u/Tractor-Slapper

I’m hoping to hear from anyone that owns a Pocket4. I want to get a feel for the user experience and any shortcomings that could be expected.

I’m very close to ordering one because I feel it would fit multiple niches in my general workflows - as well as my hobby-life.

I’m a constant tinkerer, hacker at heart (cybersecurity by trade), indie supporter, musician, retro gamer - I’ve fallen into wearing many different hats lately helping engineer network solutions for startups.
This device seems perfect.
I want to hear the reality check, because surely it can’t be that good.

I’ve heard there may be bios update complications from the GPD team that can cause system instability. I’ve also heard that the AMD igpu drivers can cause usability problems when cycling power states (hibernate, sleep, laptop close, etc.)
I’d love to be the one person that doesn’t experience any of these problems but I’m having trouble justifying the cost - when I know I want it so much, but if it doesn’t work it doesn’t work.

I guess I’m hoping for someone to talk me off a ledge before I spend >$2k on something I might immediately regret.
I want to love it. Help me pull the trigger, or not!

I’m very close to pulling the trigger on a GPD pocket 4. A huge part of my workflow is system/network/server admin and the rJ45 port + the KVM module almost make this a no brainer (even aside from the obvious cool factor).

My question is does the device have the required hardware to accept and utilize an eSIM for LTE data if I have the KVM module installed vs. the LTE physical SIM module?
I’m assuming the module is simply a reader for the card itself, but I’ve only ever used similar applications on smart phones so I’m admittedly unfamiliar. Any clarification would be appreciated!

I installed a network for a business that is about to be in production. Our Spectrum Business plan “should” provide symmetric gigabit internet, voip, and their tv package.

My problem is that I can’t get anything over ~300mbps on the download when I use Spectrum’s provided router with the static ip.
I’ve had a lot of phone calls and technicians out to help troubleshoot this issue.
The entire coax run to the tap has been replaced, I’ve tried multiple ports, manually renegotiated speeds, remade cables with cat6, the ISP hardware has been replaced multiple times now. I can’t get gigabit speed from the Spectrum router - and neither can spectrum employees.

I can however get symmetric gigabit if I bypass the router and just plug directly into the modem. But then I can’t resolve a connection for the static IP, even if I try to force my equipment to do it. I tried cloning the MAC of the Spectrum router, but it that didn’t work either.

Our business needs both symmetric gigabit and a static ip. Right now I have to choose between them and reconfigure.

Anyone encounter a similar situation?

My current config is: Spectrum provided modem -> Spectrum provided router -> internal edgerouter -> local/vpn clients.