Re: RPi access point

Mike Easter wrote:

If it isn't 'impossible', in the beginning I would like to be able to operate the RPi in one of two different modes, either conventionally w/ wifi connectivity or as an access point not headless.

I'm modifying my original idea of deploying the RPi as a 'real' AP; but I'm going to continue my 'quest' in the 'direction' of doing that, because I've figured a strategy to allow me to go in the direction I started toward the Pi as an AP first w/ conventional peripherals, then headless.
I can do it using a spare SD.
I'll start w/ my current RPi Raspbian install, then I'll modify it as the tutorial instructed to make it a conventionally configured peripherally access point by using the combination of temporary ethernet and the native Pi wifi w/ RealVNC server on the Pi and Tiger viewer on another LAN device LM live.
Then I'll see if I can use the conventional peripheral Pi as an AP for a wifi device, probably a chromebook (past EOL). Then I'll 'bypass' the Pi's connected peripherals and do it headlessly, for the 'conclusion' of the project.  I can use a different SD to bring the Pi back to the normal peripherals and wifi connectivity.
That is, I've decided the original idea isn't so good, but I want to see it work.
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Mike Easter