(11-08-2023, 07:56 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote:

(11-08-2023, 06:31 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote:

(11-08-2023, 03:56 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: There is no local DNS resolver running on my ISP-provided router. (The ISP is Comcast). 

The LAN is 10.0.0.x, the router gateway is 10.0.0.1, and the router is running DHCP.

Here we see the hotspot has grabbed 10.42.0.x  for its LAN. I imagine the subnet is user-definable but I haven't explored this.

Code:

kreed@pi400:~ $ ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
       inet 10.0.0.253  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.0.255
       inet6 xxxx:xxx:xxxx::faa4  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x0<global>
       inet6 fe80::6655:9a1c:2c4e:76d6  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
       inet6 xxxx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:e569  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
       ether e4:5f:01:29:07:f7  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       RX packets 155  bytes 52781 (51.5 KiB)
       RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
       TX packets 189  bytes 26374 (25.7 KiB)
       TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536
       inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
       inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>
       loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
       RX packets 10287  bytes 898671 (877.6 KiB)
       RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
       TX packets 10287  bytes 898671 (877.6 KiB)
       TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

wlan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
       inet 10.42.0.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.42.0.255
       ether e4:5f:01:29:07:f8  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
       RX packets 5869518  bytes 6426459127 (5.9 GiB)
       RX errors 0  dropped 127  overruns 0  frame 0
       TX packets 1724949  bytes 197714515 (188.5 MiB)
       TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

Code:

kreed@pi400:~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
search hsd1.md.comcast.net
nameserver 75.75.75.75
nameserver 75.75.76.76
nameserver xxxx:xxx:xxxx::1
# NOTE: the libc resolver may not support more than 3 nameservers.
# The nameservers listed below may not be recognized.
nameserver xxxx:xxx:xxxx::2
nameserver xxxx:xxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:74b8

Note that I have full IPv6 service from my ISP and I obscure IPv6 global addresses out of (what may be) an over-abundance of caution. Someday I need to get more familiar with IPv6 security. techniques Someday.

Regards,
Kent

Interesting. My network uses the 192.168.1 address space. I'll have to see what network the AP assigns. 

Also prolly need to investigate how to assign a static address space for example 172.42.1.x if needed. I'm thinking it might not since lately it seems that pretty much everything supports mDNS or some sort of auto discovery.

Looks like it always assigns the same 10.42.0 network so no need for any static addressing.
inet 10.42.0.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.42.0.255

- Connection hot switching works fine as long as you are first ssh'd in to the Ethernet address
- AP mode is fully bridged to the Ethernet side forming a true Hotspot.

It's a super nice simplification of networking. Things like dhcpcd, hostapd, bunch of config files etc don't appear to be  needed anymore :-)

Btw, you can use PSK's generated by wpa_passphrase instead of plaintext passwords for the psk= param. Also to generate UUID's just cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid

(11-08-2023, 11:37 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Turns out to be easy to assign the static network 172.24.1.1/24 to the AP. Just add another line to the [ipv4] section

Code:

[ipv4]
address1=172.24.1.1/24
method=shared

Now the AP comes up as 172.24.1.1 and, for example, my phone connected as 172.24.1.238.

There's so much to nmcli and some newer features---such as hotspot---have options that aren't documented as well as I'd hoped.

Regards,
Kent

(11-11-2023, 02:10 AM)Tim Curtis Wrote: Cool. Maybe Firefox is also worth testing since its also included in Bookworm.

(11-11-2023, 03:50 AM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote:

(11-11-2023, 02:10 AM)Tim Curtis Wrote: Cool. Maybe Firefox is also worth testing since its also included in Bookworm.

I'm not well versed in Firefox's kiosk mode but I gave it a try.

1.. install firefox package. That pulled down some 300MB more stuff. Lots of libs, etc.

2. changed the wayfire.ini file to make the only autostart program line

Code:

firefox=firefox --kiosk https://moodeaudio.org

3. from the command line, invoke wayfire

Result: it takes some 40 seconds for the firefox window to appear with the moodeaudio homepage.

By comparison, it takes only 4 seconds for the chromium-browser window to appear with the moodeaudio homepage.

Also, running firefox consumes 300MB more memory than running chromium-browser.

Both of these browsers have built-in preferences. I didn't try to edit the default settings for either. Perhaps one or more of the firefox preferences can be tweaked to shorten the load-in time and/or the amount of memory consumed.

Regards,
Kent