On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 07:04:25AM -0700, Warren Kumari wrote:
> Michel's Banana Pi BPI-R3 suggestion seems intriguing — yes, it still
> suffers from the "Now I have another "machine" to manage and patch, and
> people will try and install iperf / a Quake server / nmap / ruby / 17
> different flavor
I certainly don't blame you for your frustrations with abusing MikroTiks as
a serial console. The additional computer (Pi or otherwise) is, imo, a
must. Unless you are just using the MIkroTik as an ssh jump box into the
OOB network, which isn't so bad.
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Hunter Fuller (they)
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On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:55 AM, Hunter Fuller wrote:
> We use MikroTik for this. All manner of interfaces including LTE and 5G
> are available. I hear you can connect USB serial to them directly,
>
Yup, that's the solution I mentioned above with #5:
"5: actually be designed as a termserver -
We use MikroTik for this. All manner of interfaces including LTE and 5G are
available. I hear you can connect USB serial to them directly, but we also
drop a surplus Dell OptiPlex at each location and attach the serial ports
to that device. Total cost is <200 USD per site since we already have the
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