BSNL Broadband: How much do you download in a month from your unlimited plan ?

[srk006]

^^^ Laptops consume between 60-90W normally. So around 40-50W without display.

 

[Evol]

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[watersigndj]

i get almost 120gb too. going green by running torrents on a router and a usb hdd. pc only required to que new ones or move completed ones ;-p. the whole setup draws ~8W at best.

 

[adi24]

i get almost 120gb too. going green by running torrents on a router and a usb hdd. pc only required to que new ones or move completed ones ;-p. the whole setup draws ~8W at best.

hey man this is cool....how to do this....how to run torrents on router by using usb harddisk

 

[watersigndj]

hey man this is cool....how to do this....how to run torrents on router by using usb harddisk

it sure is as amazing as it sounds... it is achieved by flashing broadcom based routers with third party open source fimwares like ddwrt or tomato. then on top of it linux packages are loaded. at any given point of time you could have the router work as a network attached storage, an ftp server, a web server, a torrenting downloader, a multimedia streamer and a whole lot of other things.

i have successfully used it on Asus WL520GU router which has a usb port attached to a 1TB 3.5" HDD. whole setup cost 2.5k for router + 4.1k for HDD + 500bucks for the HDD sata enclosure. the router was flashed to ddwrt and then loaded with optware.

it does sound like rocket science, but is very very doable. elementary knowledge of linux is definitely a plus since this entire setup works on linux core.

the beauty is that it runs virtually headless at 3-8W at best and gets the job done pretty darn well !

anybody looking to set it up can reach me and id be glad to assist you and point you in the right direction.

 

[agantuk]

Would be great if you could post a blog with a step by step guide, when you get the time You would be helping an entire bunch of maniac downloaders go green, while ensuring the broadband companies work harder for their greenery

 

[watersigndj]

Would be great if you could post a blog with a step by step guide, when you get the time You would be helping an entire bunch of maniac downloaders go green, while ensuring the broadband companies work harder for their greenery

i dont mind that... infact there are already a couple of threads on wiki to help you do this... here go the links...

Partition External Storage Device
Optware
Optware with DDWRT

 

[cyberwiz]

what watersigndj says is doable..i had a similar setup using the Asus Wl700g with 250 GB internal HDD but if u dont know linux its a nuisance..its much easier to buy a cheap PC and configure it..unless ofcourse u are paranoid abt power consumption and space utlilisation

 

[watersigndj]

what watersigndj says is doable..i had a similar setup using the Asus Wl700g with 250 GB internal HDD but if u dont know linux its a nuisance..its much easier to buy a cheap PC and configure it..unless ofcourse u are paranoid abt power consumption and space utlilisation

yeah a little difficult but once it gets going, its simply awesome...

incase u still have it but arent using it, i could consider buying it from you...

 

[cyberwiz]

Dude i don't have it now..i only use a WRT54G running tomato and a buffalo running DD-WRT..wl 700g was used by my relatives abroad..though i installed the custom firmware, optware etc for them and i used to remotely administer it but ultimately they were really not happy with it..they needed GUI and not command line interface ..so it was sold off.