Hi Of course, there's the noise issue if you don't have a cupboard to hide the machine and considerably cheaper to run. Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Alex Snow Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 1:51 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Wireless Router personally I don't want to use a full-fledged computer as a router...in a router I want something that's just going to run without any issues, and anyway a computer is overkill. I like something thats a small imbedded system with just enough flash/ram to be a router. On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 01:48:26PM -0400, ace wrote: > How come people don't just use their Linux box as the router and a wireless > switch to provide the wireless? I don't have a lot of experience in this > area so let me know if I am completely off. > > > -- > ace > Network Administrator of > irc.talkingirc.net > http://www.talkingirc.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Alex Snow > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 11:48 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Wireless Router > > I like the wrt54gl (I think that's what it's called, the current one > that runs linux not the current one that runs vxworks) > > personally quite happy with my Cisco 2514 though... > On Fri, Jun 08, > 2007 at 08:05:14AM -0600, Dawes, Stephen wrote: > > This is slightly off topic, but I am looking for opinions on which > > wireless router to purchase. > > > > > > Steve Dawes > > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > > Email: SDawes at calgary.ca > > > > > > > > > > NOTICE - > > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity > named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person > responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended > recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of > this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, > or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks > you for your attention and co-operation. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > I don't know why, but first C programs tend to look a lot worse than > first programs in any other language (maybe except for fortran, but then > I suspect all fortran programs look like `firsts') > -- Olaf Kirch > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > __________ NOD32 2320 (20070609) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- > > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I > > should use Linux over BSD? > > No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on > creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it > certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able > to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the > mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the > name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too > technical. -- Linus Torvalds' follow-up to a question about Linux _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup __________ NOD32 2321 (20070610) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
