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Constructing A Low-Power 2U Wireless Rack-Box

Posted by timothy on from the every-household-needs-one dept.

adelayde writes "Recently we decided to build ourselves a custom rack-mountable box that we could use as a web and DNS caching proxy and which would offer flexible wireless networking facilities and have an uniterruptible power supply. The result was a 2U rack-box with dual wireless networks built upon a low-power Via EPIA MiniITX motherboard. The box has two wireless networks built in with external antenna connectors, locking switches on the front to avoid tampering, a battery to give at least 20 mins of autonomous operation, a low wattage power supply and most importantly lots of blue LEDs :)"

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  1. Yay LEDs by Wtcher · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yay LEDs, they're the wave of the future because they're all blue and such. It reminds me of those old Flash Gordon episodes where everything was polished chrome and looked like it could kill you if someone flicked a switch somewhere.

    Oh yeah, and I already can't reach the site. *laugh*

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    1. Re:Yay LEDs by IamScared · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, the LEDs light you!!! Wait, it's that way everywhere... Damn, lost my Funny. bua...

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    2. Re:Yay LEDs by Big+Nothing · · Score: 3, Funny

      From article:

      "Lessons learned:
      Blue LEDs are strangely attractive to technical people"

      So true...

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  2. Asking for a /. by KRYnosemg33 · · Score: 5, Funny
    With a domain name like flakey.info it almost makes me think they were expecting a slashdotting

    Let's see how long she lasts ...

  3. sexist computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    good thing it's not a chick that made this thing, or I could get in a lot of trouble for say this....
    "Hey, Nice Rack!!"

    1. Re:sexist computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      No. I think "chick" was enough.

  4. Re:ooh, impressive =) by orangesquid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good point. They could label the front the "back," thought, and then it would just be a derivative idea, so it would probably be OK.

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  5. Re:Ummm... Priorities? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot needs a "Grumpy Bitch" mod option for the above post.

  6. Re:Ummm... Priorities? by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right, because the extra 200mw those LEDs use is really going to destroy the environment.

    Come on. The CPU draws 30+ times as much power as those blue LEDs.

  7. My 8 steps to building the same in less space. by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Go to ebay.
    2. Find and buy cheap notebook.
    3. Get into argument with seller over shipping.
    4. Wait for notebook to arive.
    5. Pick up hammer.
    6. Open notebook.
    7. Hit notebook screen with hammer until it comes off.
    8. Stick some WiFi cards in notebook and put it on shelf.

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  8. Re:Hrmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It Runs Linux?

  9. Stress testing? by This+Is+Ridiculous · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, he writes up some stuff about his new box, and then posts it on Slashdot to stress-test the thing? Clever, clever...

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  10. Re:Ey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    they always either get eaten by rabbits or stolen to use as bondage gear.