March 2013

I purchased my NSLU2 an age ago and have only just discovered what an amazing little device it is. I currently have 1 slug running Debian Squeeze. I'm using it as an iSCSI target; Using open-iscsi, it provides block level storage for my KVM cluster. Amazingly a 4 port hub is working with this so i'm looking forward to buying some more hard drives (currently using a 1TB)...

April 10 2012

I've had 3 de-underclocked slugs for many years now. They still work great! I'm still learning to do SMD soldering to turn them into fatslugs

Current uses for my slugs:

slug 1 (running Debian Squeeze)

• Samba server

slug 2 (running Debian Wheezy), hooked up to USB soundcard (Hercules Gamesurround Muse Pocket)

• Samba server
• DLNA Mediaserver (DMS) using minidlna
• DLNA Mediarenderer (DMR) using Rygel

Installed tremor from SVN to get fluent ogg playback with the gstreamer framework (used by Rygel). mp3 works without issues, AAC using ffmpeg is slightly problematic with the normal 32MB slug (not enough RAM). Haven't looked much yet to get fixed-point WMA decoder from rockbox into libav (on the TO DO list).

slug 3 (Running Debian Wheezy), hooked up to high-end USB soundcard (Terratec Producer Phase 26 USB)

• same as slug 2; testing box
• TO DO for this box: test if the output of my media streamer (Netgear EVA9100?) does SCMS on the digital audio out; if it doesn't, I'd like the slug to work as a stand-alone DTS decoder and downsampler

November 3rd 2009

I purchased a slug over the weekend and added an Iomega 500GB Prestige portable Hard Drive. I got it running on Debian Lenny with little effort. Main reason for the purchase is that my current projectserver is a vintage Pentium 1 so in time I plan to switch all services to the slug :

• fetchmail and postfix to handle my mail
• apache2 for websites
• mysql-server
• mediawiki
• samba
• ...

23 September 2009

1 Slug running Debian "Squeeze" (Testing) ARMEL at 266 BogoMIPS? (kernel 2.6.30)

• 1 WD MyBook? Mirror 2TB using RAID 1 and several partitions using EXT4?
• 1 WD MyBook? Home 1TB using EXT4?
  • Swap partition on each disk and EXT4? gave a big performace boost, esp. during fsck, big file/tree operations and while playing music
• NFS/Samba server
• Print server using cupsd (with HP Deskjet something-or-other)
• Local DNS cache using bind9
• Backup server for 2 (Debian/Ubuntu) laptops (incremental snapshots using rsync/Back-in-time)
• USB soundcard (modded Logitech headset lead) for audio out to sound system for playing internet radio / mp3s using mplayer-headless and cmus (alsamixer for volume control)
• Network audio from laptops using PulseAudio?
• Mediatomb server (Client: Conceptronic C54WMP? for audio/video)
• mt-daapd (Firefly) server for Rhythmbox and transferring audio to iPods/mp3 players
• hpodder keeps podcast feeds up to date each evening
• apcuspd manages APC UPS (uses lighttpd for web interface)

My favorite part about the Slug is its minimal power usage. Even with the relatively limited CPU and RAM it seems to only very rarely stutter when performing multiple tasks. I also use AND (auto-nice daemon) to keep everything playing nice, which seems to make a big difference as well. All in all this little guy has been running great for me for a couple of years doing things it was never meant to do. I have been through a couple of power supplies, probably because the line-voltage here is terribly erratic. This is why I hunted down the APC UPS to give me better power. We have frequent short power-outages as well and the UPS helps to keep the slug online without necessitating restart.

- John (Cairo, Egypt)

One de-underclocked slug running OpenWRT/X-Wrt Kamikaze 8.09.1 because of its small footprint (uLibc), high stability, and relatively user-friendly SDK. Using one 2GB USB flash drive as root drive. Two USB printers and a USB scanner connected via a D-Link 7-port USB hub with power adapter. Running several basic home infrastructure services:

• saned scanner server (can access scanner remotely using TWAIN Sane)

(Chicago, Illinois, USA)

A second slug is on the way to me, and I will de-underclock it and install OpenWRT when I get my hands on it. I want to use it as a Java server and am planning to experiment with several possible software stacks based on JamVM and PhoneME.

One de-underclocked slug running OpenWRT/X-Wrt Kamikaze 8.09.1 because of its small footprint (uLibc), high stability, and relatively user-friendly SDK. Using one 2GB USB flash drive as root drive. Two USB printers connected via a D-Link 7-port USB hub with power adapter. Running several basic home infrastructure services:

• tftpd-hpa to provide dhcp-boot for MediaMVP

17 Sep 2009

One de-underclocked slug running OpenWRT?/X-Wrt Kamikaze 8.09.1 because of its small footprint (uLibc), high stability, and relatively user-friendly SDK. Using one 2GB USB flash drive as root drive. Two USB printers connected via a D-Link 7-port USB hub with power adapter. Running several basic home infrastructure services:

• Asterisk 1.4 telephony server (in a very lightweight configuration)
• tftpd-hpa to provide dhcp-boot for MediaMVP
• p910nd lightweight non-spooling printer server
• howl-mdnsresponder to advertise printers (could never get avahi-daemon to work)

I had to write my own hotplug script for giving the printers fixed symbolic links. In addition, I created an init script that runs udevtrigger --subsystem-match=usb to make sure the links are also created when coldplugging the printers.

A second slug is on the way to me, and I will de-underclock it and install OpenWRT? when I get my hands on it. I want to use it as a Java server and am planning to experiment with several possible software stacks based on JamVM? and PhoneME?.

-Konstantin Chicago, Illinois, USA

The first slug is my file server running

• Samba, mainly so I can backup my Windoze machines

14 June 2009

Two de-underclocked slugs both running Debian 5.0 (Lenny). 1st slug with a 200GB hard drive, and the second with an 80GB 2.5" drive powered by the slug.

The first slug is my file server slug running

• Samba, mainly so I can backup for my Windoze machines
• nfs for access from Ubuntu and the other slug
• rsync and openssh to back the system up every night over broadband to a friend's slug
• ntp to keep the clock in sync, and for use as an ntp server for the LAN
• dnsmasq to provide dhcp and dns services on the LAN

The second slug was originally for testing / experiementation, but seems to have turned into another production box running:

• Samba
• nfs
• ntp
• podget to download podcasts nightly (run from a cron job)
• gmediaserver to serve the podcasts and my mp3 collection to my Netgear mp101 (buggy, but sort of works), and my excellent Revo Mondo Wi-Fi. I had to patch gmediaserver to get the artist and album lists to be served in alphabetical order, but it now works perfectly.
• a short home-brew script that runs when I plug my mp3 player into the slug's USB port, and synchronizes all the latest podcasts with the mp3 player automatically. The script is triggered by an entry in /etc/udev/rules.d/ . There's no need to log into the slug or type anything. The script beeps when it starts, and when it's finished. There's no easier way to update podcasts on an mp3 player.
• apt-cacher to cache apt packages for the other slug, and for my one physical and various virtual Ubuntu boxes. It makes re-installing Ubuntu and downloading all the updates much much faster.
• lighttpd with mod-webdav to enable me to share my bookmarks for Firefox (using the SyncPlaces? addon), and to share my Mozilla Sunbird ical calendar.

Fantastic bit of kit, and I'm amazed how much you can do with such a low-powered box and some well written software.

-Jon (UK)

    a. Samba Server - for file and printer sharing, feeds photos, music and videos to my 
       MediaGate? Media player too.

I am so amazed these little machines could perform multiple tasks despite their limited CPU power and RAM. A very good replacement for my old desktop PC that used to run all these services.

    f. mplayer - plugged in a cheap USB soundcard on port 2 and it plays my playlist of my 
       favorite 80s songs continuously on a loop.

    b. rsync - performs a scheduled backup of my 320GB HDD to a 500GB HDD (both HDD 
       connected to a USB hub that is connectd to port 1)

    d. M-JPEG Streamer - bought a UVC webcam (Panda 10C) and plugged it in on port 2, now I 
       can monitor my room even when I'm at work. I called it my SlugCam?.!

I was amazed these little machines could perform multiple tasks despite their limited CPU power and RAM. A very good replacement for my old desktop PC that used to run all these services.

Both have been running for couple of months now without problems. Very quiet and consume less power too. I'm planning on acquiring more.

Two slugs both running Debian 5.0 (Lenny). 1st slug on a 2GB Flash Drive and the 2nd slug on a 320GB IDE Hard Drive.

    a. OpenVPN Server - creates a secured tunnel to my EeePC? netbook when it's connected to 
       public networks/hotspots.
    b. FreeRadius? with OpenSSL? Support - authenticates my wireless users using certificates 
       (WPA2? Enterprise/802.1x)

    f. mplayer - plugged in a cheap USB soundcard and it plays my playlist of favorite 80s 
       songs continuously on a loop.

    a. Samba Server - for file and printer sharing
    b. rsync - performs a scheduled backup of my 320GB HDD to a 500GB HDD attached to the 
       2nd USB port of the slug
    c. rtorrent - sometimes I wanna download thru torrent.
    d. M-JPEG Streamer - bought a UVC webcam (Panda 10C) and plugged it in, now I can 
       monitor my room even when I'm at work. I called it my SlugCam?.!
    e. Squid Proxy Server - a cache proxy to speed up http browsing.

I love these little machines. Both have been running for about four months now without problems. Very quiet and consumes less power too. I'm planning on acquiring more.!

    f. mplayer - plugged in a cheap USB soundcard and it works.

    e. m-jpeg streamer - my very own SlugCam?

Thank you guys.!

(Bataan, The Philippines)

Two slugs both running Debian (Lenny). 1st slug on a 2GB Flash Drive and the 2nd slug on a 320GB IDE Hard Drive.

Our four XP machines connect once a day to the slug and synchronize our data using WinSCP3. Using this software, I finally could get rid of SAMBA, which made the file explorer on our XP clients crash all the time, when I still was using the linksys linux version.(WinScp? is scheduled using Windows's task scheduler.)On the slug you need package openssh-scp to receive the files.

The config files of the slug (/etc/ ...) are in return backed up on one of the Windows machines. Was of great help, when one day a power outage made the slug crash. Reinstalled it with the operating system on a stick; the data is still on the usb disk.

    e. Squid - a cache proxy server

    g. Privoxy - chained with Squid to filter web content (http/https)

(Bataan, Philippines)

(Bataan,PHILS)

    f. Squid - a cache proxy server
    g. Privoxy - works hand in hand with Squid to filter web content (http/https)

Thank you very much.!

    b. WINS Server - for Windows NetBIOS? name resolution

    c. OpenSSL? Certificate Authority - for OpenVPN & wifi clients certificate authentication

17 May 2009

Two slugs both running Debian Lenny (armel). 1st slug on a 2GB Flash Drive and the 2nd slug on a 320GB IDE Hard Drive.

  Services Running on 1st Slug:
  =============================
    a. OpenVPN Server - creates a secured tunnel whenever I'm on the go
    b. FreeRadius? with OpenSSL? - to authenticate my wireless users (WPA2? Enterprise/802.1x)
    c. OpenSSL? Certificate Authority - for OpenVPN and FreeRadius? clients authentication
    d. IceCast2? Stream Server - streams MP3s? and Ogg Vorbis audio files
    e. EZStream? - as stream source (5 stream mount points running concurrently...AMAZING!!!)

  Services Running on 2nd Slug:
  =============================
    a. Samba Server - for file and print services
    b. WINS Server - for hostname resolution
    c. rsync - performs a schedule backup of my 320GB HDD to a 500GB HDD attached to the 2nd 
       USB port of the slug
    d. rtorrent - a very nice bittorrent client
    e. Postfix - configured as smarthost relay

I love these little machines. Both have been running for about two months now without problems. Consumes less power too.

-Ed (PHILS)

6 may 2008

3 slugs with more than 4.5 Terra storage. Webserver, dhcp server, caching dns. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljm/nslu2/index.html

Chris_c (UK)

I plan to work on clustering a few of these when I return to the States or somewhere in Europe or use a SheevaPlug? in conjunction with several slugs for home control functions. My favorite part about the Slug is its minimal power usage. Even with the relatively limited CPU and RAM it seems to only very rarely stutter when performing multiple tasks. I have tuned it using Martin Michlmayr's suggestions for reducing RAM usage and that seems to help a great deal. I also use AND (auto-nice daemon) to keep everything playing nice, which seems to make a big difference.

6 May 2008

1 slug using debian

Using just a 4GB usb stick so its nice and silent!

main use is as an imap email server so same mails are accessible on my desktop and laptop I've also set up webdav (using lighttpd) so I can have a calendar

I tend to back up by shutting down and attaching the usb stick to my pc an manually copying the mail spool directory and webdav directory as I've yet to find a backup solution I'm happy with.

(UK)

6 May 2009

1 Slug running Debian Lenny (Stable) ARMEL at 266 BogoMIPS?

• 2 WD MyBook? 1TB Disks (mirrored - nightly, incremental using rsync. RAID using md was a little slow when I tried it)
  • Swap partition on each disk gave a big performace boost, esp. during big file/tree operations and while playing music
• NFS/Samba server
• Print server using cupsd (with HP Deskjet something-or-other)
• Local DNS cache using bind9 (good performance, my provider's DNS is sketchy)
• Backup server for 2 (Debian/Ubuntu) laptops (incremental snapshots using rsync/Back-in-time)
• USB soundcard (modded Logitech headset lead) for audio out to sound system for playing internet radio / mp3s using mplayer-headless and cmus (alsamixer for volume control)
• Mediatomb server (Client: Conceptronic C54WMP? for audio/video)
• mt-daapd (Firefly) server for Rhythmbox and transferring audio to iPods/mp3 players
• hpodder keeps podcast feeds up to date each evening
• apcuspd manages APC UPS (uses lighttpd for web interface)
  • I modded the Slug to power on/boot when it is plugged in because there are frequent short term power outages here. This and the UPS get rid of the need to manually reboot when there is an outage.

I plan to work on clustering a few of these when I return to the States or somewhere in Europe or use a SheevaPlug? in conjunction with several slugs for home control functions. My favorite part about the Slug is its minimal power usage. Even with the relatively limited CPU and RAM it seems to only very rarely stutter when performing multiple tasks. I have tuned it using Martin Michlmayr's suggestions for reducing RAM usage and that seems to help a great deal. I also use AND (auto-nice daemon) to keep everything playing nice, which seems to make a big difference.

29/3/09

One slug that I have had for quite a few years but never got round to hacking it properly. Now running Debian

At the minute it runs a simple web server and samba, but planning to expand it to serve music to windows and linux clients through the house, and also hopefully serve HD to the new Sony Bravia TV which has a network port for the DLNA standard, though that could be difficult.

Trying things on an old 3.5" 40GB HDD, but if it all works going for a very big 2.5" and shoving the slug in the attic.

It will also backup the computers here, and I will remotely back up my university development machine to the slug, if it struggles I will buy another one for the backups! I love these things!

