What's wrong with using VNC? I use it to get to two remote Weewx running RPi. With the RPi, VNC has a deal to access up to five computers for free.
On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 6:33:55 PM UTC-8 wa4...@gmail.com wrote: > Many good ideas here. > > My suggestion: > Set up an identical package at home. Same model pi, same ip address, same > weather station setup. > That way you can update, reconfigure and test your setup and just carry > the sim chip on a visit to your remote site. > > On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 6:55:44 PM UTC-6 mwall wrote: > >> On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:11:23 AM UTC-5 Sunray wrote: >> >>> >>> Anybody done this or can help otherwise? Many thanks in advance! >>> >> >> excellent suggestions in this thread, especially using only ssh for >> access. you can always tunnel over the ssh connection for vnc or to >> probe/diagnose other parts of the remote network. >> >> tor is great, but you can also map port 22 on the pi to some other high >> port on the public-facing router. that will stop a lot of the brute force >> ssh attacks. definitely use certificate-only authentication - no passwords. >> >> test the catch-up capabilities while you are on site. weewx was designed >> to get data from any logger, so you should not have any gaps in data, even >> if the computer running weewx is down for awhile. but test it to be sure, >> and be sure that your logger interval is short enough to get the data you >> want, but long enough to get through the longest outage you anticipate. >> >> if you have solar+battery in place, then the weak link will typically be >> your internet provider at the remote site. while you are on site, do some >> testing of the cable modem or cell uplink or satellite uplink. be sure >> that it will come back online after power failure, and be sure that your >> router will properly re-negotiate with your ISP hardware when everything >> comes back. >> >> avoid auto-configuration software such as NetworkManager or fakehwclock. >> you'll want your systems to remain exactly as you configured them. >> >> rpi should boot automatically when it gets power, but for anyone using >> intel-based hardware, be sure to set the power-on policy in the bios. in >> some bios this setting is rather obscure, but you want it to be always on. >> >> definitely do the periodic probe to a web server whose logs you can query >> - dyndns can be pretty reliable, but then someone forgets to pay the bill, >> or a dns table gets messed up somewhere, or ... >> >> of course, there are also all of the mother nature things to watch out >> for - lightning strikes, critters chewing through network or power cables, >> salt water penetrating your supposedly waterproof poe connections, >> temperatures exceeding 50C in your enclosure after spiders build webs >> across all of the ventilation ports, UV degradation of your sensor shields >> ... >> >> m >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ac54f8de-d542-47f1-98f2-5718796f5123n%40googlegroups.com.
