[PLUG] Creating a home network

[Nat Taylor]

pfSense might be worth looking into.  It won't run on the pi though, you'd
need an old desktop or a router with a x86 or x86_64 in it.  That's the pro
solution.  Alpine Linux would, however, work on the pi.

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:

> "And some sort of DNS server" - Damn you autocorrect
>
> On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bioborg at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> And some sort of end server.  How about running openwrt on it?
>> http://computers.tutsplus.com/articles/installing-openwrt-on-a-raspberry-pi-as-a-new-home-firewall--mac-55984
>> I'm sure there are plenty of software solutions, that's just the first or
>> second one I found (the first one did Tor and openvpn over wifi didn't
>> think that as your spec)
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Nat Taylor <bioborg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You'd need a USB Ethernet adapter for two ports on the pi.  I'd get the
>>> pi 3 and turn off the wifi
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/11/2016 10:00 AM, Nat Taylor wrote:
>>>> > a $35 raspberry pi with a 4 port switch connected to it ($ 17 on
>>>> amazon, or
>>>> > wherever)
>>>> > Maybe run ubuntu snappy core with a squid proxy in docker?
>>>>
>>>> Never thought of a Pi. Will have to research accessories
>>>> (including enclosures optimally with integral power supply) to
>>>> match vague mental image that "Thingy(TM)".
>>>> Triggered thought that I should revisit Voyage Linux.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:15 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> An underlying question: What should I be reading?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I wish a blackbox which:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1. Connects 4 local machines via Ethernet [WiFi shall *NOT* be
>>>> >> considered]
>>>> >>      A. A desktop with WinXP and multiple versions of Debian
>>>> >>      B. A laptop with WinXP Pro SP3 whose reason for existence is
>>>> >> running SeaMonkey.
>>>> >>         Historically it is/was my primary machine. Its future is
>>>> >> as a portable.
>>>> >>      C. A laptop dedicated to Linux experiments. I have erased the
>>>> >> HDD as many as
>>>> >>         ten times in one week ;/
>>>> >>      D. Misc temporarily connected laptops.
>>>> >> 2. It shall provide multiple USB ports in order that a selection
>>>> >> of flash dives
>>>> >>      and a 1 TB HDD can be accessed by any machine.
>>>> >> 3. It *SHALL* connect to the internet via a T-Mobile 4G Hotspot
>>>> >> Z915 connected
>>>> >>      via USB. The WiFi features have been disabled. I really
>>>> >> wanted a USB cell network
>>>> >>      modem. The local T-Mobile outlet was only vendor that didn't
>>>> >> try assaulting me with
>>>> >>      their 'smartphone-du-jour' with an atrociously large data
>>>> >> plan. this connection
>>>> >>      shall be protected by a firewall.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> How broke will I be?
>>>> >> TIA
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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