Adam Clarkson (UK)

27/3/09

Two slugs. The first is fairly straightforwardly used as a network storage unit - was running SlugOS, now moving to Debian. 320Gb USB HD.

The second is being used as an embedded computer for my conversion of an old Seeburg Stereo Consolette (a 1960s wallbox) to play MP3s?. It's connected to the bank of switches on the front of the wallbox via three USB joypads, which have had flyleads to the switches soldered over the button pads. It's also got the amplifier circuit from some TEAC XS-2 USB speakers attached, which has then been connected to some homebrew speakers designed to fit in the (small) available space in the wallbox.

The slug runs Debian lenny, from a 4Gb USB key (which also stores the 160 MP3s?) and runs custom jukebox control software on startup, which watches for button pushes on the joystick interface, calculates the state of the wallbox's switches, and invokes madplay to play records (or amixer to change volume). The software was originally based on jstest, part of the joystick package in Debian, but has now been almost entirely rewritten and is much longer! It implements a 32 track circular queue and functions include volume change (via the "High", "Medium" and "Low" switches on the box), select random track, fast forward one track, clear queue and stop.

The slug is ideal for this job - it's cheap, low powered and (with the addition of a powered USB 1.1 hub) has plenty of USB sockets for the disk and all the peripherals. It's also got more than enough grunt to play records, as long as madplay is used (which uses integer, not slower floating-point arithmetic). This project has taken me quite a long while, but it's been a joy - thank you to all the NSLU2-Linux developers for all your good work.

-Tom Harris (UK)

Ghostface (Vienna, AT)

21/02/09

Unslung Slug with

• 2gb USB drive for OS
• 320gb USB drive for storage (Bus powered- makes the whole set up silent !)

Streams media to XBOX (original) softmodded with XBMC. Play music and movies on your TV !

This is a really great system which beats spending shed loads on a Windows Media Centre

Also runs as an SFTP to share stuff with friends and Fam.

-A (UK)

De-underclocked 266MHz Slug running uNSLUng 6.10 beta. Root is a 1GB flash drive on Port 2. On Port 1, I have a USB 2.0 hub (a convention giveaway that looks like a little hanged man) with four additional flash drives that show as HDD_1_x_1. When my Seagate 500GB USB drive gets back from warranty, we'll see what happens! Update (15-Feb-2009): I added a 500GB Simpletech USB drive, which has had none of the problems that two different Seagates have had. Now that my Seagate has been replaced, I've hooked both HDDs? to the hub along with a couple of flash drives & enjoy over one TB of available storage!

• Webalizer for the meagre hits the server gets

• ddclient
• Screen

Krzysztof Sokol (London, UK)

14/01/2009

2x Slug 266Mhz Both running debian etch. First slug has been running for >1 year; second slug is a recent addition.

1. Slug: Hardware: -1 TB External HDD -2xUSB Hubs -2 Gb USB Stick (OS) -USB Soundcard with Optical Output (hooked up to my Amp) -USBUIRT for sending IR Signals (controlling TV, AMP etc.) -SIS-PM USB controllable power extension lead (4 sockets)

Software: -twonky media server -mpd -lirc -lighthttpd+php

Usage: Used to play music, control my IR devices (TV,AMP etc.), toggle the cabinet lights, stream media to the PS3?

2. Slug Hardware -2 Gb USB Stick (OS) -USB Soundcard -D-Link Wlan Stick

Software: esd sound server got twonky,mpd and lighthttpd on it but its currently not running

Usage: Located in my bathroom, hooked up to a 2.1 System. 1. Slug streams whatever mpd is playing to this slug so I just have to turn the sound system on in order to hear the same music as in the main room. I am running an esd sound server on it which is 99% of the time 100% in sync with the output of the main slug (mpc stop/play gets it quickly back in sync tho).

Ghostface (Vienna, AT)

500 GB Maxtor One Touch attached, plus 8 GB Flash Drive in hot swap mode.

Krzysztof Sokol (London, UK)

17/11/2008

1 Slug 266Mhz: uNSLUng 6.10beta, dyndns (ddclient) for remote access, bittorrent client (Transmission) with Web Interface, OpenSSH?, vsftpd, 500 GB Maxtor One Touch attached, plus 8 GB Flash Drive in hot swap mode.

2 Slugs
First Slug (266MHz): uNSLUng 6.8beta using as web-server (lighttpd), dyndns (ddclient) and digitemp, 80GB Maxtor-HDD
Second Slug (266MHz): uNSLUng 5.5 as home-server for sharing files, pictures and music, 250GB WD-HDD
Thanks a lot for uNSLUng-Software!

First Slug (266MHz): uNSLUng 6.8beta as web-server (lighttpd) and digitemp, 80GB Maxtor-HDD\\

First Slug (266MHz): uNSLUng 6.6 beta as web-server (lighttpd) and digitemp, 80GB Maxtor-HDD

Second Slug (266MHz): uNSLUng 5.5 as home-server for sharing files, pictures and music, 250GB WD-HDD

2008-11-14

2 Slugs First slug: uNSLUng 6.6 beta as web-server (lighttpd) and digitemp, 80GB Maxtor-HDD Second slug: uNSLUng 5.5 as home-server for sharing files, pictures and music, 250GB WD-HDD

Reinhard (Oldenburg, Germany)

Joe aka djeaux (Mississippi Gulf Coast)

3 November 2008

SlugOS4?.8 beta on 133MHz Slug (haven't cracked the case yet) running on 8 GB flash drive.

• Cherokee webserver
• MySQL?
• Vwiew - weather station interface for a Davis weather station
• OWFS - 1-wire file system to read devices and make web pages

Geoff Harris (San Diego, CA)

Joe aka djeaux (Mississippi Gulf Coast)

Rolf (Melbourne, Australia)

3rd November 2008

De-underclocked 266MHz Slug running uNSLUng 6.10 beta. Root is a 1GB flash drive on Port 2. On Port 1, I have a USB 2.0 hub (a convention giveaway that looks like a little hanged man) with four additional flash drives that show as partitions of a mythical hard drive (HDD_1_x_1). When my Seagate 500GB USB drive gets back from warranty, we'll see what happens!

• Apache 2.2.9 with webpage coded with...
• Perl 5.8.8
• OpenSSH?
• Lynx - It's kind of cool to be able to browse the web from the slug :)

Rolf (Melbourne, Australia)

3st November 2008

1 Slug with Unslung running on 266 MHz?

• FTP Server
• TwonkyVision? - UPNP Server
• Subversion
• Transmission - Torrent Client

Rolf

In addition to that the slug hosts a mt-daapd server (firefly) that publishes our 9000 mp3 files to some Windows and Linux clients. There either "Get it together" or "Firefly java client" are used as players to listen to the music.

Our three XP machines connect once a day to the slug and synchronize our data using WinSCP3. Using this software, I finally could get rid of SAMBA, which made the file explorer on our XP clients crash all the time, when I still was using the linksys linux version.(WinScp? is scheduled using Windows's task scheduler.)On the slug you need package openssh-scp to receive the files.

In addition to that the slug hosts a mt-daapd server that publishes our 9000 mp3 file to a Windows and a Linux client. There either "Get it together" "Firefly java client" is used to listen to the music.

• samba
• dyndns
• ssh server
• scponly (like ftp server with ssh only)
• twonkey (media server for the Gigaset)

Cbk Menon (Sacramento, California, USA)

1st November 2008

1 Slug with debian. One 500 GB HD always. 490 GB of that as samba. A second 500 GB at the 2nd port sometimes for backups via rsync. My Siemens Gigaset M740 AV Twintuner can use the samba directly to record tv. - samba - dyndns - ssh server - scponly (like ftp server with ssh only) - twonkey (media server for the Gigaset)

Thanks for this great webpage !

Andreas Duffner (Munich, Germany)

• 1 Unslung primarily as UPNP Media Server, SAMBA
• 1 Debian for Data backup (with hardware RAID-1 Disks) and SAMBA
• 1 Unslung (on 8GB Flash) for Asterisks (Planning to use this for Insteon Home Automation).

Ralph Finch (Davis, California, USA)

23rd Oct 2008

1 Unslung primarily as UPNP Media Server, SAMBA 1 Debian for Data backup (with hardware RAID-1 Disks) and SAMBA 1 Unslung (on 8GB Flash) for Asterisks (Planning to use this for Insteon Home Automation).

Great Device, and thanks to NSLU2 Community.

Cbk Menon (Sacramento, California, USA)

Bought it mainly for a cheap and low-power proxy server to avoid running a 4+2-disk, dual-core PC. Apache works great for that and having a dedicated compu for http and ftp serving increases security! Using a spare Lexar 4GB USB flash drive, no HD, UnSlung? 6.10 (though may switch to a full Linux), Overclocked to 266 bogomips.

Ralph Finch (Davis, California, USA)

21 September 2008

7 October 2008

18 October 2008 Bought it mainly for a cheap and low-power proxy server to avoid running a 4+2-disk, dual-core PC. Apache works great for that and having a dedicated compu for http and ftp serving increases security! Using a spare Lexar 4GB USB flash drive, no HD, UnSlung? 6.10 (though may switch to a full Linux), Overclocked to 266 bogomips.

7 October 2009

On a recent trip to Italy, I was able to use a digital recorder to record each hour strike of a Campanile in a small mountain town. I've taken a Slug, installed NTP, CRON, and SlugAudio?, and now I have my own Campanile that strikes the hour and the half hour. It's a nice reminder of our trip !

Andrew Field (West Chester, PA)

03. Oktober 2008

Debian GNU/Linux System (SLUG with 266MHz)

Hardware:

- NSLU2 with 266Mhz connected with an LINKSYS WRT54G? WLAN Router - USB 2.0 HUB with 4 Ports - Maxtor 3,5" 250GB for DATA - Samsung 2,5" 160GB for BACKUP - HP PSC 1610 Printer (USB over CUPS)

Software:

- SAMBA PDC Server (3.024) with 6 clients - Rsync backup - Cron - SSH - Webserver for my weather-website - DFS-SERVER for my Windows Server - Torrent client with rtorrent - E-MAIL server with dovecot - Fetchmail - Webmail (Squirrelmail) - Procmail and Spamassassin - FTP-Server with vsftpd - Twonkyserver for Media streaming - Openvpn for connection from everywhere to the home-network - CUPS-Server for Printing

René Kettinger (AUSTRIA)

Plum (England)

28 September 2008 uNSLUng 6.10 with LaCie? 500GB external drive.

Installed with: - OpenSSH? + SFTP with private and public files - Rsync - Cron

In use for: - Backup server - Synchronise data with another Slug over the internet with Rsync over SSH

Future ideas: - Torrent client - Webserver - E-mail server

Jeroen (Netherlands)

I loves my SLUG

Plum (England)

21 September 2006

mtDaap itunes server kissdx for serving to Kiss 1600 (nice and stable - no drop outs - seems more stable than Mediatomb for video) Mediatomb - Huge music library nicely organised for Kiss 1600 Media streamer

Want another on now with a LAMP setup ;-) I loves my SLUG

Jan. 15, 2008

My overclocked Slug is unslung to 6.10 (now) and attached to a 80 GB disk. Samba is disabled. It is running:

UPDATE 2008/09/08 New slightly bigger case now houses both the Slug and the USB HD together with a single power source - just one power brick now, provides DC in to a pico psu.

2008/08/27

Seven Slugs in use:

Schaap - Debian Etch off of 4GB flash stick:

Joost - Debian Etch off of 4GB flash stick:

Streep - Debian Etch off of 8GB flash stick:

• Application server
  • Running Firefly Media Server (mt-daapd) to share my iTunes library to all desktops,
  • Running Squid for proxy services.

Lillebi - Debian Etch off of 40GB USB disk:

• Development, test, acceptance, and bittorrent server
  • Environment to try out stuff,
  • Acceptance for patches to Joost, Schaap, and Streep,

Sprinky - Debian Lenny (armel) off of 2G flash stick:

• Test server
  • Environment to try out stuff with Lenny (armel)

• OxylBox?
• FireFly?

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25 August 2008

uNSLUng 6.10 with WD Elements 500 and TrekStor? DataStation? 750 used as MediaServer?.

• FTP-Server
• NFS-Server
• Apache,PHP,MySQL? - OxylBox? - FireFly?
• StreamRipper?
• Midnight Commander

The MediaSlug? is connected via WRT54GL? (HyperWRT?) to two Pinnacle ShowConter? 200 and one Roku SoundBridge? (all using WLAN).

Stephan Pilz (Germany)

22 August 2008

uNSLUng 6.10 with 2GB Memory Stick - absolute silence :)

For now:

• Subversion standalone server
• OpenSSH?

Luemmel (Germany) ---

todo: torriental

unslung 6.10 with Western Digital 500 GB Elements USB 2.0.

todo: auto spin down. this is my biggest issue atm.. :/ works brilliant with the default firmware though.. I accuse some auto write program somewhere which bugs my poor HD.. but I will investigate it and post it on my blog..

• See my blog for guides to get it running: http://unslung.blogspot.com

14 aug 08

unslung 6.10 with WD elements 500 gb extern.

I got my slug and powered up with:

todo: auto spin down. this is my biggest issue atm.. :/

I got my slug and powered up a

• Cherokee webserver
• enhanced-ctorrent client
• openssh for secure login

Se my blog for guides to get it running: http://unslung.blogspot.com

2 August 2008

Two slugs, both fairly recent so running at 266 MHz?. Each has a 500Gb Lacie USB disk attached. I run Debian Lenny on both with openssh to give me access. One slug sits on my outer network between my internal NAT router (an Asus WL500G? running OpenWrt) and my external DSL NAT router. The other slug sits on my internal network, inbound of the Asus.

Outer slug:

• local apt-mirror server for my Debian installation. Runs lighttpd.
• NTP server for the networks.
• Syslog server for outer network.
• Webcam (at webcam.baldric.net).
• External facing webservers with SSL (again using lighttpd).

Until recently this slug also ran postfix and mailman - but that proved too much of a load for a single slug.

Inner slug:

• DNS and DHCP server for the network using DNSMasq?.
• local apt-mirror for my internal Ubuntu network (again using lighttpd).
• rsync over SSH backup server for my desktops/laptops.
• squid proxy.
• MRTG monitor for my routers.

Mick (at-baldric.net UK)

• OpenSSH? for secure access

2007-08-06

• Verizon FIOS Wireless router

2007-07-30 NSLU2 running Debian:

• WEB server with lighttpd
• FTP server with proftpd
• OpenSSH? for secure access

(UPDATE: 2008-08-06) NSLU2 also running Debian:

• Backup Server
• File Server

Giuseppe Sammarco near Palermo, Italy.

Mitch Thompson, San Antonio, TX (USA)

24 July 2008

Purchased 1st slug a few weeks ago on Amazon for <$50 after reading a bit about it's capabilities here.

When it arrived, I booted it up and tested it out for a few hours with just a 1GB flash drive attached. When I got bored of that I Unslung the slug to 6.10 beta onto the 1GB flash drive without any issues thanks to the community here! Setup now as a pyTivo server and NAS and soon to be a print server. I just hope that it has enough gusto to handle all of these tasks.

