[ale] Plug computers?

Raylynn Knight seca900rider at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 22:13:37 EST 2012


Do a search for Arch Arm Linux for good documentation on rooting PogoPlugs,
Seagate Dockstar, Seagate GoFlex Home and Seagate GoFlex Net.
On Dec 5, 2012 8:39 PM, "Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

> These are the plug computers I was thinking about.
> http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-products.aspx
> I've been thinking of getting one of the 2 NIC (maybe + wifi) models as a
> home firewall and maybe Asterisk server.
>
> I helped someone setup a Buffalo TeraStation NAS which includes the
> PogoPlug "cloud" storage feature, but he didn't want to activate that part
> of it. I didn't try hacking it--has anyone rooted the $40 PogoPlug? That
> might be cool--does anyone know what the internal specs of it are, like
> memory, flash storage, processor?
>
> Scott
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Scott Plante" <splante at insightsys.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 5, 2012 3:09:33 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Plug computers?
>
> You have 3 RPis? Or Plugs?
>
> The plug computers are a bit expensive relative to the Pi, but remember
> you're getting a case, power supply, flash memory, and a proper (non-USB)
> gigabit Ethernet port, and on some of them, 2 ports. By the time you buy
> all the stuff to go with the Pi, if you need it, you're starting to get
> back into the price range of the plugs, are you not?
>
> How do you find the reliability of the USB ethernet ports? Some forums
> claim they're not very stable. I've had limited exposure, but I haven't
> noticed that much trouble myself.
>
> Scott
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Richard Bronosky" <richard at bronosky.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:23:07 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Plug computers?
>
> Now that the Raspberry Pi exists, I can't imagine paying the price of a
> plug computer. I have 3 of them now.
> On Dec 5, 2012 12:51 AM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale at acarver.net> wrote:
>
>> Anyone using one of the various plug computers that could share their
>> experience?
>>
>> I'm thinking ahead to moving my mail and syslog server to something like
>> a plug computer with an external hard drive attached.  The server is very
>> low volume and minimal load (exim/dovecot/syslogng with some monitoring
>> using mrtg).
>>
>> I may also use it as an endpoint for SSH tunnels though I may also use
>> something like an Rpi for that (currently using a meraki with the wireless
>> interface turned off) and possibly as the master controller for apcupsd.
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