Reply To: Twitt-arrrr!
My suggestion was only for the initial setup, and once the machine is properly on the ship’s LAN all administration would be done via the “primary” network connection. It would also serve as a backup during the cruise if it lost communication with the LAN for some reason. Basically, it’s smaller than carrying on a monitor and keyboard and mouse to control the thing since we can’t expect a KVM. 🙂
I am actually in possession of just such a USB-ethernet dongle that I can spare. 🙂