a $35 raspberry pi with a 4 port switch connected to it ($ 17 on amazon, or
wherever)
Maybe run ubuntu snappy core with a squid proxy in docker?

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:15 AM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:

> An underlying question: What should I be reading?
>
> I wish a blackbox which:
>
> 1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be
> considered]
>     A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian
>     B. A laptop with WinXP Pro SP3 whose reason for existence is
> running SeaMonkey.
>        Historically it is/was my primary machine. Its future is
> as a portable.
>     C. A laptop dedicated to Linux experiments. I have erased the
> HDD as many as
>        ten times in one week ;/
>     D. Misc temporarily connected laptops.
> 2. It shall provide multiple USB ports in order that a selection
> of flash dives
>     and a 1 TB HDD can be accessed by any machine.
> 3. It *SHALL* connect to the internet via a T-Mobile 4G Hotspot
> Z915 connected
>     via USB. The WiFi features have been disabled. I really
> wanted a USB cell network
>     modem. The local T-Mobile outlet was only vendor that didn't
> try assaulting me with
>     their 'smartphone-du-jour' with an atrociously large data
> plan. this connection
>     shall be protected by a firewall.
>
> How broke will I be?
> TIA
>
>
>
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