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A few weeks back I read a comment on HN about the RIPE Atlas project. It sounded fun (and I wanted a free probe!) so I sent off an application. Completely forgo

by corford 12y ago

A few weeks back I read a comment on HN about the RIPE Atlas project. It sounded fun (and I wanted a free probe!) so I sent off an application. Completely forgot about it after that until on Monday, out of the blue, a package from the Netherlands turned up with a tiny probe in it :) It's now happily running on my desk: http://imgur.com/XA9UwTy http://imgur.com/XA9UwTy

tux 12y ago
Very tiny box, is there a model on it ?
- corford 12y ago
  Yep, it seems to be a re-badged TP-LINK TL-MR3020
  - tux 12y ago
    Yeah I thought it looked like one of the TP-LINK boxes, but was not sure. Thanks for the model. Have you tried running pfSense on it ?
    - corford 12y ago
      Hadn't occurred to me actually (although I normally opt for openwrt when playing around with consumer routers). Think I'll leave the probe as is.
    - tux 12y ago
      You can also try "Untangle" on it, but its more resource hungry.
edwhitesell 12y ago
The old (original?) ones are even smaller. https://imgur.com/mKBqksU https://imgur.com/mKBqksU (Standard business card included for reference) Unfortunately, mine stopped working a few weeks ago. Originally started using it in July 2011.
- corford 12y ago
  Nice! Was that also a re-branded TP-LINK device? Any idea what model?
  - edwhitesell 12y ago
    I knew that question was coming. It's a Lantronix XPort Pro: http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport-pro.html http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-s... RIPE Atlas also has some code on github: https://github.com/RIPE-Atlas-Community https://github.com/RIPE-Atlas-Community