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Is it possible to set up a Raspberry Pi as a wireless router?
When using the Ethernet and a wireless adapter, is it possible to set up the device as a wireless router? If so, what software (and/or additional hardware) would be needed?
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Why does the Raspberry Pi need a MPEG-2 licence?
Since August 24 2012, it is possible to buy a licence to hardware-decode MPEG-2 videos.
Here are my questions:
Does it mean that, without this licence, the RPi cannot handle at all MPEG-2 video, or it will struggle to play it smoothly?
In what form…
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Raspbian keyboard layout
I want to set my keyboard settings to Swedish, but on the Raspbian configuration tool my keyboard is not on the list.
Update: Changing XKBLAYOUT to "se" doesn't work. And internationalization in raspi-config doesn't either. My keyboard is a Logitech…
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Is it possible to run .NET code on the Pi using mono?
Is it possible (and feasible) to run .NET applications on the Raspberry Pi with Mono?
If so, how well do they run? Is a basic GUI usable, or does poor performance realistically restrict it to command line applications?
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What do system LEDs signify?
There are 5 status LEDs on the Raspberry Pi board. While I can guess what the POWER LED signifies (the power being attached), I am not sure about other four.
So, what do OK, FDX, LNK and 10M signify?
user13
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How do I update my RPi3 to Python 3.6?
Python 3.6 just came out. I tried following these instructions to build from a tarball, but it got hung up on the make command, so I terminated the process after 20 minutes or so.
I also noticed that while the ./configure command was going, a number…
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How to install the Java JDK on Raspberry Pi
I am an experienced Java programmer who received the Raspberry Pi for Christmas. Unfortunately, it appears that only Python is installed in it. What command do I type at the start command line where I would usually type startx to install the JDK and…
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How do I change/recover my password?
I have made several personal configuration changes to a Raspbian Wheezy install (more secure ssh, personal configurations, etc). It's been a couple weeks since I last touched it, and I completely forgot the password to login. What should I do?
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How do I measure the current power consumption?
Is it possible to measure (with software, like PowerTOP) the Pi's current power consumption, on my Raspberry Pi?
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What kind of performance can I expect from using a Raspberry Pi as a webserver?
Has anyone done some web server benchmarking on their Raspi? I don't have my Raspi yet but I'm planning on using it as a web server and I'm interested to see stats for:
Number of requests per second
Latency response time between…
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Starting ssh automatically at boot time
I'm following a number of tutorials that explain how to setup an SD card that boots automatically enabling ssh in the process. I'm doing this as I only have a laptop and no spare keyboard, screen, etc. My problem is I cannot find the…
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Disable USB wifi sleep/suspend
Whenever I leave my Raspberry Pi on overnight, it always seems to have entered some kind of suspended state. The red power light is still on but the light on the USB WiFi device is off and I can't access it with SSH.
I have no peripherals attached…
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Why is my @ symbol not working?
I've never used linux before, so this may be a problem with that, but I'm trying to simply SSH into my friends webserver using the info he gave me. I looked up that the linux command to ssh is ssh username@hostname. I'm not trying to type that into…
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Cheapest way to controlling multiple power sockets (lights) through Wi-Fi
What I would like to see is the cheapest way possible to control my lights using my Raspberry Pi.
What I imagine to control it
I build an interface on my smartphone by which I can send commands to my Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi would then send a…
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How to set WiFi network priority?
I understand that I can set up multiple WiFis by adding to /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf (as prescribed in Setting WiFi Up Via The Command Line).
Let's say I have two WiFis registered: wifi_A and wifi_B
When I unplug router wifi_A, and…
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