On 2/21/2024 00:37:59, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 2/20/24 20:50, Michael Fischer wrote:
Hi all,
may be in the situation where I'd want to create a "second nic" via usb->ethernet. Is this one of those USB WiFi things? If so, just plug it in, and go into YaST/Network Settings and configure it. Then go into Services Manager and enable service hostapd to run manually. Hostapd will bring
On 2024-02-20 21:55, Michael Fischer wrote: the subnet up whenever the NIC is detected, and bring it down if the NIC is unplugged. Nope. "Ordinary small Dell desktop playing the role of firewall/router", in the case of "too darn small to take an additional ordinary-size nic card but has
On Tue, Feb 20, Darryl Gregorash wrote: plenty of USB-3", like, one of these:
https://amazon.com/Dell-OptiPlex-7050-Micro-Refurbished/dp/B0C9SWBX88/
Notion is to put the line out to the world through the onboard nic, and a USB->ethernet to the switch for the "internal" machines.
1. Is this insane/impossible? 2. If the answer to (1) is no, how would one tell e.g. yast to configure such a thing?
If the answer involves "Add line to 70-persistent-net.rules", how does one figure out the Mac addr for a usb connection?
I did exactly this for one of my users a few months ago. I bought a UNI USB/Ethernet adapter for $16 on Amazon and configured it as a normal Ethernet in Yast2.
Works perfectly!
Regards, Lew
Have a 10 year old Netgate/pfsense (APU-1c based). Only has USB 2.0, but the dongle was recognized as if it belonged there. Installed the newest pfsense and it sees it as well. Now have 4 ports and can configure a "hot standby". A dream come true. Have not load tested it.