chaotux Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 so i have been looking around for a cheap and easy way to have a low power option for a box to SSH to when i am tunneling. what i would like is for everyone to shoot some options for me to look at cause I'm not finding a lot. so far i have "YBox2 DIY Mini Network PC" which seems like a awesome option, the second i was looking at was picotux, third maybe Gumstix, fourth i was thinking of running a SSH server on my sony clie ux-50 but that would slow my connection i think, and last option not quite as power efficient would be my Wyse S90 but than i would have to find a new candidate to go in my jeep as a mobile car pc deal. anyways i would love to hear thoughts and options from everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str33ts0ld13r Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 you can just get a free shell account from somewhere that allows ssh (most do) and tunnel through that. what i use for my tunnels is my hp server LC2000 (i know its ancient but it works for me plus it was free). you always do have the option of just taking one of the junk computers you probably have laying around and putting linux on it. ubuntu is really really easy to set up, then just connect it to your network and run it headless. thats usually a cheap way. if you dont have a crapo machine laying around, garage sales are usually a good place to find one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 WRT54G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaotux Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 WRT54G i have 3 but the one that is at the front of my network is v5 so it only has telnet, no ssh unless i have missed something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 You should be able to upgrade the firmware on it than so it has support. If your router doesn't provide the feature get DDWRT/OpenWRT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 i have 3 but the one that is at the front of my network is v5 so it only has telnet, no ssh unless i have missed something Don't set it up on the one that controls your Internet. Asking for trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaotux Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Don't set it up on the one that controls your Internet. Asking for trouble. so maybe set up my wrt54g that is the reciever on the inside of my network as the ssh?? or is that still a little too far up on my network? maybe set up the 3rd as a "dummy" with nothing but ssh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 gumstix, fon, wrt54g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazaruswws Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I use an old AMD K6 Running FreeNAS it only has a 100W PSU and I doubt it uses that all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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