Software:

• OpenSSH?
• Python
• pyTiVo
• CUPS

Hardware:

• 1GB Flash (Unslung)
• 200GB HD w/ generic fan cooled enclosure
• De-Underclocked to 266MHz

Connected to:

• 300W APC UPS
• Verizon FIOS Wireless router

Tim Wiser, Derby (UK)

-- 9 July 2008

Got an NSLU-2 from Amazon for $48.50 plus shipping. Booted up the original software long enough to make sure all the network settings were good, then reflashed with SlugOS4?.8BE. Plugged a 1GB USB flash in, did a turn-up to move everything over to the USB stick, then rebooted onto the stick. Installed Asterisk and a few minor utils. Set up swap, got everything running within 2 hours. This replaces Asterisk running on my Ubuntu box. Works great! Gonna get another on this payday and build a backup/media server. Then I'm going to convince a few friends to get one and some hard drives and do rsync backups to each other. I love embedded systems (I have two ASUS wl500gP routers, a Nokia N800 internet tablet, and some Linksys PAP2T? SIP-Analog phone adapters).

Mitch Thompson, San Antonio, TX (USA)

Tim Wiser, Derby (UK)

3rd July 2008

Just got my NSLU2 unslung using the latest firmware and booting off a 4Gb USB stick. Am primarily using it to serve a modest music collection to my Netgear MP101? audio streamer in the living room over my HomePlug? LAN. Have added a few packages as well.

It's now running:

  *  TwonkyMedia? 4.4 (latest version) serving music to the house
  *  NTP server for home devices (server, laptops, router)
  *  Lynx
  *  Network diagnostics
  *  OpenSSH? for remote access (telnet is disabled)

I love it as I can just leave it running under the desk in my home office and it's totally silent. The only reason I am using a USB stick over a hard disk is the fact that I didn't like leaving the caddy that I had connected unattended for long periods as (a) the fan was quite rattly and (b) it ran pretty warm. I'll prob feed the NSLU2 another USB stick of higher capacity as and when they drop in price.

Update 2008-07-03:

• I gave up kPlaylist as music streaming service because too slooowwwwww. Now using gnump3d, a stream server written in Perl. Works great!

Lovely device, great community!

The whole backup concept proved to work well when one of our computers broke down in June, 2008. Outlook and Data Files could easyly be restored from the slug.

JNC, France.

2008-06-21

I bought two new slugs. I turbo'd them to 266 MHz? and did the full power mod. Installed Debian 4.0r3 with Apache and DNS on an 8GB thumb drive (the only tricky part was figuring out how to manually partition the thumb drive to have a big enough swap space. Used aptitude to install the GNU development tools and subversion. Used subversion to download open2300-1.11 and compiled it using the development tools. Both slugs are connected to La Crosse Technology WS23XX? weather stations (one for me and the second for my Dad) and they use a cron file to take the data from the weather station and upload it to WeatherUnderground? and CWOP. The cron file looks like this:

1. /etc/cron.d/open2300 Jobs relating to the weather station.
2. keep an hourly record for me.

0 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/log2300 /home/tom/weather.log

1. every five minutes on the 2's and 7's to wunderground.

2,7,12,17,22,27,32,37,42,47,52,57 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/wu2300

1. every ten minutes on the 6's to CWOP.

6,16,26,36,46,56 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/cw2300

Both slugs also provide DNS for their local subnet and they are Apache webservers connected to the Internet.

This is a great low-power setup. My Kill-a-watt meter says that my slug is only drawing 3 watts. It replaces a PowerMac? G4 that draws 85 watts. A big and quiet savings (no fans all the time).

Tom Rinehart, SLC, Utah

• thttpd + php + xsltv (http://www.ericandchar.com/xsltvgrid/)

2008-06-10

One slug, with 2 attached disks (Maxtor OneTouch2? 200GB and Maxtor OneTouch3? 500GB) :

• mainly file server with Samba 3.0.23c-r0 : GettingStartedWithSamba?
• my disks have auto-spindown capabilities : SpinDownUSBHarddisks?
• Samba is configured to act as a PDC : SetUpPDCWithSamba?
• 1 disk is the backup of the other : SmartBackupFromOneAttachedDiskToAnotherAttachedDisk?

JNC, France.

2008-05-29

I configured a fairly minimalist Slug, which serves me as a simple wiki and mail client.

Hardware:

• Turbo-slug 266 MHz?
• 4Gb USB stick as root partition

Software/Configuration:

• Debian

- Tweaks

• Stripped unnessecary services and modules.
• Tightened Unix file security
• Reduced writes/updates to flashdisk by way of various hacks.
• TCP/IP Speed Tweaks

- WWW

• Lighttpd (Tried boa but needed an authentication mechanism) (configured it fairly paranoid. Anything not explicitly allowed is denied)
• cgic and quisp for cgi programming
• Yawk (Yet another Wiki) A minimal wiki implemented in gawk. www.awk-scripting.de

- Mail

• msmtp as a "nullmailer" to my ISP
• mutt
• procmail
• GnuPG?
• lbdb (Little Brother Database)
• fetchmail

- Varia

• SSH
• Extensive iptable firewall config
• checkinstall (Used to make Debian packages)

This server has been in use for more than two month's now, without any significant problems.

Enneman, Netherlands. ( warkruid at gmail dot com )

• LIRC with mceusb2 driver

• AC powered USB hub (4 ports) on USB1.

• Serial port
• 1x USB 1.1 HUB, 1x USB 2.0 HUB, both bus-powered

• 250GB MyBook harddisk, self-powered, spins down after 10'
• Yealink USB-P1K handset

• Small break-out-box with a tiny speaker, a USB port and 4 buttons (buttons currently unused)

• Yeaphone (VoIP UA for USB handset)

• espeak (reads various information, eg. outside temperature, tramway departure, title of current music track)

Daniel Kertby

2008-05-27

Hardware (see http://www.devbase.at/nslu2/pics.php):

• Turbo-Slug 266MHz
• 1x USB 1.1 HUB, 1x USB 2.0 HUB, both USB-powered
• 2GB USB flash memory as system partition
• 250GB MyBook? harddisk, self-powered, spins down after 10'
• Yealink USB-P1K? handset
• 2 USB soundcards (a Trust 5.1 and a tiny C-Media audio adapter)
• small break-out-box with a tiny speaker, a USB port and 4 buttons (currently unused)
• USB IR receiver for remote control
• DVB-T receiver Terratec Cinergy USB XS Diversity

Software:

• SlugOS/BE with Linux 2.6.25-rc6
• samba
• nfs
• subversion 1.4.3
• ftpsync.pl (uploads selected subversion repositories to www.devbase.at/svn)
• mpd (mostly for internet radio, controlled by LIRC)
• Yeaphone (VoIP? UA for USB handset)
• LIRY with mceusb2 driver
• espeak (reads various information, eg. outside temperature, tramway departure, title of current music trac)
• DVB Tools + own program "recstream" for recording (to disk) and streaming (via HTTP) of up to 2 programs in parallel - needs only max. 25% CPU!
• thttp + php + xsltv (http://www.ericandchar.com/xsltvgrid/)

Also tried in the past:

• Yate
• PJSIP
• Asterisk
• cups
• ushare
• flite, now replaced by espeak
• keyevent (own tool for reading the buttons of the USB soundcard / break-out-box), now replaced by LIRC

Thomas Reitmayr

• ntpclient installed to have exact time.

Daniel Kertby

Piero

2008-5-19

My specs:

Running Unslung 6.8.

• 2 GB Sandisk Micro USB Port 2 as root filesystem.
• AC powered USB hub (4 ports) on USB1?.
  • A 500 GB HP USB disk (ext3) on USB hub
  • A Gembird SIS-PM USB controlled 4 port power outlet controlled from NSLU using sispmctl package (not in ipkg repository)
  • The Gembird SIS-PM powers on/off 500 GB HP USB disk and printer with its AXIS printer server, using CGI script provided by thttpd.
• SSH (dropbear)
• NFS (nfs-utils), streaming media to my Tvix 4100-S
• cron installed, powers on/off 500 GB USB disk automatically at evening.
• ntpclient installed to have exact time.

Here's my slug...

Unslung V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.10-beta, running under a 5V stabilized-Ni-MH (AA size) battery-operated UPS by myself.

- 40GB, 2,5" H/D on port 2, bus powered; - Port 1 reserved for access to USB flash disks via WLAN (...I have a couple of laptops with fired USB ports :( ); - SSH access to my LAN from internet; - "Repository" (file server via FTP/CIFS) on LAN, for small useful contents (drivers, codecs, apps...); - Adds storage (CIFS automount) to my linux STB (Dreambox 7020) for some "slow" multimedia contents (jpeg/mp3/low bitrate MPEG4?), to be delivered to my 3*DSM-320RD uPnP-AV clients via uShare (running on Dreambox... but it can run on slug too, if needed); - Automatic torrent download (enhanced-ctorrent) by a custom script (queue & permanent seed management). CTCS support from WAN via a sort of "proxy" (...some php scripts, executing lots of wgets :D...) running on Dreambox (...that's my home LAMP webserver...) to fix authentication issues.

To-do list: adding a serial rs232 & 2 more USB ports, just for fun :)

Piero

D (Melbourne)

2008/04/22

Slug is basically my backup machine, torrent manager, webserver and media server for the Xbox and SqueezeBox?. Slug running at 266 with Debian, wired to the adls modem-wireless router reduce wireless lag.

• SSH
• Lighttpd with PHP
• Rsynch for backups
• rTorrent via screen, drag and drop torrents via web
• SlimServer?
• DynaDns? synch

Connected to 250Gb western digital myBook.

Trimmed down apps and processes in a effort to reduce memory and CPU foot prints allowing SlimServer? to run without significant delay. Did try running this gallery2 as well, but image resizing is too much for this little box. Instead, as I source pictures from WindowsXP? box, I extract the resized images from the Windows generated Thumbs.db file to display icons as preview of the full size picture using simple dynamic PHP web pages... no need for memory hungry MySQL? etc.

Toying with the idea of a little home automation, switching central heating on/off via secure web.

DF

Mikey, UK

I think I will use it for rsync backups too (done!). Really, the sky's the limit with this little baby... may use it as a print server/power switch in future, if I can be bothered. I'd love to use it for the backend to a mythtv setup. I think what would go really well with this is to turn it into a jukebox for movies somehow, so you can fit multiple HDDs? to it via USB somehow and be able to switch one on at a time to save all the power draw. Good question how to do that though.

The whole idea of it just boggles my mind! I love how it sits there, consuming an average of 7W completely silently, requiring no cleaning of fans, while doing a task that used to produce noise and chew up 80+Watts of power. So cheap, both in price and in running cost. This is certainly the future of computing! Often I just stare at it in awe, the only sign it is doing any work is when the USB HDD enclosure flashes red briefly and when the network lights flicker. It is certainly one of my favorite purchases of all time.

Update: I figured out how to set up a sshfs mounted folder on the slug. Fast enough, I guess, I get about a megabyte/second transfer speed. I rsync to it.

• Running external SMTP (mx1.fnerk.org),
• IPv6 router, connecting via XS4ALL? tunnel broker

2008-04-18

I just love this thing! At the moment it's just doing p2p work using the amule client. To control amuled I use amulecmd by sshing to the slug. I got fed up with trying the web version, and amulecmd does everything I need and is more stable I think. Hasn't barfed yet, that's a good sign. I highly recommend amulecmd, it works a treat.

I have a laptop drive connected to it, and it also powers the 5 port switch via USB it (and my other computers) needs to connect to the other side of the house where the telephone line is. Powering the switch + itself + laptop drive uses 7 Watts and 9 Watts whenever there is a read/write to the laptop drive.

I think I will use it for rsync backups too. Really, the sky's the limit with this little baby... may use it as a print server/power switch in future, if I can be bothered. I'd love to use it for the backend to a mythtv setup. I think what would go really well with this is to turn it into a jukebox for movies somehow, so you can fit multiple HDDs? to it via USB somehow and be able to switch one on at a time to save all the power draw. Good question how to do that though.

The whole idea of it just boggles my mind! I love how it sits there, consuming an average of 7W completely silently, requiring no cleaning of fans, while doing a task that used to produce noise and chew up 80+Watts of power. So cheap, both in price and in running cost. This is certainly the future of computing! Often I just stare at it in awe, the only sign it is doing any work is when the USB HDD enclosure flashes red briefly and when the network lights flicker. It is certainly one of my favorite purchases of all time

OS: Unslung, tried SlugOS to no avail. Packages I have installed: sudo amule openssh adduser vim vsftpd bash openssh-sftp-server

De-underclocked.

D (Melbourne)

Theo Arends (theo-at-sidweb.mine.nu)

  * Speedmod running on 266Mhz (default = 133Mhz)

  * Debian lenny (testing) 
  * thttpd webserver for status and service control

  * TWiki? 4.2.0 for fun (too slow for NSLU2)

  * Speedmod running on 266Mhz (default = 133Mhhz)

  * Debian lenny (testing) 
  * thttpd webserver for status and service control

  * TWiki? 4.2.0 for fun (too slow for NSLU2)

  * running Indexer swish-e (cross compiled on a virtual ubuntu machine using infos from this site:-)

2008-04-15

Rob Spanton (as part of the Student Robotics group) - Robot controllers. See http://www.studentrobotics.org/

2008-04-06

Albert Schmid - Synology Diskstation DS106j? with original firmware and optware extensions:

  * perl for cgi with the firmware-apache (must be hacked too)
  * running Indexer swish-e (cross compiled on a virtual ubuntu machine using infos from this site:-)

2008-04-04

Albert Schmid - Synology Diskstation DS106j? with originale firmware and optware extensions:

  * syslog-ng for remote logging from my router
  * openssh for remote access
  * NFS support (now replaced by the firmware itself)
  * perl for cgi with the firmware-apache (mus be hacked too)
  * running Indexer swish-e (cross compiled on a virtual ubuntu machine using infos from this site)

2008/04/04

Theo Arends - Two slugs, running Debian lenny

Slug 1

  * Speedmod running on 266Mhz (default = 133Mhz) 
  * two 320GB Western Digital MyBook? HDD (rsync mirror) 
  * boa webserver for status and service control
  * OpenSSH? for secure login 
  * Samba share for several workstations
  * FTP (vsftpd) for need be
  * NFS for need be
  * iSCSI target for Vista testing

Slug 2

  * Speedmod running on 266Mhz (default = 133Mhhz) 
  * two 250GB LaCIE? HDD (rsync mirror) 
  * boa webserver for status and service control
  * OpenSSH? for secure login 
  * Samba share for Dreambox 500s and all my CD's in .flac and .mp3
  * FTP (vsftpd) for need be
  * NFS for need be

2008/04/02

Slug with V2.3R63-uNSLUng

  * cups printserver (HP Deskjet)
  * twonky mediaserver
  * php-thttpd (PHP Proxy)

Huheey

   * ws2305 weather server (open2300), (usb2serial)
   * rrdtool for graphing and storing the data
   * digitemp for other temps (usb2serial, with ds18s20 on passive ds9097 adapter)
   * ssh server

2008/03/27

Slug with debian 4.0r3

overclocked to 266mhz and add rs232 (from siemens gsm cable) usb flash dirve 2gb

- ws2305 weather server (open2300), (usb2serial) - rrdtool for graphing and storing the data - digitemp for other temps (usb2serial, with ds18s20 on passive ds9097 adapter) - ssh server

Richard, Halsteren, Netherlands

In addition to that the slug hosts a mt-daapd server that publishes our 5000 mp3 file to a Windows and a Linux client. There the tool "Get it together" is used to listen to the music

Hint for enhanced-ctorrent users: changing the user agent may help with torrent speeds... I use SlugTorrent?/3.2

2008/03/22

De-underclocked slug unslung to 256mb flash drive in slot 2, 300 (I think)GB hard drive in slot 1 Using slug to serve out the external HDD via samba; HDD used to be connected to windows computer, symlinks on linux and a network drive on windows keep everything running the same. Slug also downloads torrents to HDD (enhanced-ctorrent and CTCS), uses appWeb with SSL (SSL for outside connection only) to serve DvdDB? (manages my dvd database; google it), filethingie (to access my files from school, etc), and eventually a web based proxy for private use. Disk2 share has symlinks to music folders in various places - using diversion script to replace user_smb.conf with mine disabling unix extensions and enabling swap space on HDD (forgot how big it is; used to be used with a linux distro on main computer).

