From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/01/2026 14:13, Adrian wrote:   
   > I started looking at doing something similar to this a couple of years   
   > ago (using the Pi as a WiFi access point in a location beyond the range   
   > of my router's WiFi).  I didn't complete the task for various reasons,   
   > but one thing that was clear, was that if I were to do it again, I would   
   > do the initial configuration of the Pi locally (keyboard etc. plugged   
   > in) rather than across the network (ssh session) as at each step of the   
   > way, it seemed that the Pi was inaccessible for something like 20-30   
   > minutes whilst it sorted out what to do with each configuration change   
   > (of which there were several needed).   
      
   Many thanks for good advice. I have a 4B available to test all this on   
   with a scream and keybored, and I have been through all this myself with   
   headless servers and IP changes. :-)   
      
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   projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to   
   contemplate a rollback of the industrial age.   
      
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