I have a USB stick with 32GB. However, I cannot hook an ethernet cable to the computer and router because all the router’s plugs are being used.
A switch
This. Get a cheap gigabit switch. Might even find some second hand for nothing.
I recommend looking at businesses that are closing moving or upgrading. I have a literal stack of old switches retired from work. 48 ports, gigabit, and free.
It says you have to connect it to a router
It says you have to connect it to a router
The switch is connected to the router. But if you want to go directly to the router, move other connections to the switch so you can put the instance directly into the router.
thanks!!
Okay, so Abuelo says:
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he will not rewire things with the router
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he wants me to find a way to create a Lemmy instance without Ethernet, just the regular Wi Fi connection without a router or anything.
Then tell him to do it himself, because he clearly doesn’t understand how basic networking works, and he’s not willing to adopt the easiest and most obvious solution.
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You should be able to plug a small switch into the router and then you’ll have more ports available. I’d suggest 1gb or faster, depending on the speed limitations of the ports on the router you could go for a faster switch if you think you’d need it.
Yeah, I don’t think the lack of a free ethernet port is their biggest obstacle here.
My grandpa says we can’t, IDK why
If my grandfather were still alive and tried to tell me literally anything about network maintenance, I’d say “ok sure grandpa, don’t worry about it”, and then do it anyways after he goes to bed, because I know how networking works as a component of having over a decade of devops and homelab experience, and he would never notice.
