Eric, Do you have a problem with the usb-net thing being configured with the same IP addresses on each of the pi0's?
On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 8:51 PM Eric House <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm playing with Raspberry Pi Zeros, trying to integrate a handful of > them into my home network. I'm thinking they could replace the VM that > currently handles http[s] traffic to my home domain. > > Zeros, for those who don't know, are $5 512M/single-core ARM devices > with only a micro-USB OTG port for connectivity. If you configure them > correctly, you can provide power and networking over the same cable so > there's not too much cable clutter added. > > pi@pz1:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > model name : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l) > BogoMIPS : 997.08 > Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java tls > CPU implementer : 0x41 > CPU architecture: 7 > CPU variant : 0x0 > CPU part : 0xb76 > CPU revision : 7 > > Hardware : BCM2835 > Revision : 900093 > Model : Raspberry Pi Zero Rev 1.3 > > So far I've succeeded in building a version of OpenWRT that runs on a > Pi 4, which has standard USB ports. I've plugged a four-port USB hub > into one of them. As Zeros connected to the hub come up, usb<n> > entries are created in the output of 'ip addr'. I added an interface > that bridges them together, gets them networked via DHCP, and > generally convinces me that what I'm doing will work. > > The question is: what's the best way to integrate them into my > network? I'm not sure I need another OpenWRT box, as most of what it > does -- firewalling, dhcp, etc. -- can already be done by my gateway > router. Really the only requirement of the box they connect through is > that it have a USB port (which my Ubiquity X doesn't). If there were a > package like OpenWRT but focussed on load-balancing rather than > routing perhaps it'd be a better choice. > > Thanks! > > --Eric > > -- > My g-bike can trounce your e-bike! > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
