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[Abraham Moller]

Thanks for all the replies. Charles - I would be happy to help with RPi
intro class in the fall. Let me know when the class will happen and what
you need to set up for it. Looking forward to hearing more as it gets
closer.

Jon

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> But unsupported doesn't necessarily mean full of security holes. If you
> know what are you doing.
>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 9:17 AM Charles Shapiro via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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