[GLLUG] Raspberry Pi, An ARM Linux box for $25. Take a byte!

[Richard Houser]

Even my little 200Mhz WRT54G are running a 6to4 tunnel, QoS, a web
server, 8 vlans, etc.  The only thing stopping me from running things
like CUPS on them are the slow mass-storage (bit-banged SD card is
slow, and CPU intensive).  If I had the extra horsepower, I'd be
running some of layer7 filters and some IPSEC tunnels for the whole
network.  If I had more serial ports, I'd also be running NUT and
monitoring all the UPS via the same unit.  A v2 WNDR3700 may well be
my next incremental migration (I don't even have a 5GHz radio atm).

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Bryan Laur <bjlaur at mtu.edu> wrote:
>> You need specialized hardware media encoders for HDMI capture onto
>> something as low bandwidth as gigabit ethernet.  The HDMI would only
>> be usable for output, or theoretically HDMI-CEC, although I don't know
>> what that would do to the cost.  If you want a router, there are some
>> existing OpenWRT ones for about $100 with similar specs.  I'm
>> personally still running a WRT54GS, but almost to the point of needing
>> an overclock.
>
> I currently am using a WNDR3700 with OpenWRT on it, but you can't deny that
> there would be significant advantages a router based on the raspberrypi or
> similar.
>
> For one, I would like to be able to run freeBSD on it and stray away from
> the netfilter packages. Secondly, this device has alot more horsepower than
> the average router. The ability to use it almost as a full fledge server is
> attractive.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/1/2011 5:26 PM, Richard Houser wrote:
>>
>> You need specialized hardware media encoders for HDMI capture onto
>> something as low bandwidth as gigabit ethernet.  The HDMI would only
>> be usable for output, or theoretically HDMI-CEC, although I don't know
>> what that would do to the cost.  If you want a router, there are some
>> existing OpenWRT ones for about $100 with similar specs.  I'm
>> personally still running a WRT54GS, but almost to the point of needing
>> an overclock.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Bryan Laur<bjlaur at mtu.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>> They need a dual gb ethernet version.
>>>
>>> Getting closer and closer to the ability to build your own router for
>>> under
>>> about the same price you can buy one.. And then put freebsd on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, what are people thinking of using this for?
>>> It's very cheap, but what do I need HDMI for?
>>> Am I lead to believe this can decode high def video?
>>>
>>> On 10/1/2011 7:39 AM, Philip J. Robar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>>>>
>>>> Broadcom BCM2835 Media ProcessorSoC:
>>>> http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835
>>>>     ARM 11 @ 700 MHz
>>>>     Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV GPU
>>>> HDMI 1080P video and audio
>>>> 3.5mm analog audio
>>>> USB
>>>> SPI, I2C, I2S, UART and a fair bit of GPIO at 3.3V
>>>> MIPI CSI-2&    DSI
>>>> Input voltage is 6-20V, at a few hundred milliamps
>>>> Consumes 1W at full load
>>>>
>>>> Runs Fedora or Debian
>>>>
>>>> $25 Model A with 128 MB RAM
>>>> $35 Model B with 256 MB RAM and LAN9512 10/100
>>>>
>>>> Production is supposed to start sometime in November.
>>>>
>>>> Lots of details here: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard
>>>> including links to articles and videos.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
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