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> Tailscale runs on pretty much anything

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

It's cool.




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


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


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


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


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


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


I paid ~500 US for two.


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


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.




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