[MVMA] Installing virtual machine OS on an x86, installing AREDN on a virtual machine, upgrading AREDN on a VM

Chuck Gelm nc8q-aredn at gelm.net
Wed Jan 31 16:02:57 EST 2024


I installed Proxmox virtual machine OS on an Intel x86 workstation.
It took quite a bit of hand-holding, but I got AREDN installed on a VM.
I configured the virtual AREDN node. It looks just like a regular AREDN 
Wi-Fi node.
I upgraded the AREDN firmware to Nightly 20240131.

https://www.proxmox.com/en/
Proxmox is open source.

If any of your regular AREDN Wi-Fi router 'servers' have a high 'load 
average',
consider replacing them with a x86 CPU workstation. Any x86 compatible CPU
will 'run circles around' and device in the AREDN Supported Devices list.

My test virtual x86 node, NC8Q-x86-VM, is DtD connected to 
NC8Q-OH-SUPERNODE.

73, Chuck



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