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On 11/01/2026 14:40, David Higton wrote:
> In message <10k06pm$3qvn9$25@dont-email.me>
>            The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> 
>> Situation: I have one ethernet port in a room near the TV and would like
>> to make the  smart TV not a TV so to speak, and instead drive it from a  Pi
>> 5 as a HDMI screen and use the Pi for any or all smart capabilities.
>>
>> But I also need wifi access to the network in that room as well, and the
>> pi 5 comes with wifi,
>>
>> But I have never seen it configured as a *bridge* to the network and  DHCP
>> server via the Ethernet.
>>
>> Does anyone have a link to a magic spell book for this configuration?
> 
> If I've understood correctly, turning the RPi into an access point would
> do half of what you want.

Yes., it would.

>  I installed OpenWRT on an RPi4 a few weeks ago,
> and it was very successful as an AP, although the need for it didn't last
> long (my son installed a new mesh network, which gave whole house
> coverage).  Note that the RPi4 only does one wifi band; I don't know the
> RPi5.
> 
I dont want to go that far and replace existing DHCP allocation etc.

> I'm not an expert on OpenWRT, so you'll need to web search for information.
> 
> As for the other half of what you want, there might be enough processing
> power left over.  You haven't given us any detail of what you want to do
> in that regard.
> 
That is why I don't want to start with opemwrt. Its too intrusive.


> David

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