Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:52:50 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > As I think you suggested earlier, another option is an extra Pi with two > network interfaces. One on the office LAN and the other on the Pi > network. It would run WireGuard. The office router would port-forward > to it. I asked if

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > > > I'm not sure I fully understand nodogsplash, but I understood > > > enough 2-3 years ago to get the functionality I wanted. I want to > > > retain that functionality and also have the VPN. > > > > Which may not be possible. > > Well. If it's not possible, I need to find out ASAP

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 17:02:11 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > I'm not sure I fully understand nodogsplash, but I understood enough > > 2-3 years ago to get the functionality I wanted. I want to retain > > that functionality and also have the VPN. > > Which may not be possible. Well. If it's n

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I'm not sure I fully understand nodogsplash, but I understood enough > 2-3 years ago to get the functionality I wanted. I want to retain > that functionality and also have the VPN. Which may not be possible. A quick read of https://nodogsplashdocs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/howitworks

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 15:00:14 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > If you understand the method nodogsplash uses for control and want to > get something working alongside it, whether SSH, OpenVPN, or Wireguard, I'm not sure I fully understand nodogsplash, but I understood enough 2-3 years ago to get t

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > If I can get this working with my simulated WMT network here in my > home, then the on-site volunteer should only have to set up port > forwarding on the Office Router. Surely he'd have to do that anyway, > whether we used VPN or SSH ultimately? Ultimately, but if the r-r Pi is allow

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 13:40:26 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Getting this all working whilst talking someone else through the > experimentation and typing sounds hard. If I can get this working with my simulated WMT network here in my home, then the on-site volunteer should only have to set up p

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > > Who configures the office router? > > Currently no-one, other than the ISP. The only volunteer who is an > ex- engineer and has physical access to the site will do whatever is > necessary on site. However, he is a hardware engineer and so will > need some virtual hand- holding from

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:52:14 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Clearly, the office computers are exposed to the Internet. :-) Yes. But only in the same way as any computer on a network connected to an ADSL Router. Currently no incoming connections are allowed. > Does WMT's office router have a

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, More questions, including based on your reply to me in the other branch of the thread. > The Trustees are very concerned that machines in the Office are not > exposed to the Internet. > > This link shows the setup: > > https://wmtprojectsforum.altervista.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3502#p

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:24:14 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > You've a main Pi at WMT which is the one running nodogsplash. > It's connected to the Internet, but nodogsplash blocks > Internet access for local Wi-Fi users once Android has seen just enough > of the world. Correct. > Do you currentl

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 12:16:57 BST Keith Edmunds wrote: > So you need remote access to Raspberry Pi. To about 20 Pis actually :-) > If you have fixed IP addresses at home, ssh that is firewalled to those > addresses is easiest. > > If you don't have fixed IP addresses, ssh access authenticate

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > We are stuck at home and the Raspberry Pi network is at WMT. > We haven't yet finished the development of the software running in the > Pis in the network (they are monitoring water levels in butts > supplying the model river), plus we can't download the measurement > results from the

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Keith Edmunds
So you need remote access to Raspberry Pi. If you have fixed IP addresses at home, ssh that is firewalled to those addresses is easiest. If you don't have fixed IP addresses, ssh access authenticated only by keys is easy once set up. If you'd like help with that, what operating systems will the r

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
On Saturday, 6 June 2020 11:56:32 BST Keith Edmunds wrote: > Terry, rewind. You've decided you need a VPN, but the VPN is to achieve > something. Define clearly what that something is. > > What are you are trying to achieve? We are stuck at home and the Raspberry Pi network is at WMT. We haven't

Re: [Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Keith Edmunds
Terry, rewind. You've decided you need a VPN, but the VPN is to achieve something. Define clearly what that something is. What are you are trying to achieve? -- Linux Tips: https://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/category/techtips/ -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-07-07 20:00 Che

[Dorset] Using macvlan to increase Ethernet Ports

2020-06-06 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, I think many of you are aware that I, amongst others on this list, volunteer at the Wimborne Model Town. Back in 2016 & 2017, I installed a Webserver on a Raspberry Pi connected to a private network so that Visitors could access an Audio Guide and Kiddies Quiz. To cut a long story short w