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Despite Having Four Working Routers, My Next Project Is Building A Router Using A Raspberry Pi 3B+, A Managed Smart Switch and OpenWRT.
Thursday May 06, 2021
Well I have. The hard part I think is over I have already installed OpenWRT on
the Pi, configured it somewhat and updated opkg. I have all the pieces and now
I'll have to decide how to assemble them. I had originally, thought of setting
up the new router by adding an USB Ethernet dongle but from what I've read,
setting up VLAN's on a switch would work more reliably. I'm new to the process
so I don't know everything yet. However, that's the purpose of this exercise, to
learn. I have learned much. I think learning is when one's own misconceptions
and misunderstandings are replaced by facts, logic and reason. I've gained much
of that, I think. I think that's all for now, until I have a working model that
can be translated into words. Any comments may be made at agentcasey@hubzilla.eskimo.com
or agent@fosstodon.org in the fediverse. Keep in touch and I'll keep us updated.
It's been hard finding interesting things to write about but I think I'm starting
to find the right path.