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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
