[mlyle]

> If anything needs to run a server to communicate with anything else,

What's a server? Do you have servers in a NMEA2k environment?

> Simply firing up cli for troubleshooting and debugging of any kind should not be "expected behavior" at sea.

No one said that arcane troubleshooting and debugging should be needed after integration of a system. I mean, NMEA2K certainly never makes one fiddle around and play with things aimlessly to make stuff work /s

> especially if wireless is involved

Most common way wireless is involved here is to get the information off-boat or to a tablet for convenient review of trends.