• Vik@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    That’s not a bad idea. I can give that a try for sure. I’m guessing the power implications here are minimal as well?

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      7 months ago

      I’m guessing the power implications here are minimal as well?

      That’s an interesting point I didn’t think about.I don’t know and I have no gadget to test that.

      Actually once I’ve left the USB Ethernet adapter in a smart phone and forgot to take it out (but I did take the Ethernet cable out). The next day I saw that the phone had used a lot of battery power.I guess the phone kept talking to the adapter and the build in small light.I have one adapter without a light so I can test how much battery that would roughly consume, just out of curiosity.

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        7 months ago

        No problem at all. I can try to measure this with a socket wattmeter I have lying around.

        The power implications aren’t likely to he a deal breaker, but I do love the idea of operating an application server at approx 7W (that said, the same power envelope is also achievable on certain x86-64 home server platforms now).

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          7 months ago

          No problem at all. I can try to measure this with a socket wattmeter I have lying around.

          The power implications aren’t likely to he a deal breaker, but I do love the idea of operating an application server at approx 7W (that said, the same power envelope is also achievable on certain x86-64 home server platforms now).

          Right.Meanwhile the on-board Ethernet port could become more reliable with newer software or some tweaks ?

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            7 months ago

            That’s my hope, as mentioned elsewhere I’m still awaiting uboot updates for broader OS support, so I guess I’m fine to hang on to it.

            Perhaps I picked this up a little early, though it has been fun to tinker and benchmark with.