From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43639 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757875AbZJFTAK (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:00:10 -0400 Message-ID: <4ACB9375.6050805@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:59:01 +0200 From: Joerg Albert MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ahmed A CC: David Acker , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux wifi development board References: <175271.7461.qm@web32506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4ACB42CB.7010403@roinet.com> In-Reply-To: <4ACB42CB.7010403@roinet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/06/2009 03:14 PM, David Acker wrote: > Ahmed A wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have been looking online for a Linux wifi development board. I have >> come across a few from small companies (reasonably priced), but most >> of those companies seem to be out of business. I would appreciate >> suggestions from anyone that may have used one recently, or suggest a >> link where I can more info some popular ones. >> >> I am mostly interested in doing some software development, prototyping >> on the "application processor", not on the "baseband processor" (radio >> part). >> >> If there is an alternate mailing list I can post my question, I would >> appreciate that also. > > I have had good luck with boards from Gateworks, > http://www.gateworks.com/ and radios from Ubiquiti, http://ubnt.com/ . > All of it is supported by OpenWRT, although I believe that the gw2348-4 > (avila) has mainline support. If Avila boards are a bit to pricey, you may consider getting an Ubiquity Routerstation (Pro) instead. It ships with OpenWrt. Anyhow, just check which devices have OpenWRT mainline support (http://www.openwrt.org) and choose one of them. If you prefer x86 hardware and more standard distributions you may consider an Alix board (http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm). I've got one here running Debian Lenny on a 8 GByte CompactFlash card. Both Routerstation and Alix require additional miniPCI (or USB) WLAN cards. Regards, Joerg.