[MLB-WIRELESS] QNX as a platform

[Andrew Gibson]

There are devices being released that will allow some level of 
customization. The following press release talks about an Open Architecture 
Access Point that will allow customization.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.121101/213452527

http://www.actiontec.com/company_info/release121101.html

We are awaiting details on how the units can be modified, along with a 
sample unit for testing.

Andrew

At 12:22 aa 17/12/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 05:12:00PM +1100, Jason Hecker wrote:
> > >Has anyone used QNX instead of other Linux versions for a wireless router?
> >
> > Not that I know of.  Should be possible.  There are various
> > Linux-on-a-floppy like Linux-Router-Project and No-Cat Net that will do 
> all
> > that caper with a QNX like footprint.
>
>using QNX would be nice as a platform for this enviroment as there
>are GNU tools (gcc etc) for QNX. but the issue is that its a
>commercial OS etc, and licence fees ... blarhg
>
> > If Melbwireless get's going in a serious way then hopefully it too will
> > have it's own no brainer distribution.  I am hoping an add-on for
> > Smoothwall would be possible.
>
>after talking to folks about smoothwall, and the guy that maintains
>it, the open source distro is going to be not supported soon and
>will become a full commerial product, IIRC.
>
>yours,
>
>kim
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