[ale] looking for a very lightweight distro

[James Sumners]

I can't find the posts I read a while back that indicated the posted
specs were essentially lies. Maybe it doesn't do "simultaneous
dual-band"?

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM, jrtroberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/15/10 09:18, James Sumners wrote:
>
> I used to have an old P2 box with wired and wireless NICs to do what
> you are wanting. Actually, I still have it but it hasn't been booted
> in years. Anyway, I moved over to a Linksys WRT54GL with the Tomato
> firmware several years and haven't not regretted it.
>
> I have been looking to upgrade to 802.11n recently and came across the
> same routers you have. I don't think either of those is a good buy
> because they are not truly dual-band devices. If you're going to
> upgrade to an 802.11n system while retaining support for 802.11b/g and
> maximizing your 802.11n throughput and range, then you need a
> dual-band device. A dual-band device essentially has two radios, one
> for 802.11n and another for 802.11b/g. Thereby allowing 802.11n to run
> on the 5GHz band and 802.11b/g on 2.4GHz.
>
>
>
> So this specification blurb from the cisco web site is not true?
>
> Cisco Linksys E3000
> http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E3000L-HighPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId97826163VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm#
>
> Bands:Simultaneous 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
>
> or this blurb from CNET.com reviews
>
> http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/cisco-linksys-e3000/4505-3319_7-34041744.html
>
> The good: The Cisco Linksys High Performance Wireless-N Router E3000
> delivers most of what you'd expect from a high-end router, including true
> dual-band, Gigabit Ethernet, fast throughput, a long range, NAS
> functionality,
>
> and the lack of features in The bad: section of the CNET.com review are more
> than compensated for when the firmware is upgraded to the dd-wrt.
>
> just some thoughts.
>
> And no, the E2000 is not a true dual band.  But it does seem like the E3000
> is.
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:46 AM, jrtroberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 07/14/10 22:13, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>
>
> You can download a 10MB (!!!) ISO of TinyCore Linux to run in a
> VirtualBox VM. It boots in less than a second! Once booted you can use
> its built it package manager to install a few packages and then choose
> "Burn USB Drive" to create a thumb drive you can boot from. I would
> suggest pulling the drives out to save power. Using a P2 is likely to
> cost a lot more in energy in 1 year than you would spend on an SBC.
>
>
>
> After looking into wireless routers that will run dd-wrt, I am thinking
> it might be better to go with something like the Linksys E series
> routers, probably the E2000 or E3000.  This will upgrade the wireless b
> to n and give me the gigabit connection I might need in the future.
> Thoughts?  Not that the linux box is not a valid option, but if I can
> get a network upgrade out of the deal it seems like a better choice.
>
> I will; however, take a look at the distros listed in this thread and
> become more familiar with them.  And I might even setup the linux box
> with 2 or more nics just for fun.
>
>
>
> On 7/14/10, Doug McNash<dmcnash at charter.net>  wrote:
>
>
>
> I run voyage (http://linux.voyage.hk) on a 128Mb Sokris net4801 as a cups
> server.  It is Debian based so you can apt-get what you need.
>
> --
> doug mcnash
>
> ---- jrtroberts<jrtroberts at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>
>
> I am looking for a very lightweight distro, something to run on a P2 era
> computer maybe a bit earlier, It only needs to function as a router.  So
> I need to use IP Tables to route between maybe two - five networks, My
> sisters lan/internet connection in her APT and my father's backup
> server(on a separate VLAN) in the house proper.  I am hoping that my
> father has an old box that has room for 2 nic cards.  That seems to be
> the cheapest route at the moment.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joshua
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