Re: RAM upgrade abandoned

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruno Lopes F. Cabral" <[email protected]>
To: "Linux Access Point Development" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LinuxAP-dev] RAM upgrade abandoned


> Hi
>
> Roy wrote:
> > But it is very strange that so many people are talking about
> performance
> > improvemen without any explanation what performance they want
> to improve
> > this ap because of so small flash memory cant do anything
> besides routing or
> > bridging even pppoe wont fit. (and actualy can be done in
> kernel space anyway).
>
> why one would want to upgrade it? in my case, I wish to run snmpd
> to remote monitor it, having space for a few more iptables modules
> would be nice (i.e. irc/pptp/h323 nat), running PPPoE/PPTP won't
> hurt and, if it is not enough, to make the unit more problem free
> by not running so tight :~O
>

You are 100% right, but al this need more flash space first and only then
MAIBE more ram.
and I am quite sure ading more ram still wont change anything
I suppose you are not so much conserned about snmpd response time
anyway all this can be done even without upgrading any hardware.

I think it would be better to use kernel 2.2 which is 100k smaler


> > I am just interested what userspace programs you are
> running?
> > the only purpose of userspace for me is to configure everything
> and run
> > telnet and web server.
> > I dont think syslog or dhcp is usefull actualy dhcp decresses
> security alot
> > and you cant control anything anymore
> > anyway it dont take so much ram space.
>
> you problably are talking without having a bunch of units on the field.
> I have 14 here, if I can extend it's life, I'll do so (as I'd buy
> more units if it hasn't the limitations me/Keith exposed)
>
I have 7 usr2445 but I am going to use then only for p2p links
so nothing more besides bridging or routing is not required for me.
I was even able to implement trafic shaper (prioritizer), because
wlan is realy slow.

probably the better way should be concentrate on some other ap hacking
i think uniden is good candidate it is made of one chip only which is
designed for linuxRG
also it is wery cheap (30$)