Ok, I think I might possibly be flagging myself as a complete idiot because I thought that I "got this" ... I really did.
But I'm sitting here asking myself, "freedom to do what that I can't do already?" or "free from what that I'm not already free from?" Is it a "free" (not cost) server infrastructure that we're looking for? Really, help me out here. Thanks Greg On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of them have ethernet or wifi built in. There are a number of USB > based wifi and ethernet adaptors that work quite well with Linux. > > Sent from my Android device. Please excuse my brevity. > On Jul 5, 2011 12:30 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I forgot about the plug devices. That is a better idea. What about > network interface. USB is fast enough but do we have usb to eth? > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:03:08AM -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > >> There are already plug devices running Linux. Right now Arm seems to be > >> architecture of choice, coupled with Debian the underlying platform is > >> already here. What is needed is the client facing software. > >> > >> Sent from my Android device. Please excuse my brevity. > >> On Jul 4, 2011 10:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Yes it would work like that. They likely don't need much power but > they > >> will need to be able to output a "POTS" service if they are to be used > in > >> analogue homes. I've not looked into the digital requirments but that > would > >> make a great deal of sense to support. Companies like Dilogic can supply > the > >> telephony interface cards. > >> > > >> > The OS could be Linux or likely a flavour of *BSD. I would prefer > OpenBSD > >> but that is only because I happen to use it on my servers and firewalls. > >> > > >> > Basically it needs an RJ45. Thus a little netbook would do the job if > we > >> can find USB telephone interface units and we can pick up the netbooks > for > >> like $169. > >> > > >> > With a wifi interface it could even support a smart phone! In fact a > smart > >> phone could do the job but IMHO they are pretty overpriced. > >> > > >> > If people want cheaper then any old PC from the PII days on will work. > >> These machines have PCI bus interfaces which Dialogic makes cards for. > THing > >> is old computers like that actually are more expensive because they draw > a > >> lot more power than a netbook. With a netbook I would expect we would be > >> throtling to the slowest cpu speed and I do not think we would need > other > >> than a solid state drive on it. > >> > > >> > Now if we get something like an ALIX which has multiple NICs then I > >> suspect the box could provide firewall + telephone services. > >> > > >> > Software would probably be Asterisk. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 09:47:20PM -0600, Joe S wrote: > >> >> These articles look interesting. I'm not that knowledgeable on > >> >> how the Internet works. Would the boxes contain servers that hook > >> >> up to each other like a private a private network? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks > >> >> > >> >> On Monday 04 July 2011 19:50:11 Mel Walters wrote: > >> >> > Sounds good. The more people (and ideas) involved the better. > >> >> > I have some lectures and talks related to all this that I hope > >> >> > will encourage us to even spearhead something good. > >> >> > > >> >> > Mel > >> >> > > >> >> > On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 01:05 -0600, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> > > I would like to work with you on this. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 12:02:49AM -0600, Mel Walters wrote: > >> >> > > > Proposed solution to freedom on the net: > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/16/nyregion/16about.html?_r > >> >> > > > =2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1297865022-0JDUtCoG16GYaoGy9MDMyg > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/02/16/freedom-box-needs-a > >> >> > > > -good-user-interface/ > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > I am attempting to put together some strong proposals that > >> >> > > > have been brought to light. Combined with wifi mesh this > >> >> > > > could wnd up lending to a more scalable and robust > >> >> > > > network too. > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > Mel > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> clug-talk mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> >> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > clug-talk mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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