On 4 Nov 2007 at 11:30, Grant Stockly wrote: > I would rather have an embedded single board computer running > linux. You could get one of those for $200. I can get one of those for $0-10. It's called a DSL modem and even comes with wireless networking in addition to USB, serial, and 10/100BaseT interfaces. Doubtless cable modems have similar setups. Cheers, Chuck