old Trac wiki page about Flydra Network Setup

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Network topology

Setup of openssh to allow public key based authentication

It is very handy to setup public-key based authentication – many fewer passwords to type! I can’t find a simple-enough tutorial right now.

(Note that host-based authentication is a real pain to setup.)

Specific to Prosilica cameras

The camera drivers (v 1.14 anyway) seem to have trouble unless the camera is on eth0. Also, they suggest using Intel GigE network adapters for the cameras. If the required port is not coming up as eth0, you can force it in Ubuntu by adjusting the file /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules