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how to make a raspberry pi media server using MiniDLNA. This will allow you to stream your photos, videos and music around your network. Step 1: What you will need Raspberry pi (I’m using a model A) Another computer if you want to SSH into your pi Hard drive with your media SD card for […]

How to Setup Remote Desktop from a Windows Machine to your Raspberry Pi – Step by Step Guide As I mentioned in the previous post I recently found the need to be able to remote desktop to my Raspberry Pi.  This is a step by step guide on how to set it up. What does this guide […]

Configure Network Address Translation Setting up NAT will allow multiple clients to connect to the WiFi and have all the data ‘tunneled’ through the single Ethernet IP. (But you should do it even if only one client is going to connect) Run sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf uncomment this line (or scroll to the bottom and add if […]

Check WLAN drivers Check that your Pi sees your USB WiFi dongle lsusb If it is a Realtek chipset RTL8192EU, you will see something like: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:818b Realtek Semiconductor Corp. the 818b indicates the RTL8192EU chipset. Unfortunately this chipset is currently not ‘officially’ supported by Rasbian, but MrEngman over at raspberrypi.org […]

SETTING UP A RASPBERRY PI AS A DHCP AND DNS SERVER dnsmasq: If dnsmasq is used as dhcp server, the local hostnames are automatically added “on the fly” to its dns cache. No need for an additional daemon. Dnsmasq is easier to install, and administrate than ISC dhcp-server+bind Its lease file is much easier to […]