Post #1502178
2026-03-27 03:46 UTC
Those who remember AUX ports on routers and cabling to CON ports might appreciate Wetatronics design of a SFP that provides an AUX port (or two with a breakout adapter). Connects outbound to a meet me server (cloud or run on-prem) over TLS.
Seems like a clever idea, for a “zero U” console server.
(As announced at #NZNOG lightning talks.)
https://www.wetatronics.com
Replies (3)
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@alex@fedi.smith.geek.nz 2026-03-27 03:58
@ewenmcneill huh that's pretty neat
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@futuresprog@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-03-27 04:40
Genius I want one. Not that I have any use for one and I’m only 1 minute walk away from my rack. @ewenmcneill
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@jwp@cloudisland.nz 2026-03-27 05:00
@ewenmcneill I just have been using esp32's over wireless and a couple of DuPont pins wired to the rx/tx pins and the 5v pin with a buck converter. Does the job if you can deal with wireless oob. If I'm using sfp's they are 10gb and don't want to waste one on oob