On: Tailscale’s human-scale networks are still control...

[AdamJacobMuller]

> Tailscale runs on pretty much anything

I run it on an SFP: https://plumspace.com/products/smart-sfp/

It's cool.

[nsonha → AdamJacobMuller]

I'm dumb, could you explain what this does and potential uses in home network?

[pzduniak → nsonha]

It's an ARM Linux device that you plug into a port that's usually only present in switches.

[dilyevsky → pzduniak]

Anyone buys rack mounted servers without sfp/qsfp nic these days?

[johnbellone → pzduniak]

I’d love to hear more about this. Do you happen to have a write up?

[dilyevsky → johnbellone]

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/smart-sfp-linux-inside

Tl;dr - they baked a computer inside of network connector cuz it’s already huge. To do… stuff. Kinda like bmc

[jftuga → AdamJacobMuller]

Thanks for sharing this. About how much do they cost?

[AdamJacobMuller → jftuga]

I paid ~500 US for two.

[vkat → AdamJacobMuller]

Not available anymore? Product page says contact an email address for buying.

[AdamJacobMuller → vkat]

They probably are. I had to email them and send an international wire transfer.. it was not one-click shopping.

They are russian but shipped from Germany though, so, sanctions maybe they aren't able to sell anymore, dunno.