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[Charles Shapiro]

Yeah,  I wouldn't recommend this for most uses.

-- CHS

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 06:44 DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> 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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