From: news@cct-net.co.uk   
      
   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   
      
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   Chris   
      
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