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I have a wireless backup[1] using Vyos[2] and a 5G router provided for free by the 5G service provider for those rare moments when both fiber links are dead. A

I have a wireless backup[1] using Vyos[2] and a 5G router provided for free by the 5G service provider for those rare moments when both fiber links are dead. At the same time I would never recommend anyone get 5G internet as their primary service if you have other options and especially not from one of these cheap providers. [1] https://sschueller.github.io/posts/wiring-a-home-with-fiber/ https://sschueller.github.io/posts/wiring-a-home-with-fiber/ [2] https://sschueller.github.io/posts/vyos-router-update/#wan-failover https://sschueller.github.io/posts/vyos-router-update/#wan-f...

sofixa 10mo ago
Hey, another person running VyOS! How are you handling updates? Do you update on a fixed cadence, or do you build your own LTS? Or do you just take a random nightly and stick to it?
- sschueller 10mo ago
  I just did the update to 2025-Q2 (I use the quarterly stream build). Initially I thought this is going to be a huge pain. I have many interfaces and also pass-through hardware like the SFP28 card. I made a copy of my primary router vm and added fake interfaces with the same MAC addresses. I then went through the update procedure which was very simple. in vyos vm: wget https://community-downloads.vyos.dev/stream/1.5-stream-2025-Q2/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2-generic-amd64.iso -o vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso add system image /mnt/iso/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso # follow prompts reboot # boot screen will offer two version now, old and new That was it and it worked. So from now on I know I can just take a snapshot of my vm and do it directly on the main vm without making a copy. You do loose any custom configs you may have. In my case it was fstab changes and my cron entries.
- dgroshev 10mo ago
  Hundreds of us! I adore VyOS
- hypercube33 10mo ago
  VyOS and it's parent Vyatta always have been neat. Shame it sold off and kinda got pay walled. Interesting fact that EdgeOS from Unifi was a fork.
  - sofixa 10mo ago
    > Interesting fact that EdgeOS from Unifi was a fork That's how I got started with it, my first "proper" router was an ER-X. It's sad they abandoned the Edge product line to move everything to the UI first Unifi one that still doesn't have all the features (specifically, conditional routing for address groups/ipsets).
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sofixa 10mo ago

Hey, another person running VyOS! How are you handling updates? Do you update on a fixed cadence, or do you build your own LTS? Or do you just take a random nightly and stick to it?

sschueller 10mo ago
I just did the update to 2025-Q2 (I use the quarterly stream build). Initially I thought this is going to be a huge pain. I have many interfaces and also pass-through hardware like the SFP28 card. I made a copy of my primary router vm and added fake interfaces with the same MAC addresses. I then went through the update procedure which was very simple. in vyos vm: wget https://community-downloads.vyos.dev/stream/1.5-stream-2025-Q2/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2-generic-amd64.iso -o vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso add system image /mnt/iso/vyos-1.5-stream-2025-Q2.iso # follow prompts reboot # boot screen will offer two version now, old and new That was it and it worked. So from now on I know I can just take a snapshot of my vm and do it directly on the main vm without making a copy. You do loose any custom configs you may have. In my case it was fstab changes and my cron entries.
dgroshev 10mo ago
Hundreds of us! I adore VyOS
hypercube33 10mo ago
VyOS and it's parent Vyatta always have been neat. Shame it sold off and kinda got pay walled. Interesting fact that EdgeOS from Unifi was a fork.
- sofixa 10mo ago
  > Interesting fact that EdgeOS from Unifi was a fork That's how I got started with it, my first "proper" router was an ER-X. It's sad they abandoned the Edge product line to move everything to the UI first Unifi one that still doesn't have all the features (specifically, conditional routing for address groups/ipsets).

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