Yeah, using the Linksys is a good idea. I think trying to run a PC-based firewall of a UPS or 12v is just not going to work out.. at least not for long. :)
-- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ John Hebert wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:18:00 -0500 > From: Edmund Cramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Subject: [brlug-general] Running a network on 12V > To: "'[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>'" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > This storm got me thinking - it looks like the phone system (mostly) > stayed up ... at least until the CO batteries and generators died. > But when we lost AC power at home my UPS running the DSL modem, > wifi and firewall started to complain after half an hour... I > disconnected the PC running the firewall (Pfsense) and wifi and > stayed on the DSL modem with my laptop via a wire for another hour > before the UPS finally died. > > So what I need I think is a 12V battery and a setup that runs the > modem, firewall, wifi and switch all directly off 12V - this has got > to be a better solution than buying a bigger UPS. > > > 12V connected to DC to AC inverter > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WGYNAA) to power your DSL modem > and a Linksys WRT54G variant > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series) that has been > flashed with one of the Linux distros like http://openwrt.org > <http://openwrt.org/> or http://www.sveasoft.com > <http://www.sveasoft.com/> for the WRT54Gs. Most of these inverters will > plug into your car/truck of course. > > Hope this helps! > > John > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. < > http://esva.puryear-it.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id= > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
