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echo: rberrypi
to: COMPUTER NERD KEV
from: MM0FMF
date: 2019-04-14 11:42:00
subject: Re: Raspberry Pi ZeroW as

On 14/04/2019 04:16, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Has anyone used a Raspberry Pi ZeroW (or another Pi, plus a USB WiFi
> adapter) as a WiFi router?
>
> As my existing WiFi router already connects to the internet using a
> USB mobile broadband modem, this might suit me more than most people,
> but there is an OpenWrt image for the Raspbery Pi:
> https://openwrt.org/toh/raspberry_pi_foundation/raspberry_pi
>

Yes, I do it with the standard Stretch Raspbian on a PiZeroW and a PiB+
plus USB wifi dongle.


> My cause for looking down this path is that I want to set up a HTTPS
> to HTTP proxy on the router to serve all HTTPS connections to
> computers on my local network via unencrypted HTTP. This is because
> all the stupid websites forcing HTTPS (when it isn't needed) are
> making it difficult to keep all the software on my various computers
> compatible with the various and ever-changing encryption protocols
> required.
>

Wow.. madness. Just keep your shit up to date.

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