20 Jun
2004
20 Jun
'04
6:07 a.m.
The WRT54G clones are largely useful as very cheap Linux boxes with radio, for individual homes and small scall meshes. They should be able to support a few VPNs over typical ADSL/cable modem link bitrate, but for more serious work I'd go with VIA's C5 family (1 GHz fanless, and hardware crypto support as well as on-die entropy source).
Anyone know where you can actually purchase a C5J in the US? I have utterly failed to find anyplace that sells them online (with Google and pricewatch). I would very much like to play with their Montgomery multiply support. -J