- WiFi Bridge - this will be needed to connect the non-WiFi equipment, like the Edgerouter-12, to the WiFi network
- MQTT Server - this would provide an MQTT instance at the WiFi level on the ER12 router for some automation things
- Home Assistant Server - this would provide an HA instance through the ER12 router
- L2TP IPSec Endpoint - this would provide a connection for my laptops from anywhere in the community through the ER12 router
- Raspberry Pi WiFi Endpoint - L2TP IPSec GRE based endpoint that isolates the Ethernet connection of the RPi from the WiFi portion which runs over the campus WiFi network; it also allows a point to point connection between RPi endpoints with multiple networking protocols running over it on whatever vlans I desire; this might possibly be implemented by an RPi Zero W/USB plug
- Plex Server - this would provide Plex capability through the ER12 router
- NextCloud Server - this would provide file and project services through the ER12 router
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!
Friday, December 24, 2021
Possible Networking Changes in an All WiFi Environment
Since the retirement village will have only WiFi connection, there will be some things that I will need to add to make the setup easier for the future. It seems that I will be able to talk between devices over the WiFi network, including all over the campus. I am counting on this to be able to do some interesting network things. So there would need to be some of the following developed:
