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Convert your Raspberry Pi into a Router


Today we are going to convert our raspberry pi into an effective router to create a new local subnet where we can safely host our servers and their services.

The device we are going to use is a Raspberry Pi 3b model, but any device with *nix, an ethernet adapter and 1 free usb slot (either 2.0, 3.0, usb c, micro usb) with usb-to-ethernet support compiled, should work.


THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

a small device (in this case a Pi), a usb-to-ethernet cable (to create a new physical address), a switch (in case you want to extend your connections), ethernet cables (with different sizes, depends on your setup)


Let's start with the Setup!!

  1. Connect the your small device to a working router (any router with internet access would do the work), connecting using the onboard ethernet adapter. In this case the device will be eth0
  2. Connect your usb-to-ethernet dongle to any free usb slot on your device.
  3. Make sure your system supports usb-to-ethernet. You should see a new eth device. It will be eth1
  4. eeeeeeee
docu/tutos/net/rpi_to_router.1581166042.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/02/08 12:47 by admin