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Comet open source remote KVM from GL-iNet

Aurornis

Has anyone been able to find the open source part?

Is the software open source? The hardware? I’m not seeing anything other than a claim that it’s open source.

deeth_starr_v

This has been debated about glinet stuff in the past. I don’t think everything gets open sourced but it has open source code for parts of it

c0wb0yc0d3r

That’s my thought too. A person cannot build any of the firmware for their routers. It’s all based on openwrt though.

Hopefully, we’ll be able to flash these with openwrt.

selykg

The product isn’t released yet. I would hazard a guess that the source will come after the device is officially available

explorigin

https://github.com/gl-inet I don't see anything under "comet" or "kvm" but this is the place to watch I suppose.

deadlyllama

How similar is this to the sipeed NanoKVM? (RISC-V based, software source https://github.com/sipeed/NanoKVM ) From the outside it looks very very alike.

kotaKat

I think everything coming out now is (essentially) coming down to the same core chips -- an HDMI-to-USB capture device + WCH's various UART-to-HID products being hubbed together. Just pick your SoC and software to run the show on top.

https://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH9329.html

baby_souffle

I'm very curious to see if they went with vanilla Lennox for this or if they're going to repurpose the openwrt system that they know so well.

Also, I'm calling it right now, shortly after this launches there will be some pretty tight integration with some of their other networking gear. Something like a plug and play off the shelf remote out of band management solution

mrbluecoat

LOL, I googled Lennox then realized it was an autocorrect typo of Linux

vamega

It doesn't look like this is available just yet. I can't wait to see more details when it comes out.

I have a JetKVM (https://jetkvm.com/) and it's been absolutely fantastic. I'm still waiting on the ATX expansion board, but the core unit is used to monitor my homeserver.

thangngoc89

Can a single JetKVM control multiple computers? I have several AI training machines that occasionally got stuck and need a power cycle. Most of the time this happened when I’m out of town so it has been annoying.

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tredre3

It can only control one set of monitor/hid but through the extension port you could wire up something for multiple computers power buttons (the ATX module mentioned by GP uses a rp2040, which has plenty of GPIOs).

I think it would be simpler to buy a network PDU (or iot plugs) for your use case, assuming the computers can be set to power-on automatically.

remram

It doesn't look like the source or the product are available yet?