Hint for enhanced-ctorrent users: changing the user agent may help with torrent speeds... I use SlugTorrent?/2.3

Thanks to everyone involved, especially those here on the wiki.

Xander, Perth, Australia

my Slug will now connect to my Xbox 360 to stream video and mp3s over upnp.

Dave, UK

Zach

2008/03/19

Running Debian with a 320GB drive.

Using it to automate website backups via ftp as well as backing up folders on the local network.

Just recently managed to compile uShare (version 1.0, 1.1 refused to compile for some reason) my Slug will now connect to an Xbox 360 to stream video and mp3s over upnp.

• Running MRTG, feeding output into non-slug web server at mrtg.fnerk.org,

• Running MRTG, feeding output into non-slug web server at http://mrtg.fnerk.org/,

My slug is running unslug 6. I make it a pure solid state device. I use one 1G flash drive as system drive on USB port 2. I use another multi-Card Reader in USB port 1. I put one 2G SD card(on sdb) and one 4G CF card(on sdc) in the multi-card reader. raid0 was used to put those two cards together to make a 5.8G storage drive at /dev/md0. rtorrent is used as Torrent client. amule is used as EDK2K? client. It's running happly for weeks.

2008/03/11

dunk.

2008/03/11 My slug is running unslug 6. I make it a pure solid state device. I use one 1G flash drive as system on USB port 2. I use another multi-Card Reader in USB port 1. I put one 2G SD card(on sdb) and one 4G CF card(on sdc) in the multi-card reader. raid0 was used to put those two cards together to make a 5.8G storage drive at /dev/md0. rtorrent is used as Torrent client. amule is used as EDK2K? client. It's running happly for weeks. Zach

Jan Joris Vereijken, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008/03/09

My slug is the primary controller on my mobile robot. Machine vision laser ranging via USB webcam. Slug connected to Atmel AVR i2c microcontroller network via USB. Building details here: mrdunk.googlepages.com

dunk.

• DR site backup production server (120km south from primary site)

• Disaster recovery of data in case primary site should fail,

• Primary site backup production server

• DR site backup production server (120km from primary backup server)

• Primary network services production server

• Secondary network services production server

• Primary site backup production server:
  • Running backup jobs for all my data files using rsnapshot, running every 4 hours,
  • Storing full image backups of all my desktops using Symantec Ghost, running once a week,

• DR site backup production server (120km from primary backup server):
  • Attaches via OpenVPN to primary site,
  • Running backup jobs for all my data files using rsnapshot, running every 4 hours,
  • Spare for case Kwek should fail,

• Primary network services production server:
  • Running DHCP for internal network,
  • Running DNS for internal network,
  • Running NTP for internal network,
  • Running external DNS (ns.fnerk.org),
  • Running external NTP (ntp.fnerk.org),
  • Running external shell access (ssh.fnerk.org),
  • Running MRTG, feeding output into non-slug web server at <A HREF="http://mrtg.fnerk.org">http://mrtg.fnerk.org</A>,

• Secondary network services production server:
  • Running backup DHCP for internal network,
  • Running backup DNS for internal network,
  • Running backup NTP for internal network,
  • Running SMTP (outgoing) for internal network,
  • Running external SMTP (smtp.fnerk.org),
  • Spare for case Schaap should fail,

Lillebi - Debian 4.0r3 off of 40GB USB disk:

• Development, test, acceptance, and download server
  • Environment to try out stuff for Schaap and Joost,
  • Acceptance for patches to Schaap and Joost,
  • Continuously running distributed.net client,
  • Continuously running bittorrent uploads.

<EM>Lillebi - Debian 4.0r3 off of 40GB USB disk:<EM>

Development, test, acceptance, and download server

Development, test, acceptance, and download server:

• Environment to try out stuff for Schaap and Joost,
• Acceptance for patches to Schaap and Joost,
• Continuously running distributed.net client,
• Continuously running bittorrent uploads.

2008/02/27

Five Slugs in use:

Kwek - Unslung V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta off of 1GB flash stick, 500GB USB disk attached:

  Primary site backup production server:

  * Running backup jobs for all my data files using rsnapshot, running every 4 hours,
  * Storing full image backups of all my desktops using Symantec Ghost, running once a week,

Kwekje - Unslung V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta off of 1GB flash stick, 320GB USB disk attached:

  DR site backup production server (120km from primary backup server):

  * Attaches via OpenVPN to primary site,
  * Running backup jobs for all my data files using rsnapshot, running every 4 hours,
  * Spare for case Kwek should fail,

Schaap - Debian 4.0r3 off of 4GB flash stick:

  Primary network services production server:

  * Running DHCP for internal network,
  * Running DNS for internal network,
  * Running NTP for internal network,
  * Running external DNS (ns.fnerk.org),
  * Running external NTP (ntp.fnerk.org),
  * Running external shell access (ssh.fnerk.org),
  * Running MRTG, feeding output into non-slug web server at <A HREF="http://mrtg.fnerk.org">http://mrtg.fnerk.org</A>,

Joost - Debian 4.0r3 off of 4GB flash stick:

  Secondary network services production server:

  * Running backup DHCP for internal network,
  * Running backup DNS for internal network,
  * Running backup NTP for internal network,
  * Running SMTP (outgoing) for internal network,
  * Running external SMTP (smtp.fnerk.org),
  * Spare for case Schaap should fail,

Lillebi - Debian 4.0r3 off of 40GB USB disk:

  Development, test, acceptance, and download server:

  * Environment to try out stuff for Schaap and Joost,
  * Acceptance for patches to Schaap and Joost,
  * Continuously running distributed.net client,
  * Continuously running bittorrent uploads.

Jan Joris Vereijken, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

My slug is de-underclocked, is running unslung 6.10, and, at 7-10 watts, a perfect server.

 - wput cron job for backup of local messages and website.

 - openssh.

I have two slugs in my network. Paradise is running Debian and is over-used as a music box (output through Aureon 5.1 USB MKII, played with MPD, with epmcd as one control and using LIRC through a Windows Media Center 2005 remote as the other), WebCam? (using Motion for feeding it to the network, of course over IPv6) and as a generic archive box (also for the music :). Oh and it is providing the IPv6 connectivity to my whole network using AICCU and radvd. This as the current DD-WRT beta builds don't come with IPv6 enabled.

Jeroen - 18 Sep 2005 (updated 2008.02.23)

I have two slugs in my network. Paradise is running Debian and is over-used as a music box (output through Aureon 5.1 USB MKII, played with MPD, with epmcd as one control and using LIRC through a Windows Media Center 2005 remote as the other), WebCam? (using Motion for feeding it to the network, of course over IPv6) and as a generic archive box (also for the music :). Eden unfortunately is quite dead, it won't boot anymore, I'll need to JTAG it to get it to work. gallery.unfix.org moved to abaddon.unfix.org which is a very nice hosted box, which is quite a bit faster than a slug, can't have 1Gbit ports on a slug now can we.

 - running kaid (Xlink Kai Engine) to play online with my Xbox and XBMC

 - [done] "overclocking" to 266 MHz? 

2008/02/21

1 SLUG (without speed modification)

 * uNSLUng Version 6.10
 * WD 250GB Passport Hard Drive on USB Port 1 (No extra power supply needed!)
 * unslung to a SanDisk? 1GB USB Stick on USB Port 2
 * DynDNS? update with log(NSLU2-Linux-DNSUPD-0.9.4beta). works great!
 * Apache Web Server 
 * FTP
 * Samba shares
 * MySQL?
 * OpenSSH?
 * Perl
 * Python
 * PHP
 * Wget-ssl

This little thing does so much, with very little power!

Mo

cheers, Tom (donation made - thanks all)

My slug is de-underclocked and is running unslung 6.10 and at 7-10 watts, a perfect server.

My slug is un-deunderclocked and is running unslung 6.10 and at 7-10 watts, a perfect server.

 - Backup for household computers.
 - wget cron job for backup of hosted website.
 - ntpclient.
 - thttpd-webserver so I can see status msgs even when not at home.
 - openssh

2008/02/20

My slug is un-deunderclocked and is running unslung 6.10

- Backup for household computers - wget cron job for backup of hosted website - ntpclient - thttpd-webserver so I can see status msgs even when not at home

cheers, Tom

3. Empress: Debian for experimenting.

1. Thames: has 1x 120GB drive on USB2? and 2xPertelian X2040 on USB1? through USB Hub. Heyu 2.1.3 with CM11? and FTDI-based serial convertor for Home Automation X10 projects. Rsync for backup to a LaCie? Terabyte drive located in Switzerland (using WRT54GL? on either side). thttpd for virtual domains I host. Shell script for automatic mp3 podcast subscriptions and auto file push script in case I plug in my mp3 player to USB port 1.

• rSync.

Next on the list is to set up a proper music server on it.

Update: I've since bought a second Slug and again installed Debian on it. Running that as a backup server.

Greetings from Jena, Germany

2008/02/01

My NSUL2? has Debian GNU/Linux v4.0 installed with a D-Link DWL-G122 Ver. C1 USB Wi-Fi adapter (see http://3lled.blogspot.com/2008/02/nslu2-dwl-g122-nas-with-wi-fi.html) and works as:

 - Unison sync server.
 - Gateway and ARP proxy between a wired and a wireless LAN.
 - Firewall.
 - Asterisk server.
 - NFS server.

Cheers, Héctor Half time in Madrid, Spain, half time in San Pedro de Sula, Honduras.

Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna

• Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7

• Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna * Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7
• Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, rsync, distcc, cups, anacron, at, tmsnc & finch (IM clients !!), upslug2, screen (number 1) .... so on
• Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
• Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle, bluetooth
• Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
• Wishes: wiimote interface via hddi & wmd drivers, usb2vga working video device, postfix, more ptimizations/enhachements (partially done ending up in a 15 MB freeing on classic 32MB total!!), wish to get some knowledge in soldering and then add third usb, second lan, serial, battery.
• Email: m a x at fan tuz d o t n e t

3 slugs at home in active use:

1. Thames: has 1x 120GB drive on USB2? and 2xPertelian X2040 on USB1? through USB Hub. Adding CM11? with pl2303-based serial convertor for Home Automation. Rsync for backup to a LaCie? Terabyte drive located in Switzerland (using WRT54GL? on either side). thttpd for virtual domains I host. Shell script for automatic mp3 podcast subscriptions and auto file push script in case I plug in my mp3 player to USB port 1.

2. Havilland: Kissdx + Twonkyvision 3.0 server for 8000+ mp3s and wavs, from my own CD collection. Havilland has 2x 240GB drives, and still runs on 3.16, de-underclocked.

3. Empress: on V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta, de-underclocked, with Debian for experimenting.

 - FTP Server using vsftpd

The Netherlands

My Slug works as:

 - universal Data storage in my Network (120GB Samsung)
 - SMB Share using samba2
 - FTP Server using vsftpd2
 - DBox2? recording server using recorder (dboxgrab)
 - Media Storage for my XBox? with XBMC (via SMB) - Godlike!
 - wakes up other PC's via WOL using wakelan

Planned:

 - "overclocking" to 266 MHz?
 - Webserver with PHP using lighttpd + FastCGI?
 - VPN server to access my LAN from everywhere on the WEB using openVPN
 - Picture Galery accessible by browser, maybe some cool Flash-Galery

The Slug is truely a great gadget. Thanks for your work, guys!

Greetings from Jena, Germany

Mark Breddemann, Germany

Have a slung build in a box made out of lego with:

 - Slung on top 
 - 1x 70Gb  Samsung internal disk (connected to hub)
 - 1x 500Gb Samsung internal disk (connected to hub)
 - 1x usb2 hub no-name (connected to hub)
 - 1x Sweex usb-serial cable (connected to hub)
 - 1x Creative NX webcam (connected to hub)
 - 1x home made 433Mhz serial send module (for wireless outlet switching)
 - 1x MicroAtx? psu (providing power to fans/hub/slung/Samsung disks)
 - 1x usb cable for recharching my phone
 - 2x 10cm fans at low speed for cooling
 - 1x external Western Digital Mybook 500Gb (Fat32)

The tasks of this slung are:

 - Webcam for my fishtank
 - Script for home automation set
 - Remote switch my home automation
 - Backup for 3 pc's in the house and some laptops
 - SSH server for tunneling to the inside

Wishes:

 - Get my USB-Soundcard working and play music
 - Get a usb 433Mhz receiver working for controlling the music

Still have 2 slungs laying around, one for testing and one catching dust

Tiec, The Netherlands

Best device for torrents I have ever seen.

27th Jan 2008

I've got two Slugs:

1st:

• Bluetooth-driver and daemon
• PCSC-Lite Cardreader driver and deamon
• a little HTTP-Server
• dropbear SSH-Daemon
• Busybox environment

All on the internal flash and 3 megs free space, using uclibc. Trying to compile a Samba daemon with uclibc next.

2nd:

• 1GB USB-Stick for the root filesystem
• Bluetooth driver/daemon
• Music Player Daemon (MPD) with MP3?, OGG (Tremor) and Flac support compiled in
• External soundcard
• pbmpcd (control the MPD via bluetooth using a mobile phone)
• HTTP-Server
• Samba Server
• FTP-Server
• Cron
• Some scripts for automatically (un)mount of external hard-disks

Amazing, what you can do with a network storage :p

Mark Breddemann, Germany

UPDATE Jan 08

Slug now retired from active server duties (moved those over to the FSG-3 instead). Now becoming the primary brain in a robotics/automation project. PERFECT for this - low power consumption, easily battery-driven, etc. Have re-slung to a 1GB USB stick, all working beautifully. --Native GCC compiling --K8055 USB interface board --Basic control routines done --Watch this space!

