[CUWiN-Dev] New Platform

[David Young]

On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 12:07:08AM -0600, Quantum Scientific wrote:
> Good news:  I may have found a good platform for the project.
> 
> I've just looked over the circuitry for the Belkin F5D8230-4 pre-N wireless 
> router.  They generally  retail for ~$125, and seem well-capable of meshing 
> HSLS.  Cheaper than Soekris, and a much better performer, radio-wise.
> 
> A MIPS 300MHz processor with hardware IPSec, 128MB DDR SDRAM, and pads already 
> there to just solder in another 128MB.  Only 32MB of flash, but likely this 
> could be replaced with 64MB, maybe special-ordered from Belkin.  Upgrade the 
> RAM and flash, get no case, and maybe it'd be the same price as the retail 
> router.

Sounds great.  All we need now are a toolchain and documentation for
the CPU, WiFi, and other I/O.

Dave

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