[Cu-wireless] Realtek RTL8181, "access point on a chip"

[Sascha Meinrath]

is anyone interested in pricing out the three options we have so we can do
a side-by-side comparison of the costs, pros, and cons for each system
(soekris, WRAP, & minitar)?

--sascha

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Jon Dugan wrote:

>
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:29:25PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> > Nevertheless, the WRAP is probably worth the extra $190 in the long
> > run. You don't have to reverse-engineer it, memory is not so tight,
> > and it can be upgraded.
>
>   Have you found a source for the Minitar boards?  I didn't look to hard, but
>   the Australian page on had sources in Australia.
>
>   It's a tough call, the original appeal to me of the WRAP is that it is about
>   half the cost of a Soekris.  Cheap is a good thing.  The cheaper it is the
>   more we can get deployed which helps us in terms of creating a denser mesh.
>   If we could build a complete box for $100 or less that would be way cool.
>
>   If we can find a source for the Minitar I'll buy one or two to play with.
>   I'm also going to buy a WRAP they're available.
>
> Jon
>