that the hardware be reliable and
>> available. What are our options? We are based in the UK, so this
>> hardware needs to be available from a reasonably large supplier here
>> if possible.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> Chris
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