[mat-wg] [atlas] MAT-WG proposal for WLAN measurements on RIPE Atlas

Hi Rob,


On 9/12/2014 11:52 πμ, Robert Kisteleki wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I'm sure a future hardware platform for RIPE Atlas (v4, v5) will support
>> 5GHz while mainting the competitve pricing of the current hardware.
> Picking up on this: we're always on the lookout for potential new hardware
> generations, and we are testing new devices as we learn about them. Recently
> we checked out the ASUS WL-330NUL and the Edimax BR-6258 Mini. While these
> are small and sexy enough (like the v1/v2 probes were; it looks like we
> basically invented the form factor (*) :-), their hardware is too
> constrained for our purposes.
>
> Please let us know if you know about new devices that we should evaluate.
> The primary requirements are price (should be off-the-shelf, most likely),
> capabilities (RAM and local storage needs 32MB minimum, the more the better)
> and form factor (see the above candidates; home router sized boxes are not
> really ideal).
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
> (*) interesting historical artefact from our archives: the attached image is
> the "concept art" of how a probe could look like, dated mid-2010
I am  in favor or raspberry Pi solutions based solution given that it
has plenty amount of RAM.
It has many possibilities ( plus you can connect a monitor ) in terms of
USBs . I believe the major issue here
is to decide for the Wireless USB. This can be a limiting issue as high
speed wireless modes (11.ac)
 could be desired. So in that case consider cubox or the  Huming Board
(from the http://www.solid-run.com/products/) . I would opt for 1G
connectivity option and a PCI -express -Gen 2  boxes..They run android.

Cheers,
Dimitris

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