[COLUG] Sprint wireless broadband using Novatel U720 modem + Linux (anyone?)

[Rob Funk]

Peter Kukla wrote:
> For the last umpteen years I've used Coyote as the
> barrier between my home network and the Internet.  It
> appears that the USB-nature of the hardware precludes
> Coyote, so my distribution of choice would be a
> functional replacement for Coyote.  That's the primary
> requirement.
>
> Secondarily, it would be nice (if this connection
> proves stable / fast / unblocked enough) to host very
> modest web and ssh services, but that's more of a perk
> than a requirement.

Hmm, this thought goes beyond distribution choice into hardware, but it 
sounds to me like the Linksys NSLU2 ($90 at Amazon.com), with one of the 
Linux firmware options of course, would be perfect for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2
http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Storage-Link-Drives-NSLU2/dp/B0001FSCZO

I have one but haven't done much with it yet.  It's pretty cool to have a 
computer that's so small and quiet and low-power-consumption and as 
powerful as the ones I was using 10 years ago.  (32MB RAM, 166MHz able to 
be upped to 266MHz.)

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