On 2/20/2024 23:50:58, 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.
Question I have is, why choose OpenSuse, or any general purpose distro, instead of pfSense, or some other "purpose built" FOSS software?