From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 15/08/2025 20:03, Chris Townley wrote:   
   > On 15/08/2025 19:53, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > The 3B doesn't have any way near Gigabyte Ethernet   
   >   
   It doesn't matter really does it? neither will the wifi. It will   
   allegedly do 300Mbps, which is better than 100Mbps ethernet...   
      
      
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