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Another option might be a slightly older laptop, at least for the
"router" and "wifi AP" parts.

wifi "master" support can be hit or miss, but as long as its got USB
you could add a known supported one.

one benefit is that as long as it has a working battery, it will stay
up for short power outages.

On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:32 PM, josh <leapole at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I would be very interested in your final choice on this.
>
> I am also currently looking for a home router setup.  I really want it run
> debian or pfsense, be fanless and take little to no power.
>
> Top options so far are
>
> Choice -- remote management - KVM over IP - 2 ethernet ports - 6 sata and a
> pci-express
> https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X7SPF5B
>
> for complete fanless get a power supply like this
> http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-150-XT and a notebook power brick.
>
> -- I think that is exactly what your looking for..
>
> Other options
>
> an arm board -- need to add usb ethernet
> http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php
>
> or one of these embedded setups -- it says debian pkgs but its been eehh
> when researching that
> http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax  -- there is a 100 buck version.
>
> There are many other options but this is a quick list.
>
> Josh
>
> On Oct 5, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com> wrote:
>
> I'm looking at replacing my house router and NAS box with something that
> works a little better. I'm thinking a small, low power consumption box of
> some kind, hopefully something that can handle wireless router duties,
> simple file sharing and media streaming, and an IPv6 tunnel. Any
> recommendations on hardware specs or distribution to make this out of?
>
> The current setup that I would be replacing is an embedded router and a
> stand-alone NAS box. The router is an old WRT54GS running OpenWRT, but it's
> so starved for memory that it can't handle above a 2.4 kernel, and the IPv6
> tunnel doesn't work very reliably. The NAS box is a Netgear Stora with a
> mirrored pair of 2TB drives, but despite what some reviews might have
> suggested, performance using software RAID at that size is abysmal.
>
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