[XCSSA] Etherboot over wireless?

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

Humm.....  I suppose adding an adurino wifi module to a StickDuino (
http://www.spiffie.org/kits/stickduino/start.shtml ) which then pxe boots
your i-opener/netvistas would be interesting XCSSA hack to see at a meeting.
For cost, can't seem to beat the stickduino and la-fonera hack though --
added processing power too! ( http://labs.echoditto.com/hacking-la-fonera )
Although I think an eshield/stickduino combo with laser point-to-point would
seem to be less complicated/look cool.
 I'm assuming that the wifi-shield would be as easy to hardware connect to
the stickduino as the eshield (see links below).  Note: I didn't check for
hardware compatability between the aforementioned modules.
I suppose adding a bootable usb stick with a ready-to-go pxe
server/Webconverger would be an added bonus.  Finishing project touches
would of course include using/reporting back about designing for and making
use of a 3D printing process (
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/1344232 ) to produce a
cover for the eshield/stickduino combo.

Enjoy,
Craig


wifi option links:
http://www.rattleresearch.com/news.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/05/arduino_wifi_shield.html?CMP=OTC0D6B48984890
Least costly:
http://www.nkcelectronics.com/freeduino-arduino-xbee-shield-kit.html
"cheap" router option (&& wireless option too) - $15 total - excluding power
supply
  http://code.google.com/p/fonera-arduino/
  http://labs.echoditto.com/hacking-la-fonera
  Gottcha for this idea :
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1213057755;start=all


eshield/sticduino connection links:
http://ladyada.net/make/eshield/configure.html
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1206024602;start=all

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:04 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio <
xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:

> Not bad (although the link is misspelled).  My goal is to make a
> "diskless" station, though I do have some flash to work with.  I have an
> old i-opener and a couple of the IBM netvistas that were acquired a
> while back.  Would like to do something like http://webconverger.com/,
> but I want to attach a USB wireless NIC.
>
> Nick
>
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