From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/01/2026 19:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > 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. :-)   
   >   
      
   Further to this I right clicked on the network icon on my desktop to   
   select 'edit connections' and got the option to add an interface, and   
   type 'bridge' was one of the options.   
      
   It looks like a Gui interface may allow everything I want.   
      
   I think if I add Ethernet and Wlan interfaces to a bridge device I get   
   most of what I want, but I don't understand which interface gets the one   
   and only IP address.   
   Perhaps it doesn't matter...   
      
      
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