With the new J1800 Celeron boards from MSI, Gigabyte, and Biostar for ~$60 I was thinking of making a long term router out of one.
- $60 Bay Trail Mobo
- $40-50 High end PCI-E mini card (Intel Ultimate, Killer, etc)
- $10? Antennae
- $20 Cheap RAM
- $30 PSU/case
- Debian linux
Brian Klug from Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/show/6180/open-source-router-platforms) seems to really praise the flexibility and uptime that a fully customization router brings.
I need my router to do:
- NAS (SATA and USB3 drives)
- Firewall
- Large LAN network (potentially 5+ PC's gaming on lan, so a lot of intra-network traffic)
- Packet optimization (gaming over downloads, etc)
- "Futureproof"
What are the benefits of such a platform? The fact that I can use this computer for streaming to a HDTV as well seems like a plus. Given a total of about $160, how would a comparable router compare? Also, is there a possibility that with an add-on board (PCI-E x1) that this can also serve as an DOCSIS 3.0 modem?
- $60 Bay Trail Mobo
- $40-50 High end PCI-E mini card (Intel Ultimate, Killer, etc)
- $10? Antennae
- $20 Cheap RAM
- $30 PSU/case
- Debian linux
Brian Klug from Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/show/6180/open-source-router-platforms) seems to really praise the flexibility and uptime that a fully customization router brings.
I need my router to do:
- NAS (SATA and USB3 drives)
- Firewall
- Large LAN network (potentially 5+ PC's gaming on lan, so a lot of intra-network traffic)
- Packet optimization (gaming over downloads, etc)
- "Futureproof"
What are the benefits of such a platform? The fact that I can use this computer for streaming to a HDTV as well seems like a plus. Given a total of about $160, how would a comparable router compare? Also, is there a possibility that with an add-on board (PCI-E x1) that this can also serve as an DOCSIS 3.0 modem?