Marc, the goal is not to build it from commodity parts, but to learn how to build such systems in general :)

From scratch, starting with custom kernel build, then

tailored busybox, then web management and stuff...

that's what I call open source: working with the source :-)

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From: Marc SCHAEFER schaefer@alphanet.ch To: swinog@swinog.ch Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6:56:06 PM Subject: Re: [swinog] Embedded Linux practicing

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 04:50:34AM -0700, Stanislav Sinyagin wrote:

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My first mini-project is to build a small Wifi (or even Bluetooth?) hotspot (only for home use, of course) which would take its Internet feed from one of those mobile USB GPS modems that you get for few francs a month from Swisscom or Sunrise.

It is quite easy to do with the WL-500g WiFi access point, which has the advantage of

a) being compatible with standard systems (e.g. DD-WRT GNU/Linux)

b) having an USB port you can plug the Swisscom Unlimited dongle inside (the one which pretends to be a CD-ROM, uh, a tty)

I think it costs about 120.-. I have done it, and it works (routing the Swisscom Unlimited net to the internal switch, not the WiFi, in my case)

PS: the discussion on OSS gets annoying. Use whatever tool you find appropriate, as long as you can fix it when required.

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