{"id":10,"date":"2011-02-14T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2013-08-26T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T19:19:36","slug":"how-to-create-your-own-wireless-router-network-storage-server-and-media-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/how-to-create-your-own-wireless-router-network-storage-server-and-media-server\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY \u2013 Wirless Router and NAS: Hardware bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have replaced my Buffalo WRT-G54 wireless router with my own custom built router. This blog explains the details involved that process. I call this device as RCN (Router cum NAS).<\/p>\n<h2>Hardware<\/h2>\n<p>I began my hardware hunt 45 days back \u2013 it was difficult because of my requirements and availability in Indian Market.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the initial requirement list I had(strike-through indicates I gave up that requirement because the items are too costly or not available in India):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total board TDP should be less than 40 watts<\/li>\n<li><s>Passively cooled<\/s><\/li>\n<li>Mini-ITX form factor<\/li>\n<li>Onboard RAID<\/li>\n<li>DDR3 support<\/li>\n<li><s>Dual core<\/s><\/li>\n<li>Hardware should be available in India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the final products I purchased:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabyte.com\/products\/product-page.aspx?pid=3550#ov\">Gigabyte GA-D425TUD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iball.co.in\/Product.aspx?c=5\">iBall Baby 306<\/a> Cabinet<\/li>\n<li>DDR-3 2GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>2 x 1TB Western Digital <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdc.com\/en\/products\/products.aspx?id=120\">WD10EARS<\/a> SATA<\/li>\n<li>USB to Ethernet<\/li>\n<li>USB Flash Drive<\/li>\n<li>PCI Wifi Adapter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlink.com\/products\/?pid=531\">DLink 552 Xtreme N<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is some pictures of my RCN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-012-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"RCN 012\" width=\"150\"  class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-92\" srcset=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-012-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-012-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-012.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-0061.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-0061-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"RCN 006\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-94\" srcset=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-0061-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-0061-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-0061.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-013-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"RCN 013\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-93\" srcset=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-013-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-013-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-013.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-010-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"RCN 010\" width=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-91\" srcset=\"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-010-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-010-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RCN-010.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interesting fact about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdc.com\/en\/products\/products.aspx?id=120\">WD10EARS<\/a>\u00a0is it use 4KB sectors instead of the conventional 512byte sectors. Since this is a breakthrough software support is not much there. Looks like these drives perform poor if not partitioned properly &#8211; Since my requirement demands creating single partition, I purchased this drive and it performs well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have replaced my Buffalo WRT-G54 wireless router with my own custom built router. This blog explains the details involved that process. I call this device as RCN (Router cum NAS). Hardware I began my hardware hunt 45 days back \u2013 it was difficult because of my requirements and availability in Indian Market. Here is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-router-nas-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/samueldotj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}