Hi there
thanks for answering and for the status of linux driver TC support
> For TGNET/wireless, we need to have a CPE which has to do all kinds
> of routing, NATting, asymmetric bandwidth shaping, IPSEC VPN tricks,
> accounting, OSPF and more.
that's exactly what I do here, with USR2450 + openap linux distro:
a really custom (and cheap) solution for our WISP clients
as the USR2450 APs became very hard to find, we're planning to move
to soekris boards (about US$199, 2-3 ethernets, 1 pccard & 1 mini-pci
slots) but Karlnet's WPBASE would also be considered a viable
choice if simple there where more/better information on-line about it!!
i.e., is it possible to boot through CF slot using an already made
linux distro on the CF? something like leaf.sf.net's bering or WISP?
(I mean, boot linux through syslinux, load a ramdisk and run from there?)
which are the onboard ethernets of WPBASE and WPCPE? realtek 8139?
some sort of NE2K compatible? does the pccard slots uses i82365/tcic?
which would be needed to load and run linux on it? all questions that
should be in a FAQ on the boards pages...
> With Karlnet providing their own CPE but no newer TC driver, we'll
> probably go to a split IDU/ODU solution. That is, we'll have a Linux
> box with 2 Fast Ethernet ports that is daisy-chained off the Karlnet CPE.
that would almost double the CPE cost, don't you think?
I'm trying very hard to avoid going through the path you just described
-- well, except if anyone do a linux port to Linksys BEFSR41 ;-)
Cheers
!3runo
from Brazil
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