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
>
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