[MLB-WIRELESS] Suggestion

[David Arnold]

-->"Chris" == Chris Hocking <hocking at planet.net.au> writes:

  Chris> All you need to do is put a power supply, motherboard (with a
  Chris> few cards in it), and a small 200MB harddrive in a box (not
  Chris> even a case - just a black plastic box with a few holes put
  Chris> in - only around $20-40 at Dick Smiths), and mount it
  Chris> together and your done.

well, i'd rather put the box on the mast and run ether to my switch
than run RF cabling for 25m.  decent coax is *not* cheap.  and if i
can get away with not having a spinning disc and a fan, i'd be happier
still.

  Chris> I am guessing the software will run on a 486 system. If so
  Chris> then I have heaps of old 486 motherboards and power supplys,
  Chris> as well as fairly slow network cards.

i'm currently trialing a 386sx33.  it's a pain to configure -- i
should have built the disc in a faster machine -- but i think it'll
cope with DHCP, firewall, and two interfaces.  we'll see.




d

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