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On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:58:30 +0000, 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?
> 
> TIA TNP

How about one of these?



 - may be back-arse-
wards but may still work



No I've not actually tried them, I've been fitting ZigBee without 'smart-
life' /tuya cloud & bulbs that won't pair.

Have fun

Avpx
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