Yeah...details, details... CF is separate, there are SBC's w/ 2 PC Cards
for $199 or less. (www.Soekris.com)
BTW, the soekris boards support cardbus and are POE compliant. :)
Just thinking out loud here.
> Wouldn't you need two PC Cards, one for KN and one for 802.11b AP?
> Also, is the CF card cost included in the $175 SBC cost?
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Alright, I'm not a pro with Linux but I'm more than dangerous. How big
> of
> a CF card would you need to load a version of Linux capable of doing a
> decent NAT and possibly have a web config? What version of *nix would
> be
> most suited for this? The Karlnet Linux client is only like $20 and a
> Soekris SBC (qty5) is $175. Add a PC card ($50) and I've got a $245 CPE
> w/
> Karlnet (less in quantities).
>
> Basically the NAT would have to support VPN's and the DirectX gaming
> stuff
> or my customers would be pissed.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norm Young" <npyoung@applegatebroadband.net>
> To: "Karlnet Mailing List" <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Karlnet] which linux distributions work?
>
>
> > Along these lines, I've been putting in neighborhood repeaters
> supporting
> 10
> > residences (we have a very convoluted terrain) or less using a
> combination
> > of a Karlnet SOHO license in bridge mode and a 802.11b AP (BG2000).
> Fairly
> > cludgy, in that all the bw limiting, authentication has to be done
> back at
> > the NOC (using MT), so I've been wondering about a more elegant and
> scalable
> > solution. How about a Linux distro (like the AP distro) running on a
> SBC
> > with two radios in it. One radio would be a Linux KN client license,
> and
> > the other running as a .11b compliant AP. This way, the repeater is
> on
> one
> > piece of hardware, routing, authentication, and bw/packet level
> control
> are
> > all available right at the repeater point. Does anyone think such a
> > beastie is possible?
> >
> > Norm
> >
>
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