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.
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
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:
he will not rewire things with the router
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.
If he wants you to do this, explain that you will buy a basic $10-20 unmanaged port extender (switch) and then take one plug out of the old router, connect to the new switch, and plug the cable you disconnected to the new one. You can always reverse those steps and reboot things if needed, but I wouldn’t expect this causing any problems given how often I’ve changed ports for things without any need to reboot.
The key here is making sure it’s an unmanaged switch, you don’t want a router doing Network Address Translation behind another router or you’ll have double NAT (which breaks certain port-dependent services unless ports are forwarded on both routers), but instead a simple switch doing Layer 2. If you have a spare router, many can be reconfigured in the settings to act as a dumb switch as well, but with an 8 port unmanaged Netgear switch selling for $17 that’s the easiest way.
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.
He just want you to use your brain and try out stuff by yourself. Go on!