Pretty much a dumb terminal as it has no LED indicators of any sort. This acts as a multiport USB hub for connecting devices both to the Raspberry Pi, and to serve as a charging station. USB Hub - Targus ACH82EU - 7-port USB 2.0 Hub This will be hardwired to the Raspberry Pi, and be an open service to the IPod Touch's. It has the default firmware installed, but supposedly it can be used with DDWRT. It is a basic wireless N router with 4 network ports (non-GigLAN). I bought this router to act as a guest router in my house, but it will double up for use in this project when we are on road trips.

Router - TPLink SOHO TL-WR740N 150Mbps Wireless N - not required anymore The system will no longer be open, and is protected by WPA2 encryption. This improves install complexity, as now there are less devices and cables to setup.

It was a bit of a bear to setup on the Pi, but now working, the Pi acts as an access point, and the TP-Link router I was using isn't required anymore. I picked this up on the cheap as it was on sale at the local computer store. I'm using version B which consists of 2 USB ports, 10/100 Base LAN port, and 512Meg of RAM. To create an in-car media server to allow the playback of music across the car stereo (in-line or bluetooth), or individual clients via WIFI, and also allow for video to be played to multiple hand held devices via WIFI using uPnP/DLNA technology.

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