  * Email: m a x   at   fan   tuz   d o t n e t

15th Jan 2008

Currently running SVNServe? and Enhanced-Ctorrent Messed about with twonkyvision for a while but couldn't see the point of it.

In the middle of learning Haskell so will be using this little skill (in conjunction with HUGS) for programming the slug to do other stuff like HTTP fetching and processing RSS feeds , web pages etc, might even get SQL to work on the thing (is this too much for the little beasty?)

Best device for torrents I have ever seen.

• Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna * Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7*

  * Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, rsync, distcc, cups, anacron, at, tmsnc & finch (IM clients !!), upslug2, screen (number 1) .... so on
  * Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
  * Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle, bluetooth
  * Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
  * Wishes: wiimote interface via hddi & wmd drivers, usb2vga working video device, postfix, more ptimizations/enhachements (partially done ending up in a 15 MB freeing on classic 32MB total!!), wish to get some knowledge in soldering and then add third usb, second lan, serial, battery.
  * Email: m a x   at   fan   tuz   d o t n e t 

 * Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna
  ** Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7
  ** Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, cups .... so on
  ** Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
  ** Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle
  ** Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
  ** Wishes: wiimote interface via hddi & wmd drivers, usb2vga working video device, postfix, more optimizations/enhachements

• Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna
  • Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7
    ** Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, cups .... so on
    ** Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
    ** Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle
    ** Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
    ** Wishes: wiimote interface via hddi & wmd drivers, usb2vga working video device, postfix, more optimizations/enhachements

• Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna
  • Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7
    **Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, cups .... so on
    **Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
    **Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle
    **Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
    

Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna

• Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7
  *Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, cups .... so on
  *Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan
  *Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle
  *Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB
  

Doug in Pennsylvania, USA

Massimiliano Fantuzzi, Italy, Bologna Operative System Unslung 6.8, number of slugs: 7

Functions: ddclient, mrtg, lcd4linux, nfs mounts, mt-daapd, esniper, moiosms, openvpn, ssh, apache-mysql-php, ntpd, rsync, yougrabber, rtorrent, cups .... so on Kernel modules loaded: videodev visor pwc ov511 usbserial audio soundcore lan Usb peripherals: usb speakers, usb lan, usb webcam, usb vga, usb palm-cradle. Hardware: all seven slugs were overclocked (some came already oc), all slugs have USB memory as rootfs, ranging from 1 to 4 GB.

• file server (SMB for my wife running Windows + NFS for me)
• DNS server with the lightweight dnsmasq

• Lighttpd web server

11th January 2008

My slug runs SlugOs? 3.10 with a 200 Gb USB disk

It's currently doing unexciting but necessary backup work at a location remote from my home. It's running:

• OpenSSH?
• RSync?
• OpenNtp?
• Cron

Many thanks to all who contributed to the project.

Doug in Pennsylvania, USA

My unit is replacing a Synology DS101 and will run Debian (currently installing as I'm writing) and will act as :

• file server (SMB / NFS)

The CPU is clocked at 266 and was manufactured in 09/2007.

Attached a LaCie? 500 GB Desktop Hard drive (Seagate drive) and will buy another one for replication

Sébastien, Mons, Belgium

9th January 2008

My unit run with Debian on USB 2.5 disk. There is a second disk WD MyBook? Essentials 320Gb :

• NFS share (very fast)
• Itune share.

It works 7d/7 24h/24. It's super server.

"Big thanks to everyone who's contributed here and elsewhere on the net for helping to tidy-up my house and organise my media!" Vincent , Neuville sur Oise, France

• file server
• DNS server
• backup server (rsync) pulling out my website and its MySQL? DB from the hosting server which doesn't provide backup
• DynDNS? updater
• NTP server for machines on the LAN
• Web server + PHP + MySQL?

Rhys, Melbourne, Australia

8th January 2008

My unit is replacing a Synology DS101 and will run Debian (currently installed as I'm writing) and will act as : - file server - DNS server - backup server (rsync) pulling out my website and its MySQL? DB from the hosting server which doesn't provide backup - DynDNS? updater

Planning on attaching 2 drives for replication.

The CPU is clocked at 266 and was manufactured in 09/2007

Sébastien, Mons, Belgium

Unslung to a single WD MyBook? Essentials 320Gb. Running as a file server with FTP access via vsftp. Running rsync daemon on the Slug with RSnapshot? on a Fedora box pulling backups.

Bought in the Slug in December 07 and found it was running at 133, but now at full speed :)

Rhys, Melbourne, Australia

Ben Crowell, Fullerton, CA, USA

8th January 2008

Unslung to a single WD MyBook? Essentials 320Gb. Running as a file server with FTP access via vsftp. Running rsyncd on the Slug with RSnapshot? on a Fedora box pulling backups.

Bought in December 07 and found it was running at 133, but now at full speed :)

Rhys Eddy, Melbourne, Australia

2008 Jan 8

Using it as a music server.

Ben Crowell, Fullerton, CA, USA

6th January 2008

Bought a Slug awhile back with the intention of installing Debian on it. Unfortunately the Debian installer was broken at the time. Anyway an excellent Christmas present came with the news that it had been fixed, and after a number of attempts I've got it to work!

Now successfully running:

• NFS - basic music, video and file server. (Got Samba running too though I very rarely need it)
• rTorrent/Screen
• rSync. Attached a second hard-drive and using it to backup my system (will probably get a second Slug later solely for this purpose).

Next on the list is to set up a proper music server.

AndyCooll?, Stockport, UK

2008-01-02

A sluggish new year!

Am running

• SSH, OK
• FTPD, OK
• Lighttpd with PHP. Perfect server. Did some tests with password access and directory access for local users only. Good dcocumentation.
• MySQL?. Only started PHPmyadmin?, futher tests will follow
• BTPD
• CUPSD for serving my Canon S400, OK. Did not get my HP to work.
• Musicbrowser PHP scripts for streaming.

An incredible device after UNSlinging?. Sometimes probably BTPD somehow keeps on starting new processes eventually hanging the SLUG.

I am modding Musicbrowser to include a Flash player such that I can stream MP3?'s towards the Wii. Initial version based on Musicbrowser 0.7 is working, but needs some work.

http://musicbrowser.sourceforge.net/experimental/musicbrowser-0.7-wii.zip

Edgar, NL, knak_worst_je@hotmail.com

2008-01-01

Happy new year to all Sluggers!

I've never used Linux at all of any flavour but I have my Slug running TwonkyVision? server and streaming David Gilmour live at the Albert Hall wirelessly to my PSP in just under an hour from opening the box. I cannot thank the Unslung community enough for the hard work and dedication they have put into this wonderful piece of software and Linksys too for having the vision to release this super little gadget. I'll be making a donation you can be sure :-)

Jeff Hartley, Arran, Scotland, UK.

One NSLU2. Installed debian-etch 4.0, using 720M of HD space. running:

  * ntp server for keeping time on local network

First off, *Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year* (or indeed Happy Eid and Hanukah).

The default Linksys web frontend really pissed me off with its ugliness and poor usability. I bought the NSLU2 to provide a low-power yet high-quality, economy media server. Could this smaller-than-paperback-book thing do it? Fed up with the default Linksys software, I eventually installed Debian onto the thing and it's now serving up hundreds of GB of video/music/photos through SMB to several Xbox Media Center (XBMC) systems at home. It's hooked up to a Netgear DG834G? Wireless Router and a WD MyBook? 250Gb as the system disk and a WD MyBook? 500Gb as the media storage. It's doing so reliably and with Debian I can dabble with running MySQL?, Apache, OpenVPN, off-site back-ups and $diety knows what else. It all "just works" and I donated money to the NSLU2 firmware team and a chap who provided the Debian install instructions. I hope it encourages more homebrew/community projects like this.

2007-12-25

First off, <b>Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year</b> (or indeed Happy Eid and Hanukah).

The default Linksys web frontend really pissed me off with its ugliness and poor usability. I bought the NSLU2 to provide a low-power yet high-quality, economy media server. Could this smaller-than-paperback-book thing do it? Fed up with the default Linksys software, I eventually installed Debian onto the thing and it's now serving up hundreds of GB of video/music/photos through SMB to several Xbox Media Center (XBMC) systems at home. It's hooked up to a Netgear DG834G? Wireless Router and a WD MyBook? 250Gb as the system disk and a WD MyBook? 500Gb as the media storage. It's doing so reliably and with Debian I can dabble with running MySQL?, OpenVPN, off-site back-ups etc. It all "just works" and I donated money to the NSLU2 firmware team and a chap who provided the Debian install instructions. I hope it encourages more homebrew/community projects like this.

Next step is to try serving out my media with UPnP?. I have evaluated TwonkyMedia? 4.4.2 which worked for 10 minutes but it seems unreliable. Any recommendations? Please email me.

Imran Chaudhry, UK, electr0sphere@yahoo.co.uk

Claudio, Washington DC

2007-12-13

After having my home burglarized and *almost* getting my external backup drive stolen, I decided it was time to invest in remote backups, at least for important files. I happened across this site and realized that I could use the NSLU2 for this task by installing it remotely at my parents house. So I bought a used NSLU2 off eBay and a 500GB Maxtor USB HD. I installed OpenSSH? on it and am now able to tunnel SMB from my Windows boxes (Cygwin) to the slug. Still playing around with various backup methods--started with Unison but it's got a few quirks when going from NTFS to Linux, so am now experimenting with SyncToy? and Robocopy. I also performed the clocking mod to get the slug running at 266Mhz.

-DC-, Seattle

No fans anywhere! The only sound is the buzz of the HD, which I'm working on. With all three machines plugged in plus the hard drive, DSL modem, WAP, Philips Skype phone and switches it's drawing about 50W continuously.

greeTings from Berlin, djk1o

2007-12-12

I finally bought a Slug a few weeks ago after reading this page a few times through. I pay outrageous electric rates but I wanted something up 24/7 that is more functional than my OpenBSD? flashdist-based Soekris box, namely something with a hard drive and full, read-write multiuser access.

The Slug fit the bill perfectly (no pun intended) and after de-underclocking (piece of cake with a razor) and with a full Debian etch install I am now rather well set up:

 * 60gb Maxtor drive I had lying around with a cheap USB enclosure,
 * NFS, Samba and AFP shares,
 * CUPS working from Linux, Mac and Windows clients,
 * screen-ing rtorrent, irssi, tin and other such things,
 * pretty decent performance overall, considering the memory and USB constraints.

I also set up my old VIA EPIA machine whose hard drive went south a few months ago with a diskless Debian setup PXE booted and mounted from the Slug (with the Soekris providing dhcp), and finally have a desktop machine I can use without breaking the bank every month.

No fans anywhere! The only sound is the buzz of the HD, which I'm working on. With all three machines plugged in plus the hard drive, DSL modem, WAP and switches it's drawing about 50W continuously.

Not bad for under $100 of investment.

Claudio, Washington DC

It's de-underclocked and got the serial Connected (Nokia 3310 has only 3 wires and fit perfectly for me). Now my DEBIAN/Etch Slug is used for:

• dbox2 Movie-Server (record/play via NFS)
• MP3? Server over dbox2
• picture-Server to view pictures from holidays
• rtorrent
• cups
• file-sharing in network (smb)

next things to do:

• Atari Portfolio for Terminal access
• gLCD for status and playing around

Try to get another Slug to get a Low Budget Case-Server.

It's de-underclocked and got the serial Connected (Nokia 3310 has only 3 wires and fit perfectly for me).<br /> Now my DEBIAN/Etch Slug is used for:<br /> - dbox2 Movie-Server (record/play via NFS)<br /> - rtorrent<br /> - cups<br /> - file-sharing in network (smb)<br /> <br /> next things to do:<br /> - Atari Portfolio for Terminal access<br /> - gLCD for status and playing around<br /> <br /> Try to get another Slug to get a Low Budget Case-Server.<br /><br /> greeTings from Berlin, djk1o

Big thanks to everyone who's contributed here and elsewhere on the net for helping to tidy-up my house and organise my media!

2007-12-05

On 10th of November i got myself a Slug to. Decided to buy it after being here a while. It's de-underclocked and got the serial Connected (Nokia 3310 has only 3 wires and fit perfectly for me). Now my DEBIAN/Etch Slug is used for: - dbox2 Movie-Server (record/play via NFS) - rtorrent - cups - file-sharing in network (smb)

next things to do: - Atari Portfolio for Terminal access - gLCD for status and playing around

Try to get another Slug to get a Low Budget Case-Server.

2007-12-4

Its taken a while, but Ive managed the following with very little computer knowledge thanks to the great how-to's here and other information on the twonky and firefly forums

I have an NSLU2, unslung with the latest firmware, running twonkymedia and firefly media server. I also have a G4 ibook with itunes, a pinnacle soundbridge home music, and an xbox360 with the latest dashboard firmware

Twonky is serving files to my wireless soundbridge and also my xbox360 (including, thanks to the fall 2007 dashboard update, divx/avi video files!). Soundbridge works perfectly and Im really happy with the set-up

In order to allow me to use a single MP3? library, I have added fireflymediaserver however it was not running. This morning I tried a couple of things and its now working OK however I still need to set the folder path for my MP3?'s (it didnt work on my first attempt).. Hopefully by tonight my media will also be showing in itunes as a shared library. Once thats sorted, Im going to attach my second HDD and format for additional storage and back-up of my ibook. I may also add a second soundbridge upstairs..

Big thanks to everyone who's contributed here and elsewhere on the net for helping to tidy-up my house and organise my media!

2007-Oct-08

1 SLUG, already at 266 MHz? from factory, with:

• firmware V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta
• 1GB usb flash memory as system disk
• 80GB lacie mobile as data disk

Used for :

• Web server
• VPN Server
• Network traffic analyzer
• Media Server
• Nethack gaming

fareale, Italy

wimpunk, Belgium

Finally I took some time for my slug. I installed openwrt with x-wrt and use it as a bluetooth accespoint. I use it to connect my PDA to the internet. My notes about the installation can be found on my slugnix wiki

Finally I took some time for my slug. I installed openwrt with x-wrt and use it as a bluetooth accespoint. I use it to connect my PDA to the internet. My notes about the installation can be found on http://tisnix.wikispaces.com/SlugNix my slugnix wiki

2007-11-18

Finally I took some time for my slug. I installed openwrt with x-wrt and use it as a bluetooth accespoint. I use it to connect my PDA to the internet. My notes about the installation can be found on [http://tisnix.wikispaces.com/SlugNix|my slugnix wiki]

wimpunk, Belgium

Thanks to this community for making this possible!

test

2007-11-18

One Slug + Lacie 500 GB USB disk + Topfield 5000 PVRt? (main reason for getting NSLU2). Just upgraded firmware to Unslung 6.8 & having ftp access to Topfield. All OK at the moment ;-)

Ari, Finland

One TurboSlug, Unslung 6.8, two LaCie 500GB disks. First disk used for sharing data to 3 WinXP?-boxes. Second disk is a backup disk for the first. Backup is fully automated via RSnapshot.

