David Bell wrote:
> sean@??? wrote:
>
>> Happy to oblige. The NSLU2 had some quite good functionality out of the box, but not nearly so much as it does now that it is running Debian 4! Depends on what you are after I guess... no point in risking a bricking if all you need is NAS eh?
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>
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> I was considering purchasing an NSLU2 to act as an adsl router. At the
> moment I have an awful Origo router which whilst stable tends to give
> all the bandwidth on the ADSL line to one connection and none to other
> attempts from even the same machine! I am under the restriction that I
> can't run a PC or old PC under the stairs as a router and I really would
> like a software router, not a cheap hardware router that falls over.
>
> My plan is: Speedtouch 330 USB + External USB2 disk + Linksys NSLU2 =
> silent router and small NAS. My question is, does anybody have
> experience with doing this and is the NSLU2 beefy enough to handle
> (fairly-light) web traffic as a router with Debian 4 on the top? What
> are your general findings regarding its use?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave
Hi Dave,
Hard to say I am afraid as mine is not being used for that purpose and I
really wouldn't want to give you a duff steer.
It is responsive with regard to cups and samba, seems fine with html,
but pauses for thought where cgi is concerned (lighttpd + kwiki).
See, not very helpful am I?
:)
There are quite a few examples here:
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/WhatPeopleAreReallyUsingTheirSlugsFor
... but I couldn't find any to match your requirements.
What service are you connecting to with the Origo? I have a Dynamode
Router here that was made redundant by an ADSL upgrade that you are
welcome to if it is any good to you*. I wasn't made aware of any
bandwidth issues by the 3 or 4 users that shared it while it was
operational. It didn't like ADSL Max (it became unstable and bounced the
connection intermittently) so I replaced it with a Zyxel. Of course, if
you are on Max then it is probably a non-starter...
Sean
* free for collection from Lymington or a fiver if I have to post it
