I work on an RF bracket for a Docsis remote PHY device. This requires collaboration with RF engineers who have limited knowledge about computers. While the latest software version of the Docsis remote PHY device supports RF test mode that is perfect for an RF engineer, it still requires DHCPv6 to boot up properly which is a definite challenge for someone less familiar with computers.
During the lockdown, I had to have the RF bracket tested with an RF engineer, but he only had RF test equipment in his garage with an ancient laptop having a single working USB adapter. I have remotely supported him flashing Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop on a USB stick and helped him to configure DHCPv6 using Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop on the USB stick in live persistent mode. Almost everything worked out perfectly at the end apart from the DHCPv6 server did not start automatically at boot but had to be manually restarted. Posted the issue on Raspberry forum but received no real feedback:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=274573
Based on this success now, I work with another RF engineer in an RF lab in California where we also need to provide DHCPv6 address for a Docsis remote PHY device. We have agreed to accomplish this with a Raspberry Pi this time so that it can stay there permanently. I will provide remote support via ssh tunnel through my free Google Cloud VM instance based on this article:
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