@AdamF said in Mesh Central:

I have the agent running on 2 Pi's The 4 GB version of the Pi. The screen lag is incredibly SLOW. (running Raspian)
Installing an agent on my windows laptop (8GB ram) is incredibly responsive and quick. Are there some tweaks to run on the Pis to improve the screen lag for remote viewing?

It was 100% Pi related as suspected. Here's what I did to speed things up. (found on https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=1983061&sid=eaf6504ffd4e15374cbd86907d954c67#p1983061)

in /boot/config.txt
uncomment this line:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

commented out these lines:
#dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
#max_framebuffers=2

Then the resolution was really low despite the VNC resolution set in raspi-config, so after setting the above and rebooting I then set the 'display options' resolution in raspi-config to be the same as the VNC resolution.

In my case I'm using 1920x1080, so that modified my config.txt to have these lines:

hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82

I have the agent running on 2 Pi's The 4 GB version of the Pi. The screen lag is incredibly SLOW. (running Raspian)
Installing an agent on my windows laptop (8GB ram) is incredibly responsive and quick. Are there some tweaks to run on the Pis to improve the screen lag for remote viewing?

@scottalanmiller said in Mesh Central:

@AdamF said in Mesh Central:

Well, this tool is amazing and just works. Nice job @Ylian !

Yeah, it's definitely the best tool for this on the market. It's blown past everyone else. We are doing the AMT integration now and rolling out vPro anywhere that we can. It's just amazing.

I know you use it for remote agents that are always installed (or at least I assume so), but are you also able to use it for "one off" remote sessions? For example, sometimes I will open a screen connect session for a quick support session. Then when finished, close the session, the end. Can we do that as well with MC?

Well, this tool is amazing and just works. Nice job @Ylian !

@scottalanmiller said in Mesh Central:

@AdamF said in Mesh Central:

@scottalanmiller I am missing the 2FA option in the my account settings. I am missing something I suppose?

Because the name is dumb?

My Account >> Manage Authenticator App

Nope. I just didn't RTFM. By default, it is in WAN and LAN mode. You have to switch it to WAN mode and give it a valid DNS name. Then that option shows up.

@scottalanmiller I am missing the 2FA option in the my account settings. I am missing something I suppose?

@scottalanmiller Hopefully getting those Pi's connected this weekend. (from the other thread)

@scottalanmiller said in Mesh Central:

@AdamF Usernames, passwords, SSL/TLS and 2FA are the lockdowns you'd use anywhere. It's secure by default. If you can, do IP locking. But it is rare that you can do that.

Excellent, just wanted to verify with someone else as well. Thanks Scott.

I finally spun up a MC server VPS. How is everyone securing this? Besides the fact that I can setup 2FA for this, if I don't want to put this behind any proxy, what is the best approach to secure the web UI?

I found 2 at Best buy online. Now they are out of stock already. Crazy times.

@travisdh1 said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@scottalanmiller

Great video. Thanks for that. Your assumption is correct. There are no PCs or servers on this network, just other networking equipment. I like the idea of the Pi and Mesh Central. I finally was able to find one and have it on order. Time to setup a mesh central vm.

I also found this as an option as well https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082VVCFNG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Not too badly priced either. But I am going with the Pi.

I'm leery about anything running a Celeron J or N series CPU, a Pi is probably going to perform better.

Agreed!

@scottalanmiller

Great video. Thanks for that. Your assumption is correct. There are no PCs or servers on this network, just other networking equipment. I like the idea of the Pi and Mesh Central. I finally was able to find one and have it on order. Time to setup a mesh central vm.

I also found this as an option as well https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082VVCFNG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Not too badly priced either. But I am going with the Pi.

@Dashrender Yep, no PCs/servers on the network.

@scottalanmiller said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@scottalanmiller said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@dmacf10 said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF I like the idea of a Raspberry Pi with MeshCentral as an agent for remote access.

that's what I would do, too.

Any website with IN stock Pis?

MicroCenter seems to always have them.

But not today it seems.

@scottalanmiller said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@dmacf10 said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF I like the idea of a Raspberry Pi with MeshCentral as an agent for remote access.

that's what I would do, too.

Any website with IN stock Pis?

@ElecEng I like that. Seems a bit pricy though. I'll check that out too.

@dmacf10 said in Unattended remote access utility/ computer:

@AdamF I like the idea of a Raspberry Pi with MeshCentral as an agent for remote access.

And Mesh Central will run perfectly fine on a Pi OS?

I would like to have a tiny network device where I can install at a remote location so I can always connect to it and then get to any other connected device on the network. The remote location would not have a static IP. What are some good/inexpensive solutions out there to accomplish this. I thought of a RasberryPi of some flavor, which would work fine. I just want to brainstorm some ideas/software to install on the device so that I can remotely connect to it at any time via SSH, or an agent, or something else.

Any ideas?

@JaredBusch Did you ever find a product that you liked for this?

I am looking for 1 PoE outdoor camera for the front of my house. I ran the Cat6 line years ago and I just need to buy the camera now.

Well look at that...

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/company/vmware-broadcom.pdf