[TriLUG] new - old linux help

Mon Nov 28 15:15:54 EST 2016

The Raspberry Pi is well-suited for most of this kind of thing.  I've used
model A, B, B+, 2, and 3 models for various thing.  Personally I would go
for a Raspberry Pi 3 (because of the integrated wifi).  Keep in mind you
will need a 3 amp 120 volt power supply for the Pi.

I've seen plenty of Pi-based network storage devices where people plug USB
drives into the Pi and then share them via whatever technology they want
(depending on the type of client connecting).  A quick google search for a
Pi-based storage guide leads me to here: http://www.howtogeek.
com/139433/how-to-turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-a-low-power-
network-storage-device/

Using your Pi as the "home router" that performs call the DHCP and NAT
functions is a bit more difficult but it can be done, but I'm not sure you
would really want to.

As far as using air cards directly with the Pi I'm not sure how you would
accomplish that.  I set one up as a router a while back and loaded it with
three different SSID/Passphrase accounts to use as the WAN connection any
anytime the mobile hotspot became active it would start to use that
connection for its wan.

As far as a recommended OS I would go with Raspbian, personally though
there are many options.  I'm most familiar with Raspbian so I'm biased but
it is east to keep fully patched and there is a lot of software built into
the repositories that can be installed if needed.

Greg

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Hank Montgomery via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Hello TriLuggers,
>
> Back in 1990, with an MVS background,  I took a series of Unix classes up
> to and including Unix admin with BellSouth because I had just moved into
> the data center in Nashville TN and was going to be doing local support for
> a system that had a number of Unix boxes attached - however within a month
> of finishing the classes and moving into that job they developed a way to
> do 99% of the support remotely from Birmingham AL.  Hence my only function
> at that time was to apply updates from tape and boot the systems when
> required by the centralized support group.  My primary job migrated back to
> MVS mainframe support and I mostly said goodby to Unix.
>
> Fast forward to the end of 1999 and I was now retired from Ma Bell after a
> 35 year career, and had moved to Raleigh as an IT mainframe support
> contractor just in time for an uneventful Y2K.  In 2001 I started
> supporting some web pages at http://rars.org and had to get the old Unix
> books to learn enough to get by with SSH and FTP access.  By early 2005 I
> had purchased a virtual server in California and was supporting a few other
> sites as well so I again got out the old books and relearned just Unix
> (translating to Linux) to struggle through setting up a LAMP box at home as
> a text box for developing web pages - and I joined TriLug on June 11th of
> 2005 as Member ID : 1118497228 - and still have that card in my wallet and
> follow the email threads.  I attended about half the TriLUG meetings over
> the next couple of years but never learned much more Linux, then I retired
> from contract work and started RVing.  For a few years I still had the LAMP
> box at the house and accessed it via remote FTP and SSH from the RV.  Then
> we sold the house and became Full Time RVers and while I still support
> several websites,  I no longer have a test box for development.
>
> Now I have an admittedly somewhat ambitious interest in setting up one or
> more Raspberry PI boxes running something like LAMP to provide:
> 1) a LAN for several laptops, tablets,  smartphones, and a WiFi / USB
> printer
> 2)  a web development host with PHP and MySql,
> 3) several networked storage devices,
> 4) Ability to dynamically connect the LAN to any of several WAN
> connections including air cards from 2 cell carriers and local campground
> WiFi hotspot when available.
>
> I know NOTHING about Raspberry Pi so I am looking for answers:
> A) Is if feasible to do all this on a single Raspberry Pis - or how many
> should I plan on building.
> B) What flavor(s) of O/S should I use (simple I hope).
> C) Once configured can ALL maintenance and use be done over WiFi.
>
> NOTE that  power and space, are all  limited when living in an RV - to say
> nothing of money, also factor.
>
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated,
> Hank Montomery
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