[SGVLUG] Linux capable wireless hard drive enclosure?

[Dan Buthusiem]

I built something for about that price point. It's an MSI based AMD e350.
If you cheap out on the case, power supply, and RAM, you shouldn't have
much trouble staying under $200, and you can load the Linux of your choice.
There might be some Intel G500/600 cpu / motherboard combos that should hit
the same price point with higher cpu performance, but lower power
efficiency.
On Aug 12, 2012 7:28 PM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
> I'm brainstorming a potential project.
>
> I need a cheap NAS-like hard drive device with wireless and wired ethernet
> ports that can run some form of Linux (preferably Debian) in current
> production.
>
> The idea is to load it (or buy it with) with a 500GB HD.  On the device
> build web interfaces and mirror Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, the Khan
> Academy videos, the full Ubuntu software repositories, Open Street Map, and
> various open source textbooks.  Ship it to the developing world as a low
> cost local library that a small school can pop onto their network and use
> via a web browser.
>
> Total hardware cost should be under $200.
>
> The WL-HDD 2.5 circa 2005 is exactly what I want, but it is no longer
> made.  It could run Debian, had wifi and wired ethernet ports, and enclosed
> a 2.5" HD.  http://wlhdd.co.uk/wiki/Guide
>
> Is there anything equivalent on the market today?
>
> Thanks,
> braddock
>
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