smallest pingable device

[Tom Buskey]

"Hewitt Tech" said:
>Probably a Palm Pilot or Pocket PC. Certainly the Sharp Zaurus 5500 which
>runs Linux would be able to do it. There is also something called a "TinyPC"
>that's about the size of a matchbox would do it as well...

How about the uClinux group's (http://www.uclinux.org) hardware device?
It's a 1.7 inch by 2.7 inch soDIMM form factor with the dragonball m68k
cpu like the pilot on it with 8MB and a 10T connector. It runs uCLinux
(no MMU).


>-Alex
>
>P.S. If you're looking for something cheap, any of the DSL/Cable Modem
>routers which are as low as $50 will answer a ping.
>In fact I just pinged my LinkSys box and it answered nicely.

There are some managed hubs/switches out there too.



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