Hi Russell, Regardless of the outcome of your call - I feel that I do not really need Alix for my node. I would be happy to downgrade to that Ubiquity router or anything equally functional without the radio.
If that sounds like good and workable idea, you could redirect the Alix and recover it's cost for PTP. What do you think? If we go with the UBNT X-router, I would be happy to purchase it, so that experimental stays with you. Tomas On Sep 26, 2017 2:03 PM, "Russell Senior" <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > > Hi All, > > The Personal Telco Project has a node host interested in purchasing an > APU2 from pcengines.ch (in Switzerland). The APU2 is a headless > quad-core 64-bit x86 single board computer, with three integrated intel > NICs in a 6x6-inch form factor. Several of us have used them for > connecting to the overpriced, underperforming, but still-gigabit-fiber > service from CenturyLink, since they can route at wire-speed where many > consumer off the shelf routers cannot. > > http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm > > They run Coreboot for BIOS, out of the box. > > PCEngines seems to be a one-person design shop, has the boards > manufactured in China, and has a couple decades of history. In wifi > land, they were first known for their WRAP boards, then the ALIX about a > decade ago, and in the last few years the APU. They also sell bits and > pieces for pretty good prices. > > http://pcengines.ch/newshop.php?c=4 > > The primary downside is that pretty much whatever you order, the > shipping (which has been quick in my experience, recently down to about > 3 days) is about $40. So, when we do order from them, we try to > aggregate, so as to amortize the shipping costs. We have done a few of > these group orders before, and several PLUG members have availed > themselves. We apportion the shipping costs based on the weight of the > items. > > A basic APU2-with-case-and-power-supply is in the neighborhood of $150. > Adding a wifi radio and antennas is another $20-$25. > > If anyone is interested in getting in on this order, please contact me > directly. I generally create a spreadsheet to share amongst the > participants to show how the costs breakdown. > > We'd like to pull the trigger on the order by early next week. > > Thanks! > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > russ...@personaltelco.net > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
