<div dir="auto">But unsupported doesn't necessarily mean full of security holes. If you know what are you doing.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 9:17 AM Charles Shapiro via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yeah, I wouldn't recommend this for most uses.<div><br></div><div>-- CHS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 06:44 DJ-Pfulio <<a href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For clarity, most people shouldn't be using unsupported dd-wrt/openwrt<br>
builds that aren't maintained and current. Yes?<br>
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On 06/30/2018 10:23 PM, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
> The latter. This router is bridging into a network containing nothing<br>
> but student Raspberry Pi s which will be active for a matter of hours.<br>
> It is not connected to the wider internet. I wouldn't use it on a<br>
> production network.<br>
> <br>
> My real problem is that I can't trust Windows to work with a USB to RJ45<br>
> adapter. When I tried an adapter on a random Windows laptop at Decatur<br>
> Makers, it failed to recognize the device without a driver. I am<br>
> reluctant to spend much time on Windows technical support in a Raspberry<br>
> Pi class. I figure that if they can't connect to WiFi, I can<br>
> legitimately throw up my hands and say "Get a Real Computer".<br>
> <br>
> --CHS<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 13:13 DJ-Pfulio via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Charles, are you really using wifi router firmware from 2011 still?<br>
> The last version of openwrt that works on that hardware is 10.03.1 ...<br>
> <a href="https://archive.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/</a><br>
> <br>
> Or do you compile your own that includes all the remote exploit fixes<br>
> found sense then?<br>
> <br>
> On 06/30/2018 08:42 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:<br>
> > Hmm. I just recently updated my WRT54GL from CoovaAP to OpenWRT. <br>
> That<br>
> > went pretty ok simple. I dunno about using it as a portable linux<br>
> > device. Seems like the RPi might be more suited to that. At least one<br>
> > of my friends is using one that way now.<br>
> ><br>
> > I have a go-ahead for a Raspberry Pi intro class at Decatur Makers for<br>
> > the fall. DM has a cardboard box with about 70 Raspberry Pi 2 Bs<br>
> in it<br>
> > (the one with 2 USB ports and an HDMI port). They lack SD cards<br>
> and wall<br>
> > warts, but will run the latest 'n' greatest raspbian no problem. <br>
> I've<br>
> > got the hardware and software developed, and I'm in process of taking<br>
> > pictures and making a slide deck. The current plan is to cover three<br>
> > different ways to light an LED from the web: CGI, CGI talking to a<br>
> > daemon, and CherryPy (as an example of a web framework). I'll<br>
> probably<br>
> > be looking for teaching assistants for this when the time gets closer.<br>
> ><br>
> > -- CHS<br>
> ><br>
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