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[DJ-Pfulio]

For clarity, most people shouldn't be using unsupported dd-wrt/openwrt
builds that aren't maintained and current.  Yes?


On 06/30/2018 10:23 PM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> The latter.  This router is bridging into a network containing nothing
> but student Raspberry Pi s which will be active for a matter of hours.
> It is not connected to the wider internet.  I wouldn't use it on a
> production network.
> 
> My real problem is that I can't trust Windows to work with a USB to RJ45
> adapter.  When I tried an adapter on a random Windows laptop at Decatur
> Makers, it failed to recognize the device without a driver.  I am
> reluctant to spend much time on Windows technical support in a Raspberry
> Pi class. I figure that if they can't connect to WiFi, I can
> legitimately throw up my hands and say "Get a Real Computer".
> 
> --CHS
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 13:13 DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Charles, are you really using wifi router firmware from 2011 still?
>     The last version of openwrt that works on that hardware is 10.03.1 ...
>     https://archive.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/
> 
>     Or do you compile your own that includes all the remote exploit fixes
>     found sense then?
> 
>     On 06/30/2018 08:42 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>     > Hmm.  I just recently updated my WRT54GL from CoovaAP to OpenWRT. 
>     That
>     > went pretty ok simple.   I dunno about using it as a portable linux
>     > device. Seems like the RPi might be more suited to that.  At least one
>     > of my friends is using one that way now.
>     >
>     > I have a go-ahead for a Raspberry Pi intro class at Decatur Makers for
>     > the fall.  DM has a cardboard box with about 70 Raspberry Pi 2 Bs
>     in it
>     > (the one with 2 USB ports and an HDMI port). They lack SD cards
>     and wall
>     > warts, but will run the latest 'n' greatest raspbian no problem.  
>     I've
>     > got the hardware and software developed, and I'm in process of taking
>     > pictures and making a slide deck.  The current plan is to cover three
>     > different ways to light an LED from the web:  CGI, CGI talking to a
>     > daemon, and CherryPy (as an example of a web framework).  I'll
>     probably
>     > be looking for teaching assistants for this when the time gets closer.
>     >
>     > -- CHS
>     >
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