Archive for August, 2011

How to install FreeBSD on a compact-flash disk using Qemu

Friday, August 26th, 2011

I recently installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a compact-flash disk for my home-build CPE project. Previously, I would use a laptop, a CF-adapter and boot a FreeBSD installation CD. For my latest project, I thought of a new way. Using Qemu, it is very easy to install and configure the OS prior to mounting the CF into the device.

 

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How to build your own multicast capable CPE

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Recently, I was faced with a challenge. I needed a CPE which was able to receive multicast over PPPoE session and send it to a client behind NAT. To the best of my knowledge, no commercially available CPE can perform this task.  Yes, I know that dd-wrt should be able to do the trick but I did not have an old Linksys laying around. So I decided to build my own CPE based on a Soekris net5501.

 

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