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I'd love a device like this that was simply a three-port gigabit switch (not a router). With most colos if you ask for a second network drop they make you pay
by crotchfire 3y ago
I'd love a device like this that was simply a three-port gigabit switch (not a router).
With most colos if you ask for a second network drop they make you pay a fee every month, forever. This way I could pay for my custom BMC's network connection once.
- vetinari 3y agoYou can bridge the ports, if you want. But you would probably want to hide BMC access behind a VPN. This Mikrotik device has a third port, a 1000Base-T one. That should be plenty for BMC.
- crotchfire 3y agoI have a custom BMC precisely so that I don't have to hide it behind anything. I am thinking of using this. But it seems like overkill, and I am not interested in learning RouterOS.
- vetinari 3y agoIt is definitely overkill. RouterOS can be managed using a GUI, with an app called Winbox. It is windows application, but runs fine under wine, arm macs included. You still need to know the concepts, but in a nice clicky way.