ADSL routers that can run Linux?

[Danj]

My dad has just had the quarterly electric bill and it was pretty huge, so I'm looking for ways to reduce my power usage. One possibility I've thought of is to replace my Linux box + USB ADSL modem setup with an ADSL router device. The fact that the modem I'm using at the moment is USB is apparently the main thing limiting the speed I'm getting on my connection, so it needs replacing anyway, and if I replaced it and the Linux box with a device rather than an actual computer, it should have lower power usage.

Here's the criteria:

• It must have an ADSL modem built in (so no WRT54GL suggestions please).
• It needs to be able to run Linux of some sort (note: must be capable of PPP over ATM - PPPoA - since that is what's used for ADSL in the UK).
• It needs to have one or more USB ports that can accept mass storage devices (I'll be moving the Linux box's existing hard drives into USB enclosures).
• It needs to be able to run Apache, an FTP server, and SSH.
• Wireless would be nice, but I do have an existing wireless access point I can use if it doesn't have it.

Does anyone know of a device that fits these conditions?

[bootmonster]

ignore, just suggested the linksys....

[Cornflakes]

You might be better off using a NAS and hook it up onto a router,
than using a USB device.
Some NAS casing do offer a USB port as well,
so you can connect it directly to a computer, if required.

My opinion, don't use USB for HDDs
go with ethernet for network,
and firewire or (e)sata for direct connection.
USB is overrated.

[babs]

I was just reading more about OpenWRT today as it happens (embedded linux distro), which can do all/most the things you're talking about (as you probably already know).

Check out the compatibility list and you'll find loads of routers that fit into that category.

[Ginger Tosser]

If your after a low power consuming linux box, have you thought about a laptop or a MacMini?

My MacMini PSU is rated at 110watts so draws less power compared to my old HP PC (DC7100 SFF) which was rated around 240watts.

Laptop PSUs tend to be rated much the same as the mini

[Madjock]

That OpenWRT looks interesting, but a lot of work (and above what limited Linux knowledge I have)

[babs]

From the pages it seems to not be too bad at all. Have a look at the instructions for flashing the Fon free wireless router with dd-wrt from a few weeks back - now that was a lot of work