[ale] Raspberry pi standalone hotspot/apache server - how insane?

[Jim Baker]

Yes -- On the keyboard, mouse, display...


On 3/22/19 5:36 PM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> So, if one was headed out on an extended cruise, and one wanted to do 
> a couple of things:
>
> 1) have a standalone hotspot to allow an android phone and a Roku 
> stick to communicate so the phone could cast some learning videos to 
> the TV.  (tai-chi/qigong - long cruise)
>
> 2) have a that hotspot also provide a rudimentary webserver, so that 
> static html pages could be served up to some number of people, 
> completely independent of the ship's Wifi.
>
> It looks like a raspberry pi 3 could readily do that.
>
> How much work to set that up?  Where might one find the best deal in 
> town on one?
>
> Having never worked with one,  I'm guessing that one can find a base 
> linux, and the hdmi port will drive a display, and one can stick a USB 
> keyboard and mouse on it, and then it's pretty much a small linux box?
>
> regards,
>
>
> Neal
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