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[jeandubois]

I'm currently considering to buy an Xtrend ET-9500. Before I make the big step I want to be sure I will be able to install extra stuff like I used to do on my dreambox e.g.
/opt/bin/ipkg install autossh
Can I do something like this on the Xtrend too and which (where are they) repositories are there for this machine?

thanks in advance
jean
p.s. I used e.g. the following repository for my old dreambox:
http://ipkg.nslu2-li...g/cross/stable/

[littlesat]

ssh (dropbear) is standardwize available in our images....

[jeandubois]

ssh (dropbear) is standardwize available in our images....

That's nice but I need to install autossh too, hence my question

regards,
jean

[littlesat]

For what goal do you need autossh?

[WanWizard]

autossh automatically reconnects an ssh tunnel when it gets disconnected. it is used for ssh-based vpn's (for activities that we don't discuss here)

[jeandubois]

For what goal do you need autossh?

it' used to keep an ssh-connection alive, but I just mentioned this as an example, I like to install a lot of other programs which I'm used to using under linux, so it would be nice to have a repository with ipk-packages

best regards,
jean

[jeandubois]

autossh automatically reconnects an ssh tunnel when it gets disconnected. it is used for ssh-based vpn's (for activities that we don't discuss here)

autossh is a "neutral" program, never thought it would be associated with "activities that we don't discuss here", I just use it to keep an ssh-connection alive, nothing wrong with that

regards,
jean

Edited by jeandubois, 13 July 2012 - 07:45.

[WanWizard]

I was referring to "common use", It wasn't about your particular case.

But fact is that the only reason for using autossh on the box (which normally is a target device) is to keep an SSH tunnel open. Which you would only do if you have constant traffic from the box to elsewhere and which you can't afford to be interrupted. In relation to an STB, I know of only one traffic stream that meets this description.

So I'm very interested to hear what "lots of other programs" you refer to, and new use you have found for your TSB.

[jeandubois]

I was referring to "common use", It wasn't about your particular case.

But fact is that the only reason for using autossh on the box (which normally is a target device) is to keep an SSH tunnel open. Which you would only do if you have constant traffic from the box to elsewhere and which you can't afford to be interrupted. In relation to an STB, I know of only one traffic stream that meets this description.

So I'm very interested to hear what "lots of other programs" you refer to, and new use you have found for your TSB.

I was referring to "common use", It wasn't about your particular case.

But fact is that the only reason for using autossh on the box (which normally is a target device) is to keep an SSH tunnel open. Which you would only do if you have constant traffic from the box to elsewhere and which you can't afford to be interrupted

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>I don't agree, I use it e.g. to have a permanent connection with another machine so I don't have to login everytime again I want to synchronize files between the directories of the two machines
In relation to an STB, I know of only one traffic stream that meets this description.

So I'm very interested to hear what "lots of other programs" you refer to, and new use you have found for your TSB.

For me it's in the first place a linux-box and I am "a command line type of person" working most of the time on linux-boxes. So I like to have
ssh, autossh, nttcp, ipkg, less, nano, joe ... to name just a few.
So my question remains the same: what linux version runs exactly on the Xtrend 9500 and where are the repositories for it, it is just comforting to know I can install and remove stuff myself if I want.

thanks in advance
jean

[WanWizard]

It runs our version of OpenEmbedded on a 3.x kernel. The repositories are on our servers, you can use opkg to see which are available.

You can also use the sources to compile your own image, in which case you can include what you want.

[jeandubois]

It runs our version of OpenEmbedded on a 3.x kernel. The repositories are on our servers, you can use opkg to see which are available.

You can also use the sources to compile your own image, in which case you can include what you want.

Thanks for the info, I suppose you meant ipkg? opkg was a typo?
On my old dreambox I started like this:
cd /tmp
wget http://ipkg.nslu2-li...3-9_powerpc.ipk
tar xvzf ipkg-opt_0.99.163-9_powerpc.ipk
cd /
tar xvzf /tmp/data.tar.gz
/opt/bin/ipkg update
/opt/bin/ipkg install nano

I suppose I can do something similar on an Xtrend et9500 which has openpli installed? Or maybe ipkg is available from the start without that extra preconfiguring necessary?

thanks in advance
jean

[MiLo]

s/ipkg/opkg/g

[jeandubois]

s/ipkg/opkg/g

So it's opkg nowadays. Is it immediately ready for use or is extra preconfiguration necessary?

thanks in advance
jean

[WanWizard]

It is available immediately, OpenPLi uses it for it's own components too...

[jeandubois]

It is available immediately, OpenPLi uses it for it's own components too...

wow, that's great

best regards,

jean