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

[Scott Pettigrew]

I'd be very interested in talking with you about this.  I am having the
hardest time getting it to boot the IMG file from proxmox.

Cheers -

Scott Pettigrew
scott at scottkuma.net


On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 4:03 PM Chuck Gelm <nc8q-aredn at gelm.net> wrote:

> 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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