Wireless internet router ..

With WiFi sure, with ethernet cables the number of ethernet ports (one) is a pretty obvious limitiation. For that it would be better to buy a real router with USB than mess about with multiple USB-Ethernet adapters on the rPi, in my opinion.

Perhaps this would be of interest?

Yes, I'm planning to do the same thing (if you mean WiFi instead of ethernet) with an rPi ZeroW and OpenWRT, as discussed here a while back (though I still haven't got it set up yet).

It's possible with "normal" Linux distros too, but as I'm keen on OpenWRT, I haven't made note of any of the tutorials that have come up in searches. They're out there though.

But why would I need multiple ethernet adapters?

If the setup is like this:

Mobile wifi internet hotspot (phone or what ever) | connecting to rpi via wifi | rpi connected to ethenet switch via cable | other devices are connected to this switch

I see only one ethernet from rpi or I'm I missing something here?

There might be other devices that can connect directly to the wifi but that's nothing to do with rpi though, since it's job is only direct trafic from lan to the wifi hotspot, right?

I misinterpreted that in the OP, assuming a dedicated mobile broadband modem connected via USB, which is what I use for my home internet.

Also assumed a single-device solution rather than wanting to connect with a switch, that would be better than the USB-Ethernet adapters certainly. If you could save needing the switch by using a router board with sufficient ethernet ports, that would still be my recommendation from the perspective of reliability and power consumption though (cost too, if you don't already have the switch).

If using a Raspberry Pi model other than the Pi4, note the speed limitations of the Ethernet because even the onboard port is actually connected via USB.

Sure.

On 17/08/2019 02:54, Bud Spencer wrote: []

I purchased this box to connect to the Ethernet port on a TV and allow that TV to participate in my house Wi-Fi.

Perhaps you could plug that into your Ethernet switch (having set it up with a PC or whatever)?

It goes pretty well. Contrary to other messages, even an old original Pi runs quite well as the router.

You have to set up two networks, one for the WLAN with address and subnet probably with DHCP from the wireless net, and another for the wired network. You should use a RFC1918 private subnet address range for it.

To route between the networks, you need to set up a masquerading firewall in the Pi (Google for instructions). You may (and should) set up a DNS cache and DHCP server in the Pi using the dnsmasq program.

I'm also running a NTP time server in the Pi, but it is more a convenience than a necessity.

Apple phones can be configured to 'look' like a USB ethernet dongle

It should do as long as the bandwidth is low enough.

Or you could just bridge ethernet and WLAN and leave the hotspot to do all that.

As can Android phones (they call it USB tethering), you can also link over bluetooth on mine apparently, I've never tried it.

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That should work fine with the rpi working either as a switch (simple) or router (more complex but adds security options for the wired LAN). Personally I'd go with setting it up as a switch, especially if there are other wireless clients.

Yep. It is buried deep in the menus so I never noticed it

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd like to have a bit more saying what data goes and where, hence router thingie is more like what I'm looking for.

Fruits are the worst thing to eat for human beings ...

No. Starch is.

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I was thinking rpi 3 b ot b+ .. since it's basically only for the trafic to the wild and back it doesn't matter if eth is only 100 base and not

My switch is, of course 1000 base, but rpi has nothing to do with that traffic, but to make sure all is fine and dandy and nothing goes into the wild that shouldn't.

What comes to networks I think wifi is just as it is and what ever device that is that is doing the AP can handle that side.

On the ethernets I don't need DHCP. I can manage with static IP's alright

Makes it simpler to control the trafic anyway methinks

So this thing seems like doable then.

I'll have to start digging some more ...

Thanks for everyone for the input!

Stratch is up there in the list, yes. But fruits are at the very top. Starch is more suitable, but bad still.

Not according to medical research

Reading the wrong research then? There is so many peer reviewed "research" and "study" out there that has nothing to do with reality. But that's academia for you.

Anyway. This is off-topic, but say this much, sugars are the worst and fructose and such nastyness in fruits is the worst of the sugars, so it's kinda no brainer.

Keep up the good heatlh anyway!

No. According to research starch, which converts directly to glucose, is way nastier tha fructose.

Bread is the worst form of starch as well. And is nearly ALL starch.

Fruits - even tropical fruits - have far more roughage vitamins and water than they do sugars

Bit late for that

As a type 2 diabetic who has spent a considerable time monitoring my blood glucose levels I can confirm that starches do indeed raise your BG levels considerably & for a prolonged period white bread is definitely the worst offender. Although fruits do have a varying amounts of sugar (grapes are considered Sugar bombs by most diabetics they do at least contain nutrients & vitamins. also if high in fibre the slow down the absorption of sugar causing less of a spike. Apples & strawberries are surprisingly good in this respect