One of the issues that I have fixed is how to take each one of the RPis in the Cluster and be able to independently move them from one location to another. I was able to achieve this by the use of a Netgear 116E 16-port managed switch. Since I have 4 RPis in the cluster, I took up 8 ports on the switch and managed to be able to move things around at my convenience. This was evident when I decided to take .101 and tie it to the same vlan as .100. However, in this case I started up an openVPN setup following the instructions at https://github.com/StarshipEngineer/OpenVPN-Setup. By having .101 on the switch, I was able to easily move the head from the LAN1 vlan to the CEH input vlan. Now I can setup the openVPN independently from what I was intending on doing with .100.
Another interesting tidbit was that I was able to hook up the PowerLine adapter to the No-MansLand vlan in another area in my house and connect to it via the other PowerLine adapter on my front porch. So I was able to do some updates to the RPi while sitting on my porch - and No-MansLand vlan was separated from the outside world. Now what I want to be able to do is access specific vlans from outside using a double IPSec encryption setup. More later.
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
