From: F. W. <me@home.com>

...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.

But what software can be used?

Thank you

FW

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From: Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net>

On 07/12/2021 01:05 pm, F. W. wrote:
> ...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.
>
> But what software can be used?
>
> Thank you
>
> FW

Raspberry Pi OS Lite :
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_armhf/images/raspios_lite_armhf-2
021-11-08/2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-lite.zip
: Works for me.
A simple sample firewall script can be got from : Easy Firewall
Generator for IPTables : http://www.slackware.com/~alien/efg/
Yes, it's for Slackware but it does work with Raspbian.

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From: Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

F. W. <me@home.com> wrote:
> ...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.
>
> But what software can be used?

OpenWRT supports it:
https://openwrt.org/toh/raspberry_pi_foundation/raspberry_pi

You get the usual kind of web GUI for configuring router things, although
with more flexibility than most.

Theo

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From: tumppiw <tumppiw@gmail.com>

F. W. kirjoitti 7.12.2021 klo 15.05:
> ...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.
>
> But what software can be used?
>
> Thank you
>
> FW

Here's a few examples on how to use a Raspberry as a router..
(watch word-wrap)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlHWnKVpygw

https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2021/06/11/how-to-build-a-raspberry-pi-router-s
tep-by-step-tutorial/

https://linuxhint.com/raspberry_pi_wired_router/



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F. W. <me@home.com> wrote:
> ...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.
>
> But what software can be used?

I use a CM4 plugged into one of these:

https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767#targ
et_3

OpenWRT runs on it (and on other Raspberry Pis). You could use Raspbian or
some other general-purpose distro, but OpenWRT is designed specifically for
use in routers.

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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>

On 12/7/21 10:47 AM, scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
> I use a CM4 plugged into one of these:
>
>
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767#targ
et_3

Interesting.

What sort of throughput can you get on this? Can you get near gigabit
line rate?



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From: Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de>

Am Tue, 7 Dec 2021 14:05:01 +0100
schrieb "F. W." <me@home.com>:

> ...creating a WLAN, connected to a LAN-Cable.
>
> But what software can be used?
Do you really want routing here?
Be aware that you need to configure your other router too to make
routed nets work.
If you just like to use it as a WiFi access point, you can just create
a L2 bridge and attach eth0 and wlo0 (names may vary) to it.
That should be supported by most Linux distributions, including Ubuntu.

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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>

On 12/7/21 6:05 AM, F. W. wrote:
> But what software can be used?

Standard Linux bridging (brctl & iproute2 counterpart) should work just
fine.

1) Create a bridge interface.
2) Bring said bridge interface up.
3) Add the LAN interface to said bridge interface.
4) Bring said LAN interface up.
5) Add the WLAN interface to said bridge interface.
6) Bring said WLAN interface up.

Configure the /single/ IP address on the bridge interface.

Are you messing with HostAPd to manage the WLAN interface? Or are you
using simpler init scripts?



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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>

On 12/7/21 1:25 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> Standard Linux bridging (brctl & iproute2 counterpart) should work just
> fine.

Sorry, I answered as if you were wanting an Access Point, not a router.

Routers are actually easier to create.



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From: Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de>

Am Tue, 7 Dec 2021 13:26:07 -0700
schrieb Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>:

> Routers are actually easier to create.
Only of you do NAT routing. If not, it is not easier, because you
either need a global network for IPv4 and IPv6 or you need to use NAT
and private networks. Using private nets is not a good solution.
Bridge is better, because you don't need to care about this if you
already have a network with IPv4-DHCP and global IPv6 connectivity with
a router and its router advertisements.

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Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> On 12/7/21 10:47 AM, scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
>> I use a CM4 plugged into one of these:
>>
>>
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767#targ
et_3
>
> Interesting.
>
> What sort of throughput can you get on this? Can you get near gigabit
> line rate?

I don't know as my cable-modem service isn't anywhere near that fast, but
the second NIC added by the card is connected via PCIe, not USB. (The first
NIC is the one provided directly by the SoC, which would be the same as on a
Raspberry Pi 4.

FWIW, the user interface in OpenWRT is far more responsive than what I was
previously using on an Asus RT-AC56U. I'd suspect that network traffic is
handled more promptly as well.

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From: Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid>

scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
> Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>> On 12/7/21 10:47 AM, scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
>>> I use a CM4 plugged into one of these:
>>>
>>>
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767#targ
et_3
>>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> What sort of throughput can you get on this? Can you get near gigabit
>> line rate?
>
> I don't know as my cable-modem service isn't anywhere near that fast, but
> the second NIC added by the card is connected via PCIe, not USB. (The first
> NIC is the one provided directly by the SoC, which would be the same as on a
> Raspberry Pi 4.

Iperf is available as an OpenWRT package, in case you want to test.

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From: Pancho <Pancho.Dontmaileme@outlook.com>

On 08/12/2021 21:50, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
>> Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>>> On 12/7/21 10:47 AM, scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
>>>> I use a CM4 plugged into one of these:
>>>>
>>>>
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/Compute_Module_4_IoT_Router_Board_Mini_SKU_DFR0767#targ
et_3
>>>
>>> Interesting.
>>>
>>> What sort of throughput can you get on this? Can you get near gigabit
>>> line rate?
>>
>> I don't know as my cable-modem service isn't anywhere near that fast, but
>> the second NIC added by the card is connected via PCIe, not USB. (The first
>> NIC is the one provided directly by the SoC, which would be the same as on a
>> Raspberry Pi 4.
>
> Iperf is available as an OpenWRT package, in case you want to test.
>
yeah, and use your lan as wan, if that wasn't already obvious.

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Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us wrote:
>> Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
>>> What sort of throughput can you get on this? Can you get near gigabit
>>> line rate?
>>
>> I don't know as my cable-modem service isn't anywhere near that fast, but
>> the second NIC added by the card is connected via PCIe, not USB. (The first
>> NIC is the one provided directly by the SoC, which would be the same as on a
>> Raspberry Pi 4.
>
> Iperf is available as an OpenWRT package, in case you want to test.

Hadn't heard of that...tried it on the LAN port and got about 940 Mbps.
Testing traffic through both ports would probably require setting up a test
network, which would mean knocking my home network offline for a bit.

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