I just got a shipment of used GS3101 EcoNet devices and I'm considering selling them so people can get some experience playing with OpenWRT Linux on EcoNet devices.

See: https://econet-linux.pkt.wiki/

I can sell them for 10€ each plus shipping and a couple of € extra if you need a power supply or a USB->Serial adapter, so this should be a really low cost way to learn some embedded development - and if you brick it, it's 10€...

* 256M of ram
* 256M of flash
* 4x 1Gb ethernet ports*
* 1x USB port
* 1x wifi chip

*Ethernet is not supported YET but will be soon. It also has Fiber optic and VoIP, Fiber support may come in the future, VoIP support is unlikely.

There are two possible configurations I can imagine:
1. You do the soldering and install OpenWRT yourself
2. OpenWRT pre-installed so you don't have to solder

Is this interesting to anyone?
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@cjd I've been buying GL-inet devices. The cheapest are like $25USD. The most expensive I have sports 4G cell modem and a battery (hot spot for working from the woods).

At one point I used them for a batman-adv neighborhood mesh network. (All the members moved away...)

I'm thinking I can probably put these on Amazon for something in the 10ish range, they're quoting like 2-4€ for shipping in Europe which is pretty decent, but I have to figure out the details.

They're used, they have stickers, the power switches are sticky, but they're 10€ and they work...
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