TED Open Source: How we went live with our electricity use

"Recipe for: ASUS WL-500g router as TED data harvester

"Please note, these instructions are designed for folks comfortable hacking Linux at a fairly low level.

"1.) Purchase an ASUS WL-500g Premium (I used v2). Here's a link at NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320030&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Network+-+Wireless+Routers-_-ASUS-_-33320030. Technically you could use any device that will run Linux and can be plugged into your TED - we liked the small form factor and energy efficiency of the ASUS router over running a full computer for this purpose."

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