3 May
2021
3 May
'21
5:41 p.m.
omni needs at least one low-power PC (not a laptop though) to use as a router
for the building. If we get more than one, the second will be used for the
"sandbox" which is a computer that members can use for experiments and projects
at the space (without worrying about breaking the main router for the building)
so, if you have a decently modern, energy-efficient PC motherboard (with CPU)
and at least 4GB of RAM, and it's reliable and working, we'd love to have it!
it's OK if it doesn't have an enclosure, we can swap it into something.
Although a rack-mount enclosure would be ideal (although we'll need to add
ethernet cards if it doesn't already have at least two ports)
-jake
3 May
3 May
11:54 p.m.
New subject: seeking an energy-efficient, reliable PC with 2+ ethernet
5/3/21 5:41 PM, Jake wrote:
for the
Jake, you could snag one or more of the 2nd floor public machines, they
are mostly low energy Celeron J1800 machines, but they would require a
second ethernet port, but I could order a PCI-E gig ethernet card for
about $10.
https://www.newegg.com/Network-Interface-Cards/SubCategory/ID-27?Order=1
The public machines have SSDs and at least 4GB of RAM. There was also a
J1800 in the basement, but I understand it has been moved, but hopefully
not thrown away. I think there are 5 boxen in the public area on the
second floor, but I've never seen more than 3 of them in use at any one
time & I can replace them in any case once the Omni opens up again.
If you prefer a mini computer I retired a ZBOX-CI323NANO box as my local
server last month and replaced it with a newer mini box celeron
computer. The ZBOX is currently my kennel computer, which is convenient,
because that is where I'm living these days, since Einstein can't handle
the stairs anymore, but I have other machines I can use instead.
It was reliable, but has about 5 years of always-on history. It has 2
ethernet ports and 8 Gb of DDR3-L and I can throw in a SSD.
https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/zbox-ci323-nano#spec
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Celeron-N3150-vs-Intel-Celeron-J…
These options are all 5-6 years old, I don't know if that qualifies as
decently modern.
ZBOX-CI323NANO
root@sid:/home/ed# inxi
CPU: Quad Core Intel Celeron N3150 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 705/480/2080 MHz
Kernel: 5.10.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Up: 1h 36m Mem: 5002.7/7959.5 .0 MiB (31.
Processor
Intel N3150 quad-core 1.6GHz, up to 2.08GHz
Chipset
Intel
System Memory
2 x 204-pin DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM slots (up to 8GB)
Graphics
Graphics Engine
Intel HD Graphics
Video Output
HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA
Storage
Hard Drive
1 x 2.5 inch SATA SSD/HDD slot
mSATA
Card Reader
3-in-1 (SD/SDHC/SDXC)
I/O Ports
Audio
Stereo output
Loss-less Bitstream via HDMI
Combo mini-optical S/PDIF / analog stereo
USB Port
1 x USB 3.0 type-C (front)
2 x USB 3.0 (1 front, 1 back)
2 x USB 2.0 (back)
LAN
2 x 10/100/1000Mbps
Antenna
Yes
Wifi
802.11ac
Bluetooth
4.0
x
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2:55 p.m.
FWIW we talked about this almost 2 years ago but the conversation
stalled or something
https://sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-sys/2019-June/thread.html#599
Originally we had two subnets, meaning the router should have at least
3 ethernet ports. Then we lost one of those subnets last year and some
devices (like space.local) are still inaccessible from that. Maybe
it's not necessary?
5:28 p.m.
New subject: seeking an energy-efficient, reliable PC with 2+ ethernet
i don't see why we need multiple subnets, and if we do, why would they need
multiple ethernet ports?
space.local could be moved to the main subnet, why not?
and if we need more ethernet ports, we can just add PCIE cards right?
-jake
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