Quote from: dmurphy on Today at 10:04:04 PMCounter-intuitive since the console IS a USB port, but happy with the win. :)How do you come to that conclusion? Are mixing up UART with USB? Or because the connector is USB? If the second, there are quite a few USB (Mini, Micro, C) and even a RJ45 (Cisco-style) serial connector. They are only the physical connector, probalby because they take up a lot less space then the original serial connector.
Quote from: Monviech (Cedrik) on Today at 09:42:11 PMI think this is wrong, remove that checkbox:
USB-based serial: "Use USB-based serial ports" - Yes
kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=16777216
machdep.hyperthreading_intr_allowed=1
net.inet.rss.bits=3
net.inet.rss.enabled=1
net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=4194304
net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_inc=65536
net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=4194304
net.inet.tcp.soreceive_stream=1
net.isr.bindthreads=1
net.isr.defaultqlimit=2048
net.isr.dispatch=deferred
net.isr.maxthreads=-1Quote from: meyergru on Today at 01:06:27 PMI would not recommend N1x0 boxes with only two ports:
a. those often tend use Realtek chips, unlike their 4 or more port equivalents, which mostly use Intel I226V. Also, they often are actively cooled.
b. If you want to set up VLANs, you will want to have inter-VLAN traffic at full 2.5 Gbps speed, for which you need multiple physical 2.5 Gbps (V)LAN ports. Thus, two ports will not suffice.
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on Today at 12:30:47 PMKeep in mind that active PoE in a switch means
- way more expensive than without
- most units are deep 19" devices
- passive cooling is very rare
Depending on how "home" your home lab is going to be (do you have an extra room for a rack?) a switch like the mentioned CSR326, available in either rack or desktop format and passive cooling might be preferable to a loud rack mount only unit intended for data centres.
P.S. The CSR326 does not support 2.5 G Ethernet.
>>> Invoking start script 'openvpn'
>>> Invoking start script 'sysctl'
Service `sysctl' has been restarted.
>>> Invoking start script 'beep'
Root file system: zroot/ROOT/default
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DMZ (vlan0.77) -> v4: 10.77.0.1/24
FIOS (igc0) -> v4/DHCP4: 1.2.3.4/24
v6/DHCP6: fe80::ffff:aaaa:bbbb:cccc%igc0/64
GUEST (vlan0.99) -> v4: 172.16.100.1/24
LAN (ax0) -> v4: 172.16.0.1/22
Tailscale (tailscale0) ->
WINTENDO (vlan0.91) -> v4: 172.16.91.1/24
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Console driver: "Use the virtual terminal driver (vt)" - Yes
Primary Console: Serial Console
Secondary Console: None
Serial Speed: 115200
USB-based serial: "Use USB-based serial ports" - Yes
Console menu: Password protect the console menu
Setup Utility –> AMD CBS –> FCH Common Options –> UART Configuration Options –> UART 0 Legacy Options