So, how is this working out? Did this end up being a viable solution? <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Tom Schouten <<a href="mailto:tom@zwizwa.be" target="_blank">tom@zwizwa.be</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">To run debian I had to recompile the image on this page <a href="http://manojpi.blogspot.com/2012/05/openwrt-on-belkin-share-max-n300.html" target="_blank">http://manojpi.blogspot.com/2012/05/openwrt-on-belkin-share-max-n300.html</a> and enable FPU emulation. Compilation didn't go without problems so if anyone is interested in the .trx or the *.ipk, drop me an email (strip the [GLLUG] tag in the subject line).<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> On 06/21/2012 07:02 PM, Tom Schouten wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I bought the N300. Let's see if I can scale down requirements a bit.. Next is "debootstrap --foreign --arch mipsel squeeze squeeze" on a USB 2.5" Looking for more info I ran into this page: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWRT" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWRT</a> I used OpenWRT + chrooted Debian system a couple of years ago on an old SimpleTech SimpleShare NAS. Worked well only for very basic stuff since the disk was very slow and the machine was a bit low on memory (32M). The Belkin has 64M so should be a little better, but still seems quite tight. I'm curious if it will run asterisk. On 06/19/2012 12:38 AM, Charles Ulrich wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Not a bad price for a hackable router, even if the stock firmware is a bit crap. I might grab one to be a wifi bridge. Also, what OpenWRT class? :) Charles On 06/18/2012 11:56 PM, Tom Schouten wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Thanks a bunch for all the answers. In the OpenWRT class I ran into this one today, currently $19.97 on amazon Belkin Share Max N300 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Share-N300-Wireless-Router/dp/B004B1Z6EE" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Share-N300-Wireless-Router/dp/B004B1Z6EE</a> There are patches for OpenWRT <a href="http://manojpi.blogspot.com/2012/05/openwrt-on-belkin-share-max-n300.html" target="_blank">http://manojpi.blogspot.com/2012/05/openwrt-on-belkin-share-max-n300.html</a> Cheers Tom On 06/18/2012 08:23 AM, Tom Schouten wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi List, Recently I've been doing some math and found out that running a 100W machine 24/7 at my parent's back home cost me about 150 Euros/year (Belgian electricity is quite expensive, about 20 Eurocents/kWh more than double of what it is here). The 100W was measured with power meter over period of 24h so is probably quite accurate. Includes PC, GB ethernet switch + wireless router. Anyone have an idea of how to replace this with something more power-efficient? I recently ran into [1] which seems like a nice solution. Not sure about the power though. It probably can go lower still. This[2] might be nice too. The main purpose for the server is backup, VPN, asterisk, email with spamassassin+clamav, apache and to serve as print server and gateway for the home network, maybe also PLEX but that can also run on a "real" PC if necessary. 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