Raspberry Pi network shenanigans (Linux)
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That's it?
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Yes. I can change the Wi-Fi password
I assume you have to pick one of the predefined options:- (No password)
- password
- hunter1
and there's a button here that drops all NAT connections.
The off switch?
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The off switch?
Fun fact: that button does not drop NAT connections. So if you reboot your router too many times, you can fill its NAT connection pool and not be able to access anything until some time out and you clear the pool.
Also, for some reason, connections directly to the router are NATed, so every incoming packet to the router's web interface is from the router's IP address.
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Hell, and I thought your internet connection was bad. Turns out it goes much further than that...
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Right now it says this on the NAT status page:
Total sessions available 2560 Total sessions in use 146So unless you reboot it and then hit a bunch of websites over and over, it's not going to be an issue.
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Fun fact: that button does not drop NAT connections. So if you reboot your router too many times, you can fill its NAT connection pool and not be able to access anything until some time out and you clear the pool.
Total sessions available 2560
Total sessions in use 146
It seems you are the only user on your internet connection then?
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I assume you have to pick one of the predefined options:
(No password)
password
hunter1you forgot
- 123456
- admin
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Seems to me your router is a slightly newer version that ben_lubars.
Filed Under: SECURITY UPDATE! IMPORTANT!
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Seems to me your router is a slightly newer version that ben_lubars.
Well I should hope so. The damn thing looks like a UFO preparing to fire all plasma cannons. I'd have been pissed if I paid that much extra money for who-knows-how-old hardware and all I had to show for it was a sci-fi case.
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#but I can't click on them because I don't have the rights to edit the network...
I gave up on Debian and NetworkManager combination because of this. They are unable to make installing NetworkManager from packages to work without additional configuration. I was unable to get it to work even though I were in the correct groups according to documentation etc.
NM itself is an excellent piece of networking software and can do complex configurations from CLI, TUI or GUI. It can also handle connection sharing with ease when you want to plug the Pi to your Ethernet port and share a wireless connection or something to it. It'll create a NAT with DHCP and DNS redirection on-the-fly.
Of course all this awesomeness is only available to you when the ones packaging it doesn't suck balls. Unfortunately you don't have much choices on Pi.
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but I can't click on them because I don't have the rights to edit the network...
sudo nm-connection-editor, poor you
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I gave up on Debian and NetworkManager combination because of this. They are unable to make installing NetworkManager from packages to work without additional configuration.
Just Works on all my Debian Xfce boxes. I don't recall having had to do anything clever to achieve that.
It used to be a fiddly PITA about three years ago. Not any more AFAIK.
Haven't tried it on Raspbian; both my Pis run OSMC and neither of them currently has a desktop environment. This thread might well be the kick up the arse I need to install a vanilla Raspbian and Xfce on one of them and see what happens.
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I haven't used Debian for roughly three years after apt bricked my install for good so it might have improved but it was very similiar to what Kuro is experiencing.