2007-11-14

One TurboSlug?, Unslung 6.8, two LaCie? 500GB disks. First disk used for sharing data to 3 WinXP?-boxes. Second disk is a backup disk for the first. Backup is fully automated via RSnapshot?.

Marc, The Netherlands

One Slug, SlugOS/BE 3.10 beta. Started with uNSLUng, but it was too weird. Using the Slug as a light Linux file server to replace my FreeBSD? 5.4 server: sshd (for Socks using PuTTY?, among other things), thttpd, samba. Using a 500 GiB? WD MyBook? in port 1, with a huge green light that blinks on disk access. Obviously it's not meant for heavy use. =] Generic hotplug whatever disk in port 2. The power button on the Slug gets "stuck" (in "pressed mode") unless you press it gently. Slug is wired to WRT54GS? running dd-wrt.

2007-11-12

One Slug, SlugOS/BE 3.10 beta, just upgraded from uNSLUng. Just as tomten said above, uNSLUng was weird. The 40GB HD that had started having disk errors, so I upgraded the OS as well. Also compiled from the tarball. I'm running thttpd, samba, svn server, noip update, and privoxy. In the pipe is mtdaap, dns and automated pulled backup.

2007-11-11

tomten

One Slug, SlugOS/BE 3.10 beta. Started with uNSLUng, but it was too weird. Using the Slug as a light Linux file server to replace my FreeBSD? 5.4 server: sshd (for Socks using PuTTY?, among other things), thttpd, samba. Using a 500 GiB? WD MyBook? in port 1, with a huge green light that blinks on disk access. Obviously it's not meant for heavy use. =] Generic hotplug whatever disk in port 2. The power button on the Slug gets "stuck" (in "pressed mode") unless you press it gently. Slug is wired to WRT54GS? running dd-wrt.

2007-Nov-10

Ken Pemberton, UK

Only one Slug (I feel inadequate in current company!), unslung to a 160GB laptop drive (powered by USB), with a 500GB W/D Essentials (powered) drive as the main data tank.

It used to do a lot more, but the previous boot drive crashed and I haven't finished setting everything up yet.

Currently runs two mt-daapd servers (one just for my teenager as his music is hideous), serves web content for the family web domain via DynDNS?, OpenSSH? and functions as a general backup target.

Next is to get SimplePHPBlog? going again (having some difficulties with PHP right now), as it is just perfect for my needs, then I need to solve a router-config issue before moving on to re-implementing RSYNC "pulled" backups of the important stuff on Windows machines, which are on a different subnet.

Home automation in the pipleline, watch this space!

Gothnet (Dave), London, UK, Feb 07

2007-11-07

I have two slugs and am building up my new setup. Both will be de-underclocked (1 done, 1 to go).

1st slug + 320GB Toshiba drive: -samba -firefly music server (for Roku M1001) -ushare upnp server (for XBOX) -unison (for syncing home dirs with the machines in the network) -syslogging for PIX firewall and Asus WL-500G

2nd slug + 250GB WD drive: -Apache or lighthttpd -MySQL? -Torrentflux -FTP -cyrus/postfix

Both are running SlugOS/BE after a not so successful attempt with Debian (Installer broke). However, this "upgrade" seems beneficial for the overall speed. I love these devices! I used to have a very noisy server running with Ubuntu so I also expect that my power usage will drop significantly after I'm finished building

I'm thinking of buying a 3rd slug to store backups from the other slugs on (incremental) and maybe do some home automation/webcam capture.

Cheers, qix

• was de-underclocked (he came from singapore)
• Was the subject of AddInternalWireless

ePc

2007-11-02

2nd slug has been up and running for a while. Algernon runs debian etch rc2 and:

• has a 4GB flash main disk + a 180GB external HDD
• was de-underclcoked (he came from singapore)
• Was the subject of AddInternalWireless?
• Runs torrentflux configured with sqlite and lighttpd
• Falls over all the time. I think this is to do with the HD enclosure...

Gothnet (Dave), London, UK, Feb 07

Piotr, Warsaw, Poland

2007-11-02

Currently performed

• Unslung 6.8
• Network storage
• OpenSSH?
• Nano
• Coreutils
• Enhanced-ctorrent
• CTCS

Plans

• De-underclock
• Twonky-vision

Hmm, I wonder whether Twonky-vision and a couple of torrents can run at the same time? Watch this space!

ePc

  * ntp server for local network
  * weblog <= lighttpd + sqlite + serendipity
  * nfs server

Niklas Martensson, Malmo, Sweden

2007-10-31

unslung 6.8 @ 266MHZ running:

• dyndns updater (I had tough time with cron and crond)
• lighttpd + php (fast cgi) + sqlite
• mc
• perl

Piotr, Warsaw, Poland

Matt Callow, Sydney, AU

2007-10-31

SLUG1? running NSLU2 with 500GB LaCie?:

 * no-ip, dns updater
 * thttpd, simple webpage for personal use
 * vsftpd, host pics for forum posts etc
 * ntp, keeping the time ^^
 * samba, sharing media/torrent dl's to vista desktop & xp laptop -> tv-out
 * rtorrent, running 24/7
 * and most important, developing my linux skills =)

Thanks to this community for making this possible! I love my NSLU2!! Niklas Martensson, Malmo, Sweden

2007-10-29

One Turbo NSLU2 with 200GB Maxtor OneTouch?. Debian etch installed. Currently running:

 * Asterisk 
 * dnsmasq
 * nfs (sharing music files to networked music player)
 * mysql (but not used for anything yet)
 * rsync for backups
 * apache2

Matt Callow, Sydney, AU

• SFTP with Keys
• Overclocked to 266
• VSFTPD - Configured to support FXP and added info on this site
• THTTPD - Web Server

• Some torrent client?

• Replacing 500MHz Pentium, electricity savings will probably pay for the slug within a year or so...

2007-10-26

One NSLU2. Installed debian-etch 4.0, using 8G of HD space. running:

  * dropbear
  * ntp
  * lighttpd + sqlite + serendipity = my private weblog
  * nfsd (but need to fix permission issue)

Paul de Vries, Netherlands

2007-10-25

One slug running as a misterhouse home automation server (see http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/) Installation documented at http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/Embedded

• 2GB IDE drive in USB caddy
• 4-port serial to interface to home automation hardware
• Replacing 500MHz Pentium, electricity savings will probably pay for the slug within a year or so...

one serving as weatherstation

• Debian 4.0r1
• 1 usb hdd 40 Gb
• 1-wire network with wind, rain, temp, baro
• owwnogui + rrdtool
• apache
• crontab generating graphs for webpage

one serving as fileserver

• Debian 4.0r1
• 2 usb hdd 120Gb in Raid1
• samba
• rTorrent

2007-10-25

2 Slugs

- one serving as weatherstation

 * Debian 4.0r1
 * 1 usb hdd 40 Gb
 * 1-wire network with wind, rain, temp, baro
 * owwnogui + rrdtool
 * apache
 * crontab generating graphs for webpage

- one serving as fileserver

 * Debian 4.0r1
 * 2 usb hdd 120Gb in Raid1
 * samba
 * rTorrent

Claes G, Karlstad, Sweden

2007-10-24

My Slug is: uNSLUng serving: Music to my Roku Soundbridge from: 100GB USB-drive and Printing from anywhere in the home with: CUPS (raw) to Canon Pixma IP4300? and Hosting a tiny Homepage for testing with: thttpd

Juergen, Radebeul, Germany

• Mldonkey: MLNet? Multi-Network p2p client version 2.9.2.CVS (mlnet.byte) (Wouldn't compile with ocamlopt so it's compiled to bytecode, running quite well)

2007-10-23

• Mldonkey: MLNet? Multi-Network p2p client version 2.9.2.CVS (mlnet.byte)

I don't have rtorrent and mldonkey running all the time, just start them whenever I need. I suppose mldonkey would be enough but I really like rtorrent ncurses interface.

Thanks to all great guys who keep doing this stuff.

• dropbear
• Samba
• rTorrent
• lighttpd

2007-10-24

1 SLUG@266 from factory 1 usb stick (Kingston 1Gb) 1 usb hdd (Maxtor Personal 3200 - 500Gb)

Debian 4.0r1 - dropbear - Samba - rTorrent - lighttpd

Leonardo Lacchini, Bologna, Italy

2007-10-24 1 SLUG, already at 266 bogomips from factory.

unslung 6.8 1 GB Flash as system, 500GB Western Digital USB drive CUPS Print server (HPDeskJet?) Samba 3 for home storage MLDonkey? for file sharing/downloading, even for ftp/http download of big files

Tomek F. Poznan, Poland.

using the slug for torrents, mainly because of the low power use, but will upgrade to debian slug soon to make use of the rtorrent client

2007-09-23 1 SLUG, already at 266 bogomips from factory.

Debian 4.0r1 on a 250Gb Drive Linux 2.6.18-5-ixp4xx #1 Thu Aug 30 16:47:13 UTC 2007 armv5tel GNU/Linux

• dropbear for ssh
• Samba for home network backups
• rTorrent 0.7.7 - libTorrent 0.11.7

At the moment it's working great. I will try mt-daap in the future.

Vicente Quintáns (alias Vituco), Santiago de Compostela SPAIN

kaputnikgo

19/10/2007 Melbourne, Australia

1 usb stick 1 usb hdd

+ unslung 6.8 beta + lighttpd + enhanced-ctorrent + ctcs + samba 3

using the slug for torrents, mainly because of the low power use, but will upgrade to debian slug soon to make use of the rtorrent client

br, uk

• web page (mythttpd copy of existing thttpd)
• gnump3d (my tunes accessed from anywhere I want on the web, password protected)
• rsnapshot (daily, weekly, monthly snapshots of harddrives on my network ....uses symlinks heavily so only changed files take up space from one snapshot to the next)
• ssh (secure remote access via )
• ddclient for pseudo fixed ip (auto updates the ip address at dyndns.com to the current one given me by my ISP. web domain points to dyndns account)
• mt-daapd (iTunes music server within local network)

2007-10-10

learned a lot setting up this slug! one unslung slug with 500GB Western Digital USB drive

running - web page (mythttpd copy of existing thttpd) - gnump3d (my tunes accessed from anywhere I want on the web, password protected) - rsnapshot (daily, weekly, monthly snapshots of harddrives on my network ....uses symlinks heavily so only changed files take up space from one snapshot to the next) - ssh (secure remote access) - ddclient for pseudo fixed ip (auto updates the ip address at dyndns.com to the current one given me by my ISP. web domain points to dyndns account) - mt-daapd (iTunes music server within local network)

2007-09-29 Rob, Brisbane Australia

1 Slug with clock mod and 4.3GB drive (this is just temp)

Runs Armedslackware 11.0 with Debian Etch flash image.

• Just in testing mode now but can ssh into my SlakSlug? and do my various chores.
• Will eventually take over all home server duties, smb, tftp, nfs, mp3 streaming and web server.
• Has a native build toolchain bit 'tis a bit slow.

2007-09-27 Ben, London, UK

1 Slug with 1GB compact flash / and 500GB MyBook? HD not yet turbo'd

• 4 port USB hub with:
• Intelliplug for 4 software switchable power sockets controlling power to laptops
• Nebula Digitv DVB-T tuner

Runs OpenSlug 3.10

• various servers - samba, mt-daapd
• tv recording scripts hooks into the tvtv.co.uk scheduling service for remote scheduling
• wakeonlan scripts
• cron!

We love this thing. We use the Debian flavor.

• Recently installed a second hard drive to automatically backup the first

• Tested to ensure it wasn't DoA.
• De-underclocked (using a gas soldering iron, it took longer to remove the case than to remove the resister!)
• Installed debian.
• Added internal bluetooth, using one of the spare USB ports inside.
• Brought the bluetooth LED to the front panel (I'll replace it with a blue LED when I get one).
• Changed the power-button LED for a 'rainbow' LED - constantly changing colour.
• Installed mediatomb for UPnP media sharing.
• Installed samba for windows file sharing (& backups).

• Install a web server
• Choose a better name than 'slug'
• Replace ready/status LEDs with higher contrast colours (red&blue?) - when I find some SM LEDs.
• Set up VPN server for remote access to all my media & my network.
• Document (with photos) my modifications!

Update - the next day: I have now installed a web server and a VPN server Rock solid reliability! After tweaking all the log files, various things prevented the HDD from spinning down, I have tracked these down and:

• Removed the exim mail server (I don't need it at the moment)
• Removed the cron.hourly job - not used
• Stopped syslog putting the - MARK - entries in every 20 minutes
• Created a (very small) ramfs mount point for the samba browse.dat file

Having done all that, my seagate 320GB external HDD spins down after about 10 minutes of no use.

Very pleased with it all round; mediatomb works brilliantly for UPnP sharing, especially with it's inotify support!

Thanks to everyone for their work in making this so easy to modify; it really is very versatile.

Document (with photos) my modifications!

2007-09-23 Marc Boris, Bronx, NY US

Running one NSLU2 since Feb. 2006 with Unslung 5.5 - very stable. Ran into HDD overtemp this year. Modified a PC case to fit three HD drives (check out the HowTo recipe under UseAnEmptyPCCaseToBuildYourOwnNAS?) Added one four port USB hub, uslung to 6.8. Now the NSLU2 backs up a powerbook, macbook, provides ssh for tunneling, rsync, cronjobs, dyndns, hosts an iTunes library and tools I download when I fix other peoples PCs? and laptops

Jon, Norway

2007-09-22 Peter, Suffolk, UK

Finally got a slug In my first 3 days I think I might have voided any form of warranty!! I have (in order): Tested to ensure it wasn't DoA?. De-underclocked (using a gas soldering iron, it took longer to remove the case than to remove the resister!) Installed debian. Added internal bluetooth, using one of the spare USB ports inside. Brought the bluetooth LED to the front panel (I'll replace it with a blue LED when I get one). Changed the power-button LED for a 'rainbow' LED - constantly changing colour. Installed mediatomb for UPnP? media sharing. Installed samba for windows file sharing (& backups).

Still to do: Install a web server Choose a better name than 'slug' Replace ready/status LEDs? with higher contrast colours (red&blue?) - when I find some SM LEDs?. Set up VPN server for remote access to all my media & my network. Document (with photos) my modifications!

• file server for 3 computers at my home network,
• TwonkyMedia? serves medias (pictures, mp3, films, radios) to Philips SL400i? and to Netgear MP101?,

• openssh to safely access files and to telnet from outside,
• p2p client (aMule),
• openvpn to connect to my home network from outside (almost working).

• raid 1.

