I actually thought about going that route, I know that DD-WRT, when you want to add extra packages to a router that has it installed, you add Debian repositories, so I wasn't sure if this was an option or not. But I'm actually thinking of going that route. I will honestly say, I'm wondering what this machine is capable of, as I've actually gotten venix to run on a zandru's Netbook, with like 500 Megs or 1 gig of RAM, and unfortunately it all wouldn't fit on a 4 gig solid state drive, since that's what they decided to put in this crappy Netbook at the time! So I ended up installing it and having to boot it from an actual SD card. But I'll try the command line installed of Debian, with speak up, and see where I can go from there. I don't think he'll try a graphical desktop, because obviously that probably won't run. But I'm definitely going to try the Debian approach. And I've looked at pfSense and the past, and it appears yes, you need sighted assistance to get that up and running. So I'll play with it a little, and report back. I just need to grab a Debian stretch image, and put it on a USB thumb drive. That's if he even I can boot this machine and that configuration.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 06:01 Øyvind Lode <oyvind lode gmail com> wrote:
>
> I use debian on all my routers.
> I'm currently running debian stretch on my router and no gui.
> I installed with speech (speakup) and I do all admin tasks via ssh.
> However, it's nice to have an accessible text console with speakup and
> brltty when network is down etc.
>
> I only use my router for routing and firewalling and I have a box with
> four nics where I am currently using three nics.
> One for wan (internet).
> One for the local network.
> One for dmz where I have publically accessible servers running.
>
> So, install debian.
> Install shorewall and dnsmasq and you have a powerful router/firewall
> which is totally accessible.
>
> I've been running this for years now.
> I used to have a box running smoothwall/ipcop and even pfsense which
> are brilliant firewalls but I can't install them without sighted
> assistance and I got tired of asking for help.
> Debian installation with only base system and shorewall and dnsmasq is
> very simple to configure and you can easily install other useful
> software like a IDS like snort etc.
>
> Shorewall is a iptables frontend and you configure your
> firewall/router/gateway in plain text files with your favorite text
> editor.
>
>
>
> On 26 March 2018 at 12:27, Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:
> > The specs you provided indicate that Orca may not run on such a machine,
> > since you likely don't have enough RAM to run a desktop environment. That
> > said, most routers run in text mode, so you may want to look at installing
> > Fenrir, although Fenrir ships with a systemd service, so if the OS you
> > choose uses sysv-style init scripts, you may need to write something for it
> > by hand or otherwise start Fenrir manually. Still, this looks like the best
> > option for a machine like yours, although you still may find configuring it
> > via the web or ssh to be easier for the initial setup.
> > Imetumwa kutoka kitanzi
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> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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