[tech] Dec Server Help!!

[Mitch Kelly]

Yep,

Tested on 3 platforms:

WRT54GL: 780mA With Wifi off and 1 Ethernet plugged in.
WL520GU: 669mA With Wifi off and 1 Ethernet plugged in.
Ubnt NS5: 600mA With Wifi On and 1 Ethernet plugged in. 

The NS5 has proven the best but the design of the NS5 doesn't allow much in
the way of a serial port, And they are too sexy to hack up.

I don't want a PC solution, I want a Simple bridge of some sort. It
preferably CANNOT crash, so a Embedded device might not be the best idea.


Mitch

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Chadd [mailto:adrian at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] 
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:14 AM
To: Mitch Kelly
Cc: 'Alex Dawson'; tech at ucc.asn.au
Subject: Re: [tech] Dec Server Help!!

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010, Mitch Kelly wrote:
> This was going to be my second solution, However..
> 
> WRT54GL Uses 9W of power @ 800~mA As do many other Broadcom platforms. And
> this is too much.

.. do you have the power usage figures for the WRT with the radio switched
off and powered down?



Adrian

> 
> What I really need is some form of Ethernet to Serial cable, One thing I
was
> thinking of using was the IP Web server from Jaycar:
>
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5489&keywords=web+server&form=
> KEYWORD (based on an AVR with 4 Analog and 4 digital in/outs)
> 
> Or then again there actually is Serial To Ethernet boxes:
>
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?URL=index&ID=XC4134&CATID=20&SUBCAT
> ID=246
> 
> Anyone else know what I can use?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Dawson [mailto:theducks.org at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Alex Dawson
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:35 AM
> To: Mitch Kelly
> Cc: tech at ucc.asn.au
> Subject: Re: [tech] Dec Server Help!!
> 
> Assuming you don't actually need LAT, you can do a dual-serial port mod to
> the Linsys WRT54GL, many versions of which run off 12V.
> 
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WRT54GL_MAX232_Serial
> 
> On 24/01/2010, at 3:34 AM, Mitch Kelly wrote:
> 
> > Hey All,
> >  
> > I need some assistance. Does anyone know a DEC server that can run from
> 12v and use Less than 1A, or another way we can do Serial over IP ?
> >  
> > Mitch
> 
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