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Re: Magicbox (WRAP clone?)
*** First about your PtP and PtMP (AP) needs:
Since you are already exploring DD-WRT, the Buffalo high power wireless router is an excellent choice that is also very low cost. You can find them on-line in the $50 range and plastic enclosures are $10.
*** Now about PowerPC SBC from MagicBox:
I have been playing with a similar but tinier IBM PowerPC board with Atheros miniPCI cards since 2004. »Current longest 5.8Ghz OFDM link?
I think the IBM "405" PowerPC ran at 266Mhz to 533Mhz. IBM sold off the PowerPC low-end CPU line to AMCC who may be making the 200Mhz version CPU.
But I will estimate that even at 200Mhz, it will run Linux as well as a 266Mhz WRAP board. BTW most commercial WISP-OS (Star-OS, Mikrotik, WILI, Ikarus) do not support PowerPC but they all run on WRAP.
Sebastian added DD-WRT support recently. You may have to pay a small fee for 5Ghz Atheors support. DD-WRT forum has a section for MagicBox:
»www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.···931e9982 |