2007.09.21, Bogdan, Warsaw, Poland

Josh, in Flower Mound, Texas

2007-09-13 Runnung Debian etch with a 250gig External HD

Filled to the brink with;

• Slimserver
• Samba
• Dropbear
• Lighttpd
• Running bittorrent client whenever idle

Jon, Norway

2007-09-09 De-Underclocked Slug at 266Mhz Debian 4.0 on 250GB Seagate External Drive

• Lighttpd with Tiny Tiny RSS (setup to automatically update feeds throughout the day), PHP, MySQL?
• Samba File server for backups from the Windows and Linux computers in the house
• Considering running Wordpress and starting a blog

Josh, in Flower Mound, Texas

2007-09-08 Debian 4 on a 160Gb Samsung IDE Drive

• Samba (primary function is a print server, secondary is to provide shared disk)
• lighty (UseModWiki? + PyBlosxom?)
• Gnump3d

Sean, in Lymington, UK.

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2007-09-04 uNSLUng 6.8

• OpenSSH? for secure access
• enhanced-ctorrent for 24hr downloading
• laptop backup
• firefly media server
• file server

Dutch in Beijing, China

1. Empress: thttpd for hosted websites, shell script for mp3 podcast subscriptions and auto file push script in case I plug in my mp3 player to USB port 2. Asterisk server for 5 Linksys ATAs? (3102 + PAP2T?), plus Thomson ST2020? IP phone. Empress has a 2GB stick, and runs on Unslung 3.16. Already at 266MHz when purchased.

2. Havilland: Kissdx + Twonkyvision 4.1 server for 8000+ mp3s and wavs, from my own CD collection. Havilland has 2x 240GB drives, and runs on Unsling 3.16, de-underclocked.

3. Faraday: Development system, has 1x 120GB drive on USB1? and Pertelian X2040 on USB2?. Runs Debian and has been de-underclocked.

4. Thames: 1GB memory stick, on V2.3R63-uNSLUng-6.8-beta, de-underclocked.

Now i'm looking for ways to save more memory to run even more apps

2007-08-30 in Poitiers, France One NSLU with Debian on a 2GB usb stick :

 - Git repository
 - lighttpd + gitweb

Planed :

 - rsync to backup my laptop and labs computer
 - rtorrent

2007-08-29 cbase, Eindhoven, The Netherlands -Done the 133->266 speed mod (mfgdate:8/2005) -Done the MCP120? mod to have it automatically started when power comes up, changed the function of the power button in settings. -1GB usb-flash drive mounted inside casing, connected to 'port 1' (reconnected USB1? to 'port 3' so I still have 2 free USB connectors) -Debian ('manual' install method) -Boa webserver (lighttpd in near future?), dhcpd, screen (as 'shell'!), dropbear (less mem. than openssh), samba (eating lots of memory :( i think) -USB-powered 2.5" harddisk works, usb camera using kphoto2 works too Now i'm looking for ways to save more memory to run even more apps

2007-08-28 in Berlin 2 NSLUs? with Debian on 1GB usb sticks, one of which features a wifi/wlan-dongle and usb-audio, while the other serves the data via router. So basically 'open wifi audio', for a bit more money than all-in-one products, though.. (air-pace wlan audio, airport express, or bluetooth solutions) Still have to reduce write access to flash to a minimum.. I love the heart beat!

2007-08-25 Jens I, Switzerland 1 slug@266mhz with unslung 2 gb flash as first hard drive with lighttpd, php, sqlite, dyndns automatic update, torrentflux 8 gb flash as second hard drive for downloads using torrentflux as a bittorrent client. works fine with 1-5 torrents running at the same time.

Greg Frye 2 slugs

 Unslung 6.8; 1 160GB Seagate drive

• backup space for 3 Windows pc's
• Repository of my entire MP3? collection (iTunes ripped)

• Twonkyvision to serve media to my Netgear MP101?

 Unslung 6.8; 1 250GB Maxtor OneTouch? drive

• alternate backup space for 3 Windows pc's
• Asterisk PBX

Sebastian, Saxony, Germany

2007-08-16 1 Slug previously considered worthless until I came across this excellent site 2 gb flash disk as main hard drive Running simple home website with link back to this site as a thank you and a badge of honor DYNDNS auto update. I chickened out and just did the little script but I plan on implementing version 0.9.4 beta soon ftp, smb Near future - 500gb external drive running mt-daapd and media library for XBMC fun.

Pena, Jersey, USA

1 Slug with OpenSlug, 1GB flash:

Rohitab Batra, Mass, USA

2007-08-13

1 Slug with OpenSlugBE?, 1GB flash:

• samba server
• cherokee server with PHP
• CUPS print server

Sebastian, Saxony, Germany

Jip, The Netherlands

2007-08-12

1 de-underclocked Debian Slug

• rsync to mirror and backup my laptop's hard drive
• apache to serve mirrored files
• samba for file sharing
• twonkymedia trial to serve media to my Xbox 360
• trac/svn - planned

Rohitab Batra, Mass, USA

2007-08-10

1 Slug Debian 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx

• apache server
• samba server
• torrentdownloader with Libretto
• oxyl-box, mp3 an video server for showcenter 200

Jip, The Netherlands

Alex Ernon, Brussels, Belgium

2007-08-08

1st Slug uNSLUng 6.8, 160GB:

• twonky upnp mediaserver
• cups printerserver
• fileserver

2nd Slug Debian, 4GB Flash:

• hauppauge Win-TV PVR USB2?
• lighty, php5 fastcgi

working as PVR together with tvbrowser

Steviedv, Switzerland

Alex Ernon, Brussels, Belgium

2007-08-06 uNSLUng 6.8

• De-underclocked
• Web server with lighttpd, php-fcgi and mysql
• Running videodb and kplaylist
• And of course still serving files :-)

Lovely device, but had an irrecoverable (?) filesystem error once when a file copy failed due to a network error :-(((

Alex Ernon from Brussels, Belgium

The slug is relacing the last of the fucntions on an AMD64 Linux server running Suse 9, everything else having already been moved to a MAC Mini.

Davi Jordan near the gulf in Texas

2007-07-30 uNSLUng 6.8

• WEB server with lighttpd
• FTP server with proftpd
• OpenSSH? for secure access

Planned:

• Second NSLU2 for Backup Server

Giuseppe Sammarco near Palermo, Italy.

Spyingwind, Dallas, Tx

2007-07-28 Debian etch at 266 bogomips. Current: 160g hd and a 486 laptop as a serial to usb ternminal using puttytel. File server with controlled shares. Lamp (My own php code. Nola accounting, Blog, Outgoing mail server, Webcalendar, etc) Media (Firefly for public domain music and recorded lectures from my classes I have taught) Davi Jordan near the gulf in Texas

2007-07-24 DebianSlug 4.0r0 Current:

• SSH
• File server

Planned:

• OpenVPN

Spyingwind, Dallas, TX

Unslung6.8 on a 2nd unit -modified to 266Mhz

Mike B

Running uNSLUng 6.8 on an otherwise unmodified slug for:

• Media server with mt-daapd
• rsync server so I can automatically synchronise my iTunes library to the Slug
• Running my personal website at http://www.gothick.org.uk

Matt Gibson, Bristol, UK

• lighttpd+fast-cgi + eaccelerator

Neilor

2007-07-21 Unslung6.8 on a 2nd unit --still running @133MHZ

• ssh
• mt-daapd streaming to iTunes
• thttpd for blog
• lighttpd+fast-cgi
• mySQL for Gallery
• Gallery +(Gallery Remote on PC for image uploads)
• phpMyAdmin for database admin

Mike B

2007-07-17 Debian 4.0r0

• SSH
• Kaid
• TwonkeyMedia?
• Podracer

My little media centre under the stairs 24x7... currently downloading streaming music, video, photos to Xbox1 and 360 machines, podcasts for my daily commute.

Thankyou LinkSys? for not screwing this product up like you did with WRT54? Tahnkyou Linux community for giving us the most amazing set of tools limited only by the end users imagination.

Neilor

2007-07-15 ssb22: Debian etch with a 1G Flash disk (silent; have taken steps to reduce disk writes)

• Alarms, reminders and language practice, using Gradint with a sound chip (and eSpeak speech synth) and playing MIDI files on the slug's internal beeper
• Send out daily MP3?-encoded language drills to other people (the actual encoding has to be done on a remote box; I use gradint's "shell-script encoding" to get the audio there and script everything over SSH using a persistent connection, see utils/email-lesson.sh in gradint.tbz for how this is done)
• Server for a Psion terminal (connects via RS232? USB device so it's not necessary to fire up a power-hungry PC just for a quick web search or two using the access gateway)
• Router/firewall (that cuts out at night to make sure I don't get too carried away)
• Mail processor (custom Python script fetches and filters mail then leaves it in a maildir which mutt can access)
• Maintain SSH tunnels (including to a host that allows only password access, so more automatic scripting required)
• Web server (mathopd), although most of the pages are re-directed to a server that has more bandwidth but not such a convenient dyndns URL
• SSH server (dropbear) for remote access to files and mail

 charles67 at gee mail dot com.

Arlington, Texas

CrystalShard? (gotta name it something) de-underclocked, running 4 external 250GB USB drives in Raid5, hanging off of a Vantec 4 port USB 2.0 hub .. it took about 17 hours to build the array, and it seems to be able to take files at about 3.3Mbytes/sec.

UPDATE : Using Drive Snapshot(dot de)to push it hard it was able to take about 245Mbytes/minute averaged over a backup job that used 60GB plus of space, over SMB No hiccups to date.

Thinking about adding Bit torrent, and email. I might get a second one for a PBX as the mdadm raid 5 maxxes out the CPU when transferring large files. Rsync for Linux box backups :)

Debian for this thing is great!! Thanks to everyone who got the Debian port working, hopefully I'll be able to help the project too.

Anyone else using mdadm on this with RAID 5 ? Anyone figure out how to get temperature info for USB hard drives? I tried hddtemp and it didn't see them.

 charles at gee mail dot com.

One Slug Unslung ver. 6.8, serving media from a .5TB WD mybook essential to a modded xbox running xbmc, as well as computers and laptops running XP/Ubuntu

(Upgraded to 1TB now - ver6.8+ supports USB hubs :-p )

JRO - London, UK

• firehol

2007-07-08 Charles DFW, Texas

Debian etch.

Slug1 de-underclocked, running 4 external 250GB USB drives in Raid5, hanging off of a Vantec 4 port USB 2.0 hub .. it took about 17 hours to build the array, and it seems to be able to take files at about 3.3Mbytes/sec. Samba/swat file server.

Thinking about adding Bit torrent, and email. I might get a second one for a PBX as the mdadm raid 5 pretty much maxes out the CPU when transferring large files. Rsync for Linux box backups :)

This thing is great, thanks to everyone who got the Debian port working, hopefully I'll be able to help the project too.

• courier-imap
• firehol

2007-07-05 Spliffy Germany

Slug1: Debian 4.0r0, 1gb usb stick HTTPS Webmail for remote access

• lighttpd & squirrelmail
• vsftpd
• firehol

Slug2: Debian 4.0r0, 4gb usb stick Internal IMAP server

• exim4
• fetchmail
• bogofilter
• procmail
  • spam filtering witch bogofilter + whitelist
  • encryption of incoming mails with gpg + blacklist
• courier-imap

Running uNSLUng 6.8 Beta and thttpd to serve a home web site on a 256MB flash drive at http://chens.homelinux.net/

Structured View

Running Debian-NSLU2 now. Tried OpenSlug but it was just too limiting. Want Slug to do three things. Home email server, Upload weather station data to wunderground via wview, do some home automation lighting control. After being scared to install Debian-NSLU2 because there was no information on how much of a tax on RAM the default install would be, ran openslug/be for a couple of weeks. After being frustrated by lack of packages and documentation for openslug, installed Debian-NSLU2 on a whim. It uses the same or less RAM. I got email up and running in a day, and then native compiled Wview and required utilities in another few hours. Now I just need to work on the home automation stuff. Definitely won't be going away from Debian.

2007-06-30 John Page StructuredView? Philadelphia, PA

We love this thing.

• Samba file server on our home office intranet(serving both Linux/Ubuntu and Windows XP laptops)
• Subversion Code Repository for our Java/Web Development

(Next I'll have to get Continuum building and deploying to Tomcat.)

One SLUG running Debian/ARM port. Services are

 * NFS server

 * Proxy server using Squid
 * Tor
 * Web server using Cherokee

Running Debian-NSLU2 now. Tried OpenSlug but it was just too limiting. Want Slug to do three things. Home email server, Upload weather station data to wunderground via wview, do some home automation lighting control. After being scared to install Debian-NSLU2 because there was no information on how much of a tax on RAM the default install would be, ran openslug/be for a couple of weeks. After being frustrated by lack of packages and documentation for openslug, installed Debian-NSLU2 on a whim. It uses the same or less RAM. I got email up and running in a day, and then native compiled Wview and required utilities in another few hours. Now I just need to work on the home automation stuff. Definitely won't be going away from Debian.

2007-06-27 Garrett Magnolia, TX

Standard unmodified slug. Interestingly got one running @133MHz one month ago from New Egg.

Running NSLU2 now. Tried OpenSlug but it was just too limiting. Want Slug to do three things. Home email server, Upload weather station data to wunderground via wview, do some home automation lighting control. After being scared to install NSLU2 because there was no information on how much of a tax on RAM the default install would be, ran openslug/be for a couple of weeks. After being frustrated by lack of packages and documentation for openslug, installed NSLU2 on a whim. It uses the same or less RAM. I got email up and running in a day, and then native compiled Wview and required utilities in another few hours. Now I just need to work on the home automation stuff.

Doug Barry and technicians at School of engineering at the University of Greenwich UK

Doug Barry and technicians at School of engineering at the University of Greenwich (UK)

2007-06-19 Los Angeles, CA, USA

Running uNSLUng 6.8 Beta and thttpd to serve a home web site on a 256MB flash drive at http://chens.homelinux.com/

Got my slug setup to automatically copy the photos from my digital camera as soon as it is plugged in, even beeps when done. 100% wife friendly.

2007.06.12 Kerikeri, New Zealand

Stephan Hughson

Only 1 slug for now. Running vsftpd, openssh and that's it for now. Might turn into a USB printer and bittorrent server soon. Thanks.

• update - 08/06/07 **

Now my slug has been unlocked to run at full speed, is running Debian and is currently in use as a print server only.

Doug Barry and technicians at School of engineering at the University of Greenwich (UK) One slug, network serving weather information, taken from a WS2500? wireless weather station via USB serial hook up. Running apache2, PHP5?, MySQL? database, and doing limited number crunching. A cheap and (relatively) easy way to get your weather station on the network, without dedicating a noisy and power hungry pc to it.

Preliminary write up on: http://hal.gre.ac.uk/dev/howtomakeaweatherslug/?

One NSLU2 with Unslung 6.8 on 512 MB USB-Flash (Disk 1) and a 250 GB HDD (Disk 2). Upgrade from Unslung 5.5 (not directly, but via the original firmware (R63) from Linksys.

