[GRLUG] linux friendly print/scan server device?

Josh leapole at gmail.com
Tue Oct 9 15:00:35 EDT 2012


great device once you put debian on it, it will be a little slower than the
pi but should work great for what you are doing

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:44 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any thoughts on the NSLU2? (Yes, its a bit late now since its ordered
> > already.. :)
>
> It's of the older generation.  I was going to send you a
> recommendation after I saw you leaning toward it, but I didn't jump
> quickly enough.  Still, I have a half dozen similar devices (Netgear
> WGT634U running the latest OpenWRT) still toiling away thanklessly,
> without so much as a hiccup in years.  I consider a wireless router,
> with a USB port, running OpenWRT to be network duct tape.  In a pinch
> it can function as anything from a wireless network adapter, bridge,
> repeater, ethernet switch, print / scanner server, file server,
> network attached web camera, whatever.  You can never have too many at
> your disposal.
>
> --tim
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