Raspberry Pi as Linux Router? Is Sam our R/Pi Linux guru yet? - BuildBrighton - the Brighton Hacker Space

The old Google Groups will be going away soon, but your browser is incompatible with the new version.
BuildBrighton - the Brighton Hacker Space
Message from discussion Raspberry Pi as Linux Router? Is Sam our R/Pi Linux guru yet?
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 178.63.60.138 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of bar...@barnoid.org.uk) client-ip=178.63.60.138;
From: Barney Livingston <bar...@barnoid.org.uk>
To: brightonhackerspace@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [brighton-hacker-space] Re: Raspberry Pi as Linux Router? Is Sam our R/Pi Linux guru yet?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 22:14:28 +0100
Message-ID: <1474555.aGAlf2IP9m@jarvis>
User-Agent: KMail/4.8.2 (Linux/3.2.0-24-generic-pae; KDE/4.8.2; i686; ; )
In-Reply-To: <4177146.207.1337115435336.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbep19>
References: <13632676.149.1337114090866.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbk4> <15209846.161.1337114717228.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vblh6> <4177146.207.1337115435336.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbep19>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
X-Spam_score: -1.0
X-Spam_score_int: -9
X-Spam_bar: -
X-Spam_report: Spam detection software, running on the system "holly.queeg.org", has
 identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
 has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
 similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
 the administrator of that system for details.
 
 Content preview:  It'll probably be easiest for you to buy a basic router with
    an ethernet WAN port, the kind you might use with a cable internet connection
    and hook it up to a switch with enough ports. The router will do all you
   need without the need to install anything. It'll most likely be an ARM processor
    running linux underneath exactly like an R-Pi, but ready to go with a nice
    web interface and multiple network interfaces. [...] 
 
 Content analysis details:   (-1.0 points, 5.0 required)
 
  pts rule name              description
 ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
 -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED            Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
  0.0 TVD_RCVD_IP            TVD_RCVD_IP

It'll probably be easiest for you to buy a basic router with an etherne=
t WAN=20
port, the kind you might use with a cable internet connection and hook =
it up=20
to a switch with enough ports. The router will do all you need without =
the=20
need to install anything. It'll most likely be an ARM processor running=
 linux=20
underneath exactly like an R-Pi, but ready to go with a nice web interf=
ace and=20
multiple network interfaces.

Barney

On Tuesday 15 May 2012 13:57:15 Chris Holden wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply - but it's generated as many questions as =
it
> answered!
> I've never really used Linux. But I did like seeing "simple enough to=
 be
> installed by home users with no knowledge of linux" on the about page=
 (at
> http://www.smoothwall.org/about/ )
>=20
> So would I just download a (precompiled) version of smoothwall from t=
he
> site, stick it onto an SD card and then use that boot up a Raspberry =
Pi?
> I'd prefer a Pi over a "full PC" because it'd be quieter and - presum=
ably -
> use less power, so the workshop owner can leave it switched on all th=
e time
> and not worry about it - if it's a full-sized PC I can image someone
> shutting it down at the end of the night, and the rest of us who go i=
n
> there, out-of-hours, losing internet access!
>=20
> Although if I can get a cheap-enough PC off Mike, maybe I could trial=
 it on
> a full-sized PC and move over to R/Pi later?
>=20
> On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:45:17 PM UTC+1, Christopher Hills wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> > Use a couple of switches, hubs and one of the computers and install=
/build
> > a Smoothwall http://www.smoothwall.org/
> > Using a couple of NIC's in the smoothwall should share that interne=
t
> > connection between those computers
> > I'm using a smoothwall on my small home network
> > Regards
> > Chris Hills
> >=20
> > On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:34:50 UTC+1, Chris Holden wrote:
> >> Ok. Get ready to shoot the Windows Fanboy down in flames, but I'm =
about
> >> to get dirty with Linux, trying to help out a friend at an artists=

> >> workshop, where there are about 12 separate units. Since the build=
ing is
> >> a
> >> big old brick place, and some walls are foil-lined and so on, gett=
ing a
> >> reliable wi-fi signal is tricky. I figured we could run some cat5 =
cable
> >> around the place and allow each unit to hook up to a shared (wired=
)
> >> internet connection? Now, I'm making the rest of this up, so anyon=
e who
> >> can
> >> help out, shout up.
> >>=20
> >> I read this
> >> http://www.gyre.co.uk/help/broadband/connection_sharing.php#linux
> >>=20
> >> This is exactly what I'd like to do - have up to 12 or more PCs go=
ing
> >> through some kind of gateway, sharing a single internet connection=
. Would
> >> it be possible to run Linux on a Raspberry Pi and use it as an int=
ernet
> >> router/gateway? (I'm thinking for low power and stability - no mov=
ing
> >> parts
> >> - as reasons to run it on R/Pi as much as anything) There are cisc=
o
> >> switches on ebay for about =A330 delivered. Are these what I shoul=
d be
> >> looking at? We've a boxful of switches at the space, but apparentl=
y
> >> they're
> >> mostly (all?) dead!
Create a group - Google Groups - Google Home - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy
Account Options
