[33062] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: small device with IP address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom)
Fri Dec 22 11:35:55 2000
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From: "Tom" <tnel@someisp.net>
To: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <swmike@swm.pp.se>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:30:28 -0600
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: Does anyone know if there is a device somewhere that is small, cheap, =
has
: 1 10mbit (or 100mbit) ethernet port and a small IP stack that enable =
you
: to set ip address and default gateway on it (dhcp perhaps?).
:=20
: I would like to put something like this at some customers to use for
: pinging to see that the customer is reachable.=20
It wouldn't be that difficult to roll a simple Altoid-tin
sized board w/ an enet port (he say's before=20
he's done it:)
Seriously, there are a # of SOC in development for
refridgerator web-interfaces & the like.
Question is, beyond pinging an isolated device,
what's most useful ?
Could tack on an interface for; temp sensors,=20
power condition monitors, ect.
(Bear in mind, increasing the feature-set, esp.code
requiring more memory, adds dev time, cost,...)
Further, how to best power; wall wart, batt,=20
combination of the two ?
Sounds like an interesting project, would it
be worth the trip ?
Opinions & comments please.
What's important ?
Tom
