Wireless Router Application Platform

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The Wireless Router Application Platform (WRAP) is a format of single board computer defined by a Swiss company called PC Engines. This is specially designed for wireless router, firewall, load balancer, VPN or other network appliances.

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[edit] Basic specs

  • 32-bit x86 compatible CPU, low energy consumption (AMD Geode SC1100 at 266MHZ)
  • supports MMX instructions
  • 64-bit SDRAM memory controller (max: 89MHz)
  • PCI bus controller
  • IDE interfaces
  • ACPI 1.0 compatible Power management
  • tinyBIOS : Made specially by PC Engines
  • 64 or 128MB SDRAM
  • Compact flash memory (includes boot OS)
  • Monitoring: watchdog timer, LM77 thermal monitor
  • Power supply: 7V ~ 18V external DC power or Power over Ethernet
  • LAN: National semiconductor DP83816
  • I/O: MiniPCI slots, console serial port

[edit] Different boards

There are three different models of the WRAP:

  • The WRAP 1-1 has two ethernet ports, and two mini-PCI slots, on a 16x16cm board.
  • The WRAP 1-2 has three ethernet ports and one mini-PCI slot, on a 16x16cm board.
  • The WRAP 2 has one ethernet port, and two mini-PCI slots, on a 10x16cm board.

[edit] Operating System

The WRAP is capable of running many different operating systems, including various Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, as well as proprietary OSes. The WRAP lacks a keyboard controller (for obvious reasons), so some OSes that rely on one for the boot process may have to be modified.

[edit] Links

  • [1] - PC Engines information page on the WRAP.
  • [2] - BowlFish is a customized OpenBSD installation script for embedded systems (WRAP included)
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