Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlug catch-up

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Author: Mark Johnson
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] SheevaPlug catch-up
On Thursday 31 Dec 2009 13:01:20 Imran Chaudhry wrote:
> It works great. If using Ubuntu 9.10 then you can get at the USB-
> serial console really easily (it auto-loads the driver etc), then
> configure for ssh. Also there is a ton of good docs on the
> plugcomputer.org wiki - eg. there are tweaks on reducing the writes to
> the SD card.
>
> I'm using it as an openvpn gateway but plan on using it as a webcam
> server and then maybe a git repository and maybe backup MX.
> I have a "slug" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2) already which is
> serving media (Samba) to several XBMC systems and DNS for my local
> network and wanted something with more power.


It it plausible to connect it to a wireless network via a USB dongle? I can't
think why it wouldn't be, but was wondering if you'd tried?

Mark