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[Weaver]

 

What kind of good things can I do with one?

[vic0239]

At the moment I use mine for DSLstats (of course), Powerdns and a monitoring package for my UPS (uses Apache).

[roseway]

There are numerous projects and hardware addons to be found. Just to take one example, a popular use is with a webcam, making a low cost, low power security camera.

[Weaver]

Some ideas I have had for making router-type devices would probably require two NICs. I am I right in thinking that  there's only a single NIC on all models? Apart from something very nasty involving VLANs and a lot of clutter cost and software clart - which would defeat the compact convenience of the Pi - I'm rather stuck.

What if anything have other users done about the multiple ports thing?

[loonylion]

Some ideas I have had for making router-type devices would probably require two NICs. I am I right in thinking that  there's only a single NIC on all models? Apart from something very nasty involving VLANs and a lot of clutter cost and software clart - which would defeat the compact convenience of the Pi - I'm rather stuck.

What if anything have other users done about the multiple ports thing?

it can use usb nics, or you might want to look at the bannana pi, which comes in a router style model with multiple ethernet and onboard wifi.

[Weaver]

@loonylion - I'll also read up on the BananaPi too then, thanks

[loonylion]

I havent had the opportunity to get one yet, so it may not be multiple distinct nics, it may be an onboard switch device.

[Weaver]

Where's the best place to get a Pi from?

[Weaver]

If I need two NICs then, the only ways around are, as far as I can see, either
    (i)  USB. Ugh.
or,
    (ii) VLANs, would need a VLAN switch to demux. Insane.

What would a software stack look like for ethernet over USB?

If I ran Win10 on it, then it would be clean as I could use layered drivers presumably. All depends on whether I could find the individual drivers.

[Dray]

Some similar questions here http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/7223/using-the-raspberry-pi-as-a-router

[Jaggies]

You can run RISC OS on one...

https://www.riscosopen.org/content/downloads/raspberry-pi

For anyone who misses Acorn Computers... 

[Dray]

Not really a surprise seeing as it has an ARM chip

[sheddyian]

On the subject of adding extra network ports, and not wanting to do it via USB, bear in mind that the built-in NIC is only 10/100 and it is connected via the PI's USB internally.  So realistically, you're not losing much by adding USB NIC.

In fact, according to this blog entry I've just discovered http://www.midwesternmac.com/blogs/jeff-geerling/getting-gigabit-networking, adding a gigabit NIC USB adaptor to the PI does increase throughput, even though the PI is only using USB 2.0

The throughput of the PI is pretty good, all things considered - I get around 8 - 10 MB/sec reading data from a Samba share on the pi (from a hard disk that's also connected to the USB).  Enough for streaming HD video to my TV using DLNA.

Ian

[Weaver]

@sheddyian -thanks for that tip.

Did you manage to find software components to do most or all of the job for the DLNA server application? Or did you have to write a ton of code yourself?

[sheddyian]

I'm using miniDNLA, which seems pretty good and doesn't stress the pi too much.  It does have its quirks, but on the whole seems good once it's setup, and you'll easily find guides that walk you through it if you Google for them.

I also use Samba, so that Windows computers and other things can see the files that the Pi is sharing out.  Again, lots of guide as how to set this up are all over the web.

Ian