From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 15/08/2025 20:11, Chris Townley wrote:   
   > On 15/08/2025 20:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> 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...   
   >>   
   >>   
   > It would depend on how many client devices connect, and what they want   
   > to use...   
   >   
   So does gigabit Ethernet   
   --   
   In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.   
   In practice, there is.   
   -- Yogi Berra   
      
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