Question about the hardware
I just got my Probe, and I was wondering what the thought/planning process was when they were designed. Why use a $40 wireless router/access point? I would have thought that cheaper options would be available that provide the requirements (processor and a network port).
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:22:14 +0200 Micha Bailey <michabailey@gmail.com> wrote:
I just got my Probe, and I was wondering what the thought/planning process was when they were designed. Why use a $40 wireless router/access point? I would have thought that cheaper options would be available that provide the requirements (processor and a network port).
I don't have a new style probe, but don't they use a device like this? http://embeddedtimes.blogspot.de/2011/09/tp-link-tl-wr703n-tiny-linux-capabl... It was $23 even back in 2011, and today can be found for around $20 including shipping. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-TP-Link-TL-WR703N-Ultra-Mini-Portable-3G-... Should be even cheaper if you order in bulk, as the probe designers likely did. -- With respect, Roman
On 2015-10-30 20:47, Roman Mamedov wrote:
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:22:14 +0200 Micha Bailey <michabailey@gmail.com> wrote:
I just got my Probe, and I was wondering what the thought/planning process was when they were designed. Why use a $40 wireless router/access point? I would have thought that cheaper options would be available that provide the requirements (processor and a network port).
I don't have a new style probe, but don't they use a device like this? http://embeddedtimes.blogspot.de/2011/09/tp-link-tl-wr703n-tiny-linux-capabl... It was $23 even back in 2011, and today can be found for around $20 including shipping. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-TP-Link-TL-WR703N-Ultra-Mini-Portable-3G-... Should be even cheaper if you order in bulk, as the probe designers likely did.
The 702/703 don't have enough local storage for our case and don't have USB ports either -- otherwise I think they are basically the same as the MR3020 which we use as v3 probe. Cheers, Robert
On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:15:54 +0900 Robert Kisteleki <robert@ripe.net> wrote:
The 702/703 don't have enough local storage for our case and don't have USB ports either -- otherwise I think they are basically the same as the MR3020 which we use as v3 probe.
The 703N does have the same 4MB storage as MR3020, and it does have one USB port. Aside from having just one LED instead of three, and no fancy 3-position switch, the 703N seems pretty much identical to MR3020. But it was only officially released in the Chinese market. http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020 http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr703n -- With respect, Roman
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