Super Cheap Hot Spot

[lelmarir]

Hi all,
i'm searching for a super-cheap pc to build an hot spot, where the pc acts as firewall catching un-authenticated users and make them register/login.

So the pc is between the internet access and the users wifi network, so it need dual Lan or one lan and pci expansion (for the other lan).
As now i'm working with a old modified router which run OpenWRT. It's a nightmare... the worst is the usb pen as storage, i already got one broken (because the write cicles?).

My budget is low...say under 100$.

I seek for an already built system or some spare parts to assemble later.
Does it exist ?

thanks in advance

 

[idroid]

super cheap? i have just what you need!

CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($18.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: Rosewill R218-P-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($26.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $163.93

 

[Hiii]

What about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-8808-Desktop-Off-Lease/dp/B003NY0RMG/ref=sr_1_128?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1347411569&sr=1-128

Or this.

http://www.amazon.com/DELL-OPTIPLEX-CORE-2-4GHz-80GB/dp/B007KPZE5Y/ref=sr_1_157?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1347411618&sr=1-157

Idk if they will satisfy your needs because i think that they dont have dual lan.

 

[idroid]

What about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-8808-Desktop-Off-Lease/dp/B003NY0RMG/ref=sr_1_128?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1347411569&sr=1-128

Or this.

http://www.amazon.com/DELL-OPTIPLEX-CORE-2-4GHz-80GB/dp/B007KPZE5Y/ref=sr_1_157?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1347411618&sr=1-157

Idk if they will satisfy your needs because i think that they dont have dual lan.

that's extremely old tech.

 

[Hiii]

that's extremely old tech.

Maybe it's enough for his needs, and it's under $100.

 

[spat55]

super cheap? i have just what you need!

CPU: Intel Celeron G540 2.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($18.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Case: Rosewill R218-P-BK ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($26.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $163.93

Nice! Shame when you get windows 7 it costs what a cheap pc costs though right?

 

[idroid]

Nice! Shame when you get windows 7 it costs what a cheap pc costs though right?

I don't get it

:lol:

 

[lelmarir]

Maybe it's enough for his needs, and it's under $100.

I's more than enough, actually the system work with 300MHz cpu and 32Mb of ram.
But here the problem wold be the power consumption, it's a system always on and i can't afford to spend more in power than the system itself.

super cheap? i have just what you need!

you miss the hd, the total is about 200$ (double my budget)

i'm searching for something like this: http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=27

 

[lelmarir]

what ?? why i'm not able to edit my own misspelled message ?

 

[mavroxur]

that's extremely old tech.

It's not like you need a 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM, and a Sandy Bridge CPU to build a captive portal box. If the OP wants a brand new system, then yes, it's a cheap alternative. If used is fine, you can pretty much build something like that with anything. I ran a similar setup on a Pentium III 1GHz with 768MB RAM for several years, and it ran great. To cut power consumption I ran it with no video card either (accessed through RDP to do configuration changes or maintenance). On a 300VA UPS it didn't even register enough consumption to make it to the 20% bar on the load bar graph.