Re: single device to replace ADSL router, WiFi/Ethernet router, SIP router?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.debian-arm@telemetry.co.uk>]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> > I'm looking for a single device (to reduce cabling) to replace this:
> >
> >       * it needs to run Debian or have at least some potential to do
> >         that. I don't want to have to deal with any pre-installed OSes,
> >         custom old OpenWRT builds running Linux 2.4 or other stupidity.
> >       * it needs either FXO/FXS ports or some sort of cordless phone
> >         integrated with it.
> >       * it needs to have ADSL2+ support, 
> >       * it needs WiFi, preferably something supported by ath5k/ath9k or
> >         OpenFWWF
> >       * it needs 4 Ethernet ports, speed isn't too important
> >       * it needs to either support coreboot or not be x86 (ARM/MIPS/etc)
> >       * it needs to be unbrickable, via semi-read-only secondary
> >         bootloader or whatever.
> >       * internal SATA or eSATA would be nice so that it has useful
> >         amounts of storage and can be used as a NAS
> >       * a few USB ports would be nice
> >       * some hardware expandability would be nice, miniPCI or whatever
>
> Honestly, that's not realistic.  Too weird a combined featureset.
> Especially the cordless phone bit.

It's certainly an... interesting featureset. I certainly wouldn't 
denigrate it, for the same reason that I don't denigrate the effort that 
our ISP (Andrews & Arnold, who design their own hardware when necessary) 
is putting into trying to find an efficient single-box solution for IPv6.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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