• File server (back up) for a home network
• Jukebox (MP3?) for a dbox2
• Video recorder and video storage for a dbox2

Bug: The NFS server identifies in etc/exports the flash drive in USB Slot 1 as "HDD" and the HD in USB slot 2 as "FLASH"

2007-06-01 gurou, Switzerland

2007-05-27

2007-05-22 Gothmolly, USA

Z80_fr

Paris, FRANCE

Slug 1: Unslung 6.8 with 1x 20GB (got it 2 weeks ago)

• soon de-underclocked to 266MHz
• native dev installed
• openssh
• NTP-Server (planned)

Slug 2: not yet unsluged but will be soon ;-) I've received it on friday

• will be running at 266MHz
• will run as a fileserver
• will have openssh
• will be use for my future X10 home automation I've not decided yet what software for home automation

Update 2007-05-25 Added:

• Samba
• Dokuwiki
• Printserver

Still sterbensgeil.

NSLU2, de-underclocked to 266 BogoMIPS?, running Debian 4.0 from a 2 GB flash drive connected to a USB2?.0 hub. 2x250GB Hitachi drives in USB 2.0 cases running off port 2, and one of the hub ports, with RAID-1 across the drives, and LVM carving up partitions on the resulting VG. Swapping to the HDs?, collecting syslogs from WRT54G? running OpenWrt and Linksys VoIP? box. Sharing files via Samba and Firefly Media. Exporting files via NFS to MythTV? server.

NSLU2, de-underclocked to 266 BogoMIPS?, running Debian 4.0 from a 2 GB flash drive connected to a USB2?.0 hub. 2x250GB Hitachi drives in USB 2.0 cases running off port 2, and one of the hub ports, with RAID-1 across the drives, and LVM carving up partitions on the resulting VG. Swapping to the HDs?, logging remotely to WRT54G? running OpenWrt. Sharing files via Samba and Firefly Media. Exporting files via NFS to MythTV? server.

apt-get install mdadm apt-get install lvm2 apt-get install ntpdate apt-get install mt-daapd

2007-05-22 Gothmolly, USA

I have two slugs in my network. Eden is used as a development/playbox together with a 512mb cruzer flash, paradise is being used together with a 250Gb Lacie as a storage box, also exporting pictures as gallery.unfix.org. Both are running Debian and have native IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to the internet.

One NSLU2@256MHz running Unslung 6.8 + one 500GB Seagate HDD:

2007.05.16, Bogdan, Warsaw, Poland

2007.05.16, Trurl, Warsaw, Poland

• file server for 3 computers in my home network,
• TwonkyMedia? 4.2.1 serves medias (pictures, mp3, films, radios) to Philips SL400i? and to Netgear MP101? (have some problems with MP101? connected via WiFi? - sometimes it stops playing music for a quite long time and then starts next song; I do not know why yet),
• syslogd for WRT54GS? v4 router running Tomato,
• CIFS (samba) server for WRT54GS? v4 router for storing bandwidth statistics,
• web server (nothing to serve for now :-)
• ftp server started occasionally to upload files from outside,
• openssh to safely access files and to telnet from outside.

• ntp client.

• p2p client,
• raid 0.

2007.05.16, Trurl, Warsaw, Poland

One NSLU2 running uNSLUng 6.8 @256MHz + one 500GB Seagate HDD: - file server for 3 computers in my home network, - TwonkyMedia? 4.2.1 serves medias (pictures, mp3, films, radios) to Philips SL400i? and to Netgear MP101? (have some problems with MP101? connected via WiFi? - sometimes it stops playing music for a quite long time and then starts next song; I do not know why yet), - syslogd for WRT54GS? v4 router running Tomato, - CIFS (samba) server for WRT54GS? v4 router for storing bandwidth statistics, - web server (nothing to serve for now :-) - ftp server started occasionally to upload files from outside, - openssh to safely access files and to telnet from outside.

Still working on: - ntp client, -

Future: - p2p client, - raid 0.

• NFS server
• Print server using CUPS
• Scan server using SANED and XINETD
• Jukebox for MP3 collection and internet streams
  • USB soundcard
  • Medion X10 remote control
  • MPD controlled by EMPCD

 * NFS server
 * Print server using CUPS
 * Scan server using SANED and XINETD
 * Jukebox for MP3 collection and internet streams
 ** USB soundcard
 ** Medion X10 remote control
 ** MPD controlled by EMPCD

One DebianSlug, de-underclocked

 * NFS? server
 * Print server using CUPS?
 * Scan server using SANED? and XINETD?
 * Jukebox for MP3? collection and internet streams
 ** USB? soundcard
 ** Medion X10? remote control
 ** MPD? controlled by EMPCD?

Stephan, Potsdam, Germany

links (german): project home page, pictures of the construction, movie

1xUSB-Fast Ethernet Adapter (apparently from Mentor) (has the AX88712 chip)

• The last slug (64MB RAM, memstick as / partition, compactflash as /home and 300GB Maxtor OneTouch as /mp3 partition) has a GPS attached, logs its data and is used as an NTP server. Also, it runs SlimServer and provide MP3 and internet radio to one SliMP3 and one Squeezebox. This slug has a swap file and I also use it for native compiling.

NSLU2 w/o disk drive serves as an ethernet interface of a topfield TF5000PVR

just got unslung 5.5 using a Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB - which spins down as described.

So far I did it for having a music server with TwonkyVision.

    - TwonkyVision for serving files to an D-Link DSM-320. It works quit well!!
    - MySql

 Job's to be done: Compiling MediaTomb for testing.

• Gave up of using TwonkyVision and I use Mediatomb for streaming to D-Link DSM-320. Slug speed is ok for streaming audio, but for video, it needs nothing else to be running, like aMule for example. Otherwise it works well. My Slug is not overclocked.

• Serving ROKU SoundBridge

• Serial to PalmIIIx

• LCDProc

Less than a week into NSLU2fest '06 and must say they are impressive, already replaced my main webserver with first NSLU2

• Topfield TF5000PVRt connector with ftpd-topfield

• DnsMasq (DNS/DHCP)

OpenSlug 2.7, 266 MHz

250 Gb 3.5" Hitachi DeskStar HDD, noname USB box AudioTrak OptoPlay USB sound card, connected to ZyXel P-660HW ADSL modem/WiFi router

Runs home-developed UPnP-compatible music server software.

• backup of media files (.mp3, .DivX.avi, .jpgs)
• running Twonkyvision media server to serve Video. Right now, only have a PC client (boooo!!!)... waiting for the price of A/V H/W clients to come down. WinAmp works the best.

DarkskyZ, France

/DarkskyZ

• TwonkyVision, to feed my D-Link DSM-320, seems to stream my MP3 and Divx Video's just fine!

• one slug 266MHz mod before first power-on, unslung: two 300Gb Maxtor II OneTouch

• one 300Gb backup (RAID0 or rsync'd)

• 1 with 2 250 GB Seagate Barracuda as file storage and backup for 2 PCs, 2 Laptops and one VDR
• 1 with 1 160 GB WD RaidEdition as OpenVPN-Server serving an incoming VPN for me,
  and serving as an OpenVPN-client-gateway to my Servers in a CC,
• all that behind a Siemens SE515 as 1st FW (connecting 4 other appartements to the internet),
  and another (semi-good) linksys product, a WRT54G as firewall into our appartement.

  - HP832c printer using Samba/cups

  - CM11A for x10

Went from having an OLD RedHat version on an OLD (circa 1993) PC and a 333MHz

1. Remote tunneling proxy (using vtun?) Currently using OpenSSH tunnels with Putty to manage this. It will be interesting to find out more about vtun when info becomes available.

with OpenSSH, vncserver, Samba (as PDC), LAMP, popularity-contest

Jumped in with MyFirstSlug and two external Seagate Barracuda drives (200G & 300G from Frys Outpost for $170 total after rebates). Most of the headaches were hardware related (testing different enclosures, disk configs, etc). Finally settled on a pair of MetalGearBoxes? that were (1) cheap, (2) fanless but ventilated and (3) worked. Replacing the firmware with UnSlung? 5.5 was the easiest part. Thanks!

Future: iTunes server, Gallery, ProFtpd, and general Linux experimentation.

Normally-clocked (but soon to be de-underclocked) Slug running OpenVPN. Took a while to get going but it works perfectly now. I'm considering buying a bunch for work as they're so cheap and low power they make excellent VPN servers.

Tim V - if anyone wants help with OpenVPN you can try me (email talltim at gmail)

Use as a small web server for eBay pictures. Also as file server for Windows machines and streaming server for my DBOX2 (Not working fine now, recording broken).

 - NTPClient

SLUG1 - Overclocked, added serial port, 80GB HD, uNSLUng.

• WakeLan to remotely wake up a workstation

• DynDNS update

WayneK

SLUG1 - 80GB/7200 USB Disc, raw drive & cheap cable.

SLUG2 - Similar to SLUG, planned to be compile/development/test host

SLUG3 - Solid State Slug - 1GB Flash Disc, still running Apache+MySQL?+PHP & Multiple PHP-Apps etc!

Running APACHE/MySQL/PHP/ATFTP/PROFTP/FREERADIUS etc., also MC, DROPBEAR, CRON, NTPCLIENT, XINETD, NLOAD etc (PHP Apps include PhpMyadmin, WebCal, Gallery2 (Imagemagick not running), Moodle, EGroups, PHPBB, MediaWiki, GeekLog, Webalizer etc etc etc). (Note: Some apps (eg: Gallery/Moodle etc) are unusably slow, even on disc based SLUG - but its the principle that counts!)

Using the IP aliasing and virtual hosts capability of Apache/ProFTP I have got a single SLUG sitting as 10 virtual hosts, each at a seperate IP address etc. Neat Trick!

HD is 120GB Western Digital in a CompUSA own label 3.5" external drive case.

Next: PHP-enabled website (like AppWeb or PHP-THTTPD) for this Slug and a second Slug to act as firewall.

One Slug, running OpenSlug 2.5 beta, VSFTPD and Samba. Storage is a 200GB Western Digital WD2000JB. Very quiet, so long as you dampen the vibration of the drive with some foam padding under the USB hard disk case.

A bit of history: The appeal of low-power and zero noise appliances is extremely appealing to me because I hate noisy computers (I spend hours and hours in server rooms). I was introduced to this wonderful world of embedded Linux by the Linksys WRT54G, now quite happily running OpenWrt for some time! My recently purchased Slug has been de-underclocked and has replaced my noisy and power-hungry Active Directory DC. Running Samba as a PDC, I now have a totally silent fileserver and domain controller that pulls less than 20 watts.

SwavMcAv - 13 Sep 2005

I finally unslung the slug to 5.5 Beta and installed DP500serv 1.7.

FanBloodyTastic !

Big thanks to BiG for the DPServe software.

I have two slugs in my network. Eden is used as a development/playbox together with a 512mb cruzer flash, paradise is being used together with a 250Gb Lacie as a storage box, also exporting pictures as gallery.unfix.org. Both are running Debian and have native IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to the internet.

Running a turbo slug using Unslung 5.5 beta with an 120 GB Seagate 7200 RPM drive in an external 3.5" ByteCC USB 2.0 enclosure. Currently running Apache 2.0.54, PHP 5.0.4, eAccelerator 0.9.2, MySQL 4.11, OpenSSH 3.8pl1, WordPress 1.5.2, Webalizer and Samba at www.avinesh.com.

Firewall and NAT are provided by a Linksys WRT54G v2 running with 32 MB SDRAM (unlocked) and Talisman/Basic 1.0.5. DynDNS service provided by ZoneEdit.com.

Running NSLU2 with Unslung 5.5beta: Apache+PHP, MySQL, FTP, OpenSSH. All stored on a 250GB WD2500 Harddisk. And I still use the harddisk to save data, mp3s and other files over the net...

Loaded Samba, SWAT, Apache, PHP, MySQL and tried phpBB - but runs a little slow!

Shares media via samba to my main PC, wifi laptop and xbox. Using samba for itunes rather than have another daemon running. OpenSSH for key\passphrase only remote access. Screen and ctorrent for BitTorrent, apart from not reporting download stats or when you disconnect to the tracker, it works rather well.

2 x Vantec USB2/Firewire drive cases

I'm running with the standard partitions on SDA1, SDA2 and SDA3 with the root partition unslung to SDA1. The difference is my SDA1 is a mere 1GB in size. SDA4 and SDB4 are identically configured partitions joined together in a RAID0 configuration. Took a lot of work to get it right, but I now have almost 800GB of RAID0 disk available to me.

EddyP - 10 October 2005

    - OpenSSH

• OpenSSH server for remote administration;

• OpenSSH for secure login

• OpenSSH

• OpenSSH server for remote admin and mucking about with from work.

 - OpenSSH for remote access

 - OpenSSH

 - OpenSSH

• OpenSSH

• OpenSSH

• OpenSSH

• OpenSSH

• OpenSSH

SSH (OpenSSH)

• OpenSSH (public key only) for remote access to user accounts and secure file transfers (SFTP)

• OpenSSH

I actually use the OpenSSH/Squid quite a bit for web browsing inside SSH from work. The little box has absolutely no trouble running a pretty active SSH tunneling session and proxying at the same time. Squid performance is very good.

• OpenSSH for Putty Access

 - OpenSSH

• POP3/SMTP proxy

• MP3 stream proxy

• Updating my DynIP DNS address

• Cups USB printing to my Epson AcuLaser C1100

1. Remote Access via OpenSSH and SCP/SFTP (very cool, especially with WinSCP and Putty)

1. IRC over remote shell. I have managed to get OpenSSH tunneling to work and connect my IRC client to the miau IRC proxy which logs the channel conversations for me and maintains my connections. Really good solution now, especially with BitchX text based IRC client I now have comprehensive cover.

accepts and archives daily WRTG54 access and system info with Talisman source running

• OverClock - complete : )

1 Slug Running MySQL, PHP-Apache, Dropbear and Dokuwiki. This thing rocks.

Since then I've installed Apache/PHP, MySQL, Webalizer, whois, IMAP (Uwash), dropbear and a number of other utilities to see how it would go as a mini-server for some of my smaller clients. Many thanks to those that have developed and packaged these for the NSLU2 - they installed and operated with a minimum of fuss (unlike some other distributions!). My only problem is that an upgrade of busybox had a conflict with something else I installed so it never happened.

Of interest to others perhaps is that I have successfully installed PHPGroupware? [www.phpgroupware.org], and it appears to work reasonably well albeit rather slowly. When installing the applications into the MySQL database the device froze and required a restart but everything seemed to be there at that time and I was able to continue with the installation and setup normally.

The first embedded MP3 Surround Decoder of the World was run on a NSLU2.

• And of course the MP3 Surround decoder

Get a web-based fileserver running for remote access to my MP3, vids, docs

• The last slug (64MB RAM, memstick as / partition, compactflash as /home and 300GB Maxtor OneTouch? as /mp3 partition) has a GPS attached, logs its data and is used as an NTP server. Also, it runs SlimServer? and provide MP3 and internet radio to one SliMP3? and one Squeezebox. This slug has a swap file and I also use it for native compiling.

Works as a home music center, stores MP3, FLAC music file collection,