Re: Using serial console as a poor mans IP kvm?
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 15:43:31 -0600
Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
> For remote access, the RPi sounds like a good idea to me. I've had one on the 'Net for several years, doing things not requiring major CPU power. It's on my UPS, and it's had no reliability problems.
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> A relatively small dedicated UPS would likely keep your border router and an RPi going for quite a while.
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> An RPi is just a small Debian box, so you could reliably get to it over a VPN. Then, with a little innovative routing, you could look around the net(s) and see what's going on.
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> With a relay board on the RPi's GPIO connector, you could turn things back on, if necessary. No RS-232, new motherboards, or KVM anythings required.
Except for entering the encryption keys, and seeing when to enter them....
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