From 728cd369454318bb9dbb839bf94517c542f511ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:36:43 +0200
Subject: wireless

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 design/overview.page | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/design/overview.page b/design/overview.page
index 359d049..9201be8 100644
--- a/design/overview.page
+++ b/design/overview.page
@@ -58,69 +58,78 @@ See [design/hardware]() for specific components and costs.
 
 ## Comparison
 
-<table class="gridded" style="width: 1000px;">
+<table class="gridded" style="width: 1200px;">
  <tr>
   <th style="width:180px;">Device
   <th style="width:80px;">Price (est.)
   <th style="width:200px;">CPU/RAM/Disk
-  <th style="width:100px;">Ethernet Ports
+  <th style="width:100px;">Ethernet
+  <th style="width:100px;">Wireless
   <th style="width:80px;">Router?
   <th style="width:80px;">Server?
   <th style="width:200px;">Libre?
   <th style="width:200px;">Hack?
  <tr>
-  <th>rooter
+  <td><b>rooter</b><br>with OpenWRT+debian
   <td>$175
   <td>dual 1GHz ARM / 512MB <br> 8Gb uSD, empty SATA
   <td>5x 1000Mbps
+  <td>802.11n 2.4GHz via miniPCIe
+      <br>802.11n 5GHz via miniPCIe
+      <br>802.15.4
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
-  <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Open Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>FLOSS firmware
+  <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Open Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>FLOSSdrivers 
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Serial, JTAG, GPIO, MCU
  <tr>
-  <th>DreamPlug (FreedomBox)
+  <td><b>DreamPlug</b><br>with FreedomBox/debian
   <td>$180
   <td>1.2 GHz ARM / 512MB <br> 4GB uSD, empty eSATA
   <td>2x 1000Mbps
+  <td>802.11 2.4GHz via ???
   <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Limited
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
-  <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>Proprietary firmware
+  <td style="background-color: #F88;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>Proprietary drivers
   <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Serial, JTAG
  <tr>
-  <th>Raspberry Pi B
+  <td><b>Raspberry Pi B</b><br>with debian
   <td>$35
   <td>700MHz ARM / 256MB <br> empty uSD, ??? SATA
   <td>1x 100Mbps
+  <td>empty USB
   <td style="background-color: #F88;" >No
   <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Limited
-  <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>??? firmware
+  <td style="background-color: #F88;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>Proprietary drivers (?)
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yup
  <tr>
-  <th>Netgear WNDR3700v2 Router
+  <td><b>Netgear WNDR3700v2</b><br>with OpenWRT
   <td>$90
   <td>680MHz MIPS / 64MB <br> 16MB flash
   <td>5x 1000Mbps
+  <td>802.11n 2.4GHz via ???<br>802.11n 5GHz via ???
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
   <td style="background-color: #F88;" >No
-  <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS OpenWRT software<br>??? firmware
+  <td style="background-color: #F88;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS OpenWRT software<br>??? drivers
   <td style="background-color: #F88;" >Expert only
  <tr>
-  <th>Soekris net6501-50
+  <td><b>Soekris net6501-50</b><br>with debian
   <td>$300+
   <td>1GHz Atom x86 / 1GB <br> empty SATA
   <td>4x 1000Mbps
+  <td>empty miniPCIe, USB
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes
-  <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>pseudo-proprietary (?) firmware
+  <td style="background-color: #F88;" >Proprietary Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>??? drivers
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Serial, GPIO, FPGA
  <tr>
-  <th>Mesh Potato
+  <td><b>Mesh Potato</b><br>with OpenWRT
   <td>$100
   <td>180MHz MIPS / 16MB <br> 8MB flash
   <td>1x 100Mbps
+  <td>802.11b/g 2.4GHz via ???
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Limited
   <td style="background-color: #FF8;" >No
-  <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Open Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>FLOSS firmware (?)
+  <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Open Hardware<br>FLOSS software<br>FLOSS drivers (?)
   <td style="background-color: #8F8;" >Yes?
 </table>
 
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Device	Price (est.)	CPU/RAM/Disk -	Ethernet Ports +	Ethernet +	Wireless	Router?	Server?	Libre?	Hack?
rooter +	rooter with OpenWRT+debian	$175	dual 1GHz ARM / 512MB 8Gb uSD, empty SATA	5x 1000Mbps +	802.11n 2.4GHz via miniPCIe + 802.11n 5GHz via miniPCIe + 802.15.4	Yes	Yes -	Open Hardware FLOSS software FLOSS firmware +	Open Hardware FLOSS software FLOSSdrivers	Serial, JTAG, GPIO, MCU
DreamPlug (FreedomBox) +	DreamPlug with FreedomBox/debian	$180	1.2 GHz ARM / 512MB 4GB uSD, empty eSATA	2x 1000Mbps +	802.11 2.4GHz via ???	Limited	Yes -	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software Proprietary firmware +	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software Proprietary drivers	Serial, JTAG
Raspberry Pi B +	Raspberry Pi B with debian	$35	700MHz ARM / 256MB empty uSD, ??? SATA	1x 100Mbps +	empty USB	No	Limited -	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software ??? firmware +	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software Proprietary drivers (?)	Yup
Netgear WNDR3700v2 Router +	Netgear WNDR3700v2 with OpenWRT	$90	680MHz MIPS / 64MB 16MB flash	5x 1000Mbps +	802.11n 2.4GHz via ??? 802.11n 5GHz via ???	Yes	No -	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS OpenWRT software ??? firmware +	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS OpenWRT software ??? drivers	Expert only
Soekris net6501-50 +	Soekris net6501-50 with debian	$300+	1GHz Atom x86 / 1GB empty SATA	4x 1000Mbps +	empty miniPCIe, USB	Yes	Yes -	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software pseudo-proprietary (?) firmware +	Proprietary Hardware FLOSS software ??? drivers	Serial, GPIO, FPGA
Mesh Potato +	Mesh Potato with OpenWRT	$100	180MHz MIPS / 16MB 8MB flash	1x 100Mbps +	802.11b/g 2.4GHz via ???	Limited	No -	Open Hardware FLOSS software FLOSS firmware (?) +	Open Hardware FLOSS software FLOSS drivers (?)	Yes?