[mythtv-users] OT: 'Intelligent' router for home myth system?

James Buckley xanium4332 at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 6 17:02:03 UTC 2007


On 06/06/07, Cole Brodine <cbrodine at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
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> On 6/6/07, migmog <migmog at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You probably want to look into a Linksys NSLU2 (slug)...
> >
> > Aye. Only I want to be a wireless router as well - there's not enough
> > holes in the slug to plug in all those ethernet cables ;-) Besides,
> > I've already got a slug-equiv NAS box which works fine. I want to
> > switch it off.
> >
> > I think there's a gap in the market for an embedded 'one box' that
> > handles all your
> >
> > broadband/LAN/wifi/voip/print-file-lamp-server/iTunes/uPNP/cellphone-backup
> > etc etc needs.
> >
> > Needn't be big or powerful - 32 or 64MB Broadcom/Arm/Mips should be
> > able to do it. Then we could even plug in a USB TV tuner and get it to
> > be a mini-backend.
> >
> > Unless someone makes one already. My Maxtor NAS and router do all
> > this, but that's two boxes with two plugs.
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> I'm not an expert by any means, but with all those things you want it to
> do, aren't you starting to look at a server?  I've got a custom built
> machine that does pretty much everything except for the routing.  I'd think
> with a couple ethernet cards and a switch you could pretty much accomplish
> everything you were looking for, but I don't think you are going to save
> much on power consumption.
>
> I'm sure somebody can jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong, but I've
> never seen such an all inclusive beast.


I have the WRTSL54GS. It's linksys wifi router capable of running linux ,
but with a USB port. I use a USB  hub and have some external USB cages,
seems to work fine...

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