https://medium.com/@matthewhuie/connecting-a-raspberry-pi-zero-to-a-network-via-usb-on-the-go-and-openwrt-8995a58ec151
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 9:28 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
