Hello, I am currently out of the office until January 2nd.
If this is an urgent message please reach out to my manager Robert Kisteleki or myself directly at +31 643419539. Happy holidays :) Guy Meyer On 19 Dec 2022, at 17:10, Stijn Jonker via ripe-atlas <ripe-atlas@ripe.net> wrote: > Hi Ernst, Hi Others, > > I would be interested as well maybe even exploring the USB model/option. > However I would be keen to pursue only if it would be low maintenance as the > current HW probes (i.e. config via portal, sw updates covered etc). To be > fair I think an additional option might be that instead of sending out probes > for free, that somehow you can order a probe directly or via Ripe or some > reseller by providing a kitlist. As I would be keen to deploy some additional > probes here and there (think ±12 locations at the end) but don't dare to ask > for additional probes... > > So maybe instead of reinventing the wheel, @ripe would it be an consideration > to provide an kitlist/place to purchase the previous or current V5 HW model? > > -- > Met vriendelijke groet, > Stijn Jonker > > > > > On 19 Dec 2022, at 16:42, Ernst J. Oud <ernst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have probes running on VMware (CentOS), Ubuntu (native) and on Docker for > Windows. These small PC’s consume a lot more than the Ripe supplied HW probes. > > So I looked for a cheap and *very* low energy alternative. > > TP-Link sells the WR802N mini travel router for around USD 20 (o.a. on > Amazon) that runs the latest version of OpenWRT fine and the Atlas probe SW > has been ported to it. With some acrobatics I managed to turn it into an > excellent alternative. Runs fine, energy consumption 700 mW (!). The device > is as small as the Ripe supplied probe. > > Since the flash memory of this device is too small for some of the required > libraries, the acrobatics involved copying them to RAM and putting links to > them in flash. This means that with FTP after a power outage a couple of > files need to be copied to the device and that one command must be given > after that. > > There is a more expensive version with a USB port so that a USB stick can be > used to store those files. Will investigate that option. > > If someone here wants a detailed write-up let me know and I will invest the > time to write it. > > Regards, > > Ernst J. Oud > -- > ripe-atlas mailing list > ripe-atlas@ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas > > > -- > ripe-atlas mailing list > ripe-atlas@ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-atlas
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