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How about a Raspberry PI 2 as a firewall?

August 26, 2015 · admin Unix Raspberry PI Wheezy Networking
A Raspberry PI 2 performs as expected exceptionally well as a firewall. The download throughput achieved was 33 Mbits/sec under the same test conditions as the previous test (see Can A Raspberry PI Be Used As A Firewall? for more details). The CPU usage was about 5% during the download test. The CPU usage was around 2% while performing the upload test.

Can a Raspberry PI be used as a firewall?

August 25, 2015 · admin Raspberry PI Wheezy Networking
Can a Raspberry PI be used as a firewall? This question comes back often. Well, I have tested it. The test conditions are:

Octoprint and Cura Disk Image for the Raspberry Pi (Version 2015-03-15)

March 16, 2015 · admin Raspberry PI Wheezy 3D Printing Cura Octoprint
Cura integrated with Octoprint brings your 3D printer to the next level. You can download from HERE a fully functional image of Cura integrated with Octoprint. Simply copy this image to an SD-card of 4GB or more. Instruction to copy an image on an SD-card is given on this PAGE. You will need to unzip this file prior copying the image to the SD-card. A 4 GB SD-card will give you about 1.2 GB of free space to upload your models after expanding the filesystem. Be aware that some folders are hidden. Make sure you display them. This image is based on the following:

Octoprint and Cura Disk Image for the Raspberry Pi

January 5, 2015 · admin Raspberry PI Wheezy 3D Printing Cura
A newer version is available HERE Cura integrated with Octoprint brings your 3D printer to the next level. You can download from HERE a fully functional image of Cura integrated with Octoprint. Simply copy this image to an SD-card of 4GB or more. Instruction to copy an image on an SD-card is given on this PAGE. You will need to unzip this file prior copying the image to the SD-card. A 4 GB SD-card will give you about 1.2 GB of free space to upload your models after expanding the filesystem. Be aware that some folders are hidden. Make sure you display them. This image is based on the following:

Accessing a serial port from a web server

On most Linux distribution, it is impossible to access a serial port (ex. /dev/ttyS0) from a web server such as Apache or lighttpd using a cgi. Simply add the user under which the web server runs (www-data for example) to the group dialout. To do so, use vigr from the command line and add the user on the dialout group line. Such a line will typically look like:

Recording a terminal session under Linux

It is possible to record a terminal session under Linux with ttyrec. It also records vi, emacs, etc. sessions. Fisrt, install ttyrec

A step by step guide to setup a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the Raspberry PI

August 9, 2012 · admin Linux Debian Raspberry PI Wheezy
A lot of people is having problem setting up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the Raspberry PI. Things get more complicated when your wired keyboard or mouse does not work or prevent your Bluetooth dongle from working. There is hope. This step by step procedure will let you install them or at a minimum let you know what does not work. It uses only the command line interface. It is targeted for the Wheezy Debian distribution.

Initializing A Wireless Connection At Boot Time

August 5, 2012 · admin Debian Raspberry PI Wheezy
You can initialize your Raspberry PI wireless connection automatically at boot time if the instructions given in a previous post entitled How To Setup A Protected Wireless Connection Via The Command-Line worked. This is pretty straight forward. You must be root to carry out these instructions. Save the wpa.conf file created in the previous post somewhere on the SD card you use to boot the system. For example in /root/bin/wpa.conf. Create the following script and save it in a file called /root/bin/initWiFi for example

How To Setup A Protected Wireless Connection Via the Command-Line

August 5, 2012 · admin Unix Ubuntu Linux Debian Raspberry PI Wheezy
Setting up a wireless connection via the command line may vary depending on the USB Wireless Interface you are using. These instructions also work for the Raspberry PI running Wheezy. You must be root in order to carry out these instructions. Make sure that your wireless interface is recognized.