Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook
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- Learn how to install, administer, and maintain your Raspberry Pi
- Create a network fileserver for sharing documents, music, and videos
- Host a web portal, collaboration wiki, or even your own wireless access point
- Connect to your desktop remotely, with minimum hassle
Book Details
Language : EnglishPaperback : 204 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : March 2013
ISBN : 1849694605
ISBN 13 : 9781849694605
Author(s) : Rick Golden
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Cookbooks
Table of Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: Installation and Setup
Chapter 2: Administration
Chapter 3: Maintenance
Chapter 4: File Sharing
Chapter 5: Advanced Networking
Index
- Chapter 1: Installation and Setup
- Introduction
- Preparing for the initial boot
- Printing a case – the Punnet
- Setting up new SD cards
- Image writer for Windows cards (Win32DiskImager)
- Convert and copy for Linux (dd)
- Creating SD cards with BerryBoot
- Booting the "official" Raspbian Linux distribution
- Shutting down the Raspberry Pi (shutdown)
- Chapter 2: Administration
- Introduction
- Configuring remote access (raspi-config)
- Configuring memory usage (raspi-config)
- Remote access (SSH)
- Remote access (PuTTY)
- Changing the login password (passwd)
- Chapter 3: Maintenance
- Introduction
- Updating the operating system (apt-get)
- Searching for the software packages (apt-cache)
- Installing a package (apt-get)
- Package management (aptitude)
- Reading the built-in documentation (man)
- Reading the built-in documentation (info)
- Chapter 4: File Sharing
- Introduction
- Mounting USB drives (pmount)
- Sharing folders from other computers (mount.cifs)
- Automounting USB disks at boot (/etc/fstab)
- Automounting a shared folder at boot
- Creating a file server (Samba)
- Sharing an attached USB disk via Samba
- Accessing another computer's files (smbclient)
- Chapter 5: Advanced Networking
- Introduction
- Creating a firewall with ufw
- Connecting to the desktop remotely (xrdp)
- Installing a web server (Apache, lighttpd, Nginx)
- Installing a wiki (MediaWiki)
- Creating a wireless access point with hostapd
Rick Golden
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- Get started with the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Discover how to configure and secure your Raspberry Pi device
- Enable remote access both to and from other computers
- Use your Raspberry Pi to securely share your documents and files
- Learn how to deploy a web server capable of serving your own content
- Build your own wireless access point and even a firewall
The Raspberry Pi is more than just a platform for teaching students how to program computers! The recipes in this book show you how this inexpensive computer can be used out of the box for a number of practical solutions that utilize existing networks and connectivity.
The Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook is an essential reference full of practical solutions for use both at home and in the office. Beginning with step-by-step instructions for installation and configuration, this book can either be read from cover to cover or treated as an essential reference companion to your Raspberry Pi.
Full of practical and engaging content designed to expand and build upon your existing skills as you work through individual recipes, any computer novice can quickly learn how to become a Raspberry Pi expert without any programming knowledge required. The Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook will allow you to revolutionize how you use technology on a daily basis, ranging from sharing your media across multiple devices to deploying your very own web portal, or even accessing your desktop remotely.
Written in an accessible yet practical manner, the "Raspberry Pi Networking Cookbook" is the perfect companion guide for the ARM GNU/Linux box. From the moment you get your hands on your Raspberry Pi you can start to build your understanding with our specially selected collection of recipes.
This book is for anybody who wants to learn how they can utilize the Raspberry Pi to its full potential without having to immediately dive into programming. It's full of step-by-step instructions and detailed descriptions in language that is appropriate for computer enthusiasts and experts alike.
