From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   I have a RPi 3B wirelessly in a LAN, currently located with access to   
   gigabit ethernet. I want to repurpose it to an access point, at first w/   
   conventional peripherals, then 'shift' it to headless operation   
   connecting only to power and ethernet.   
      
   So far I have installed the RealVNC server from the RPi repo/s and have   
   tested the VNC access using a live LM testing first the realvnc viewer   
   and then the Tigervnc, and I prefer the Tiger.   
      
   If it isn't 'impossible', in the beginning I would like to be able to   
   operate the RPi in one of two different modes, either conventionally w/   
   wifi connectivity or as an access point not headless.   
      
   One of my guides so far has been this article:   
   https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-3   
   as-an-access-point/all   
      
   However, that method will 'corrupt'/destroy the conventional function of   
   wifi connectivity. Is it possible to somehow configure to be able to use   
   that configuration alternatively w/ the conventional?  If not, I would   
   delay my conversion to access point until I decide on a USB wifi dongle   
   to add. I don't think much of the RPi's native antenna situation, and I   
   would prefer a rubber ducky which I could have on a USB dongle.  I do   
   not want to do a board mod to enable an antenna which I have viewed.   
      
   This is my first experience heading toward doing anything headless. In   
   the past I have had an OEM AP in the location I would put the headless   
   RPi, but it died.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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