Hi, and embedded routers

["Chris Aitken" <chris@ion-dreams.com>]

Hi All,

A quick intro: I'm Chris, from Reading, Berks, UK. 25, and a mechanical
engineer (semicon R&D). Been using Debian for about a year now (on servers &
desktops).

Interested in setting up embedded firewall/router/VPN gateways using
EmDebian, and a Soekris board, or similar.

I saw you guys at the LUDEX show in London, and that's what sparked the
re-interest.

I have followed the thread about Debian router (compressed FS needs) from
the Apr 2004 archives. I have read through the howto by Vadim, and also his
shell script. It seems a good starting point.

Vadim requires a statically linked busybox binary to use his script. Would
the Sarge version of busybox-static fulfill this need, or would I have to
take the source (either debian, or vanilla, and compile statically?)? I hope
someone can advise on this issue.

Also, if I chose not to use busbox, and hacked away at the thing myself, how
would one start using emdebian. The embedded board would be running an i386
clone.

Cheers

Chris


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