Lessons Learned After Finally Configuring a Raspberry Pi CM4 Mini Router (Bought in 2022) Product Mini Router built with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Dual Gigabit Ethernet NICs 4GB RAM / 32GB eMMC Pre-installed OpenWrt Compact form factor, fanless, low power Background: A Device That Waited Its Turn I bought this device back in 2022 . At the time, it looked like the perfect small router: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Dual Ethernet ports OpenWrt already installed No SD card required thanks to eMMC But like many homelab projects, it ended up sitting on a shelf . Fast forward to today — with more networking experience, a clearer home network plan, and a real need for a flexible router — I finally decided to configure it properly. That’s when the real journey started. What I Expected (Even in 2025) Even knowing this wasn’t a consumer router, I still expected: Plug WAN into my upstream router Plug LAN into my laptop Access 192.168.1.1 Hav...
I encounter with this issue how to make possible to display my GIT branch in the console. I found the answer in ASK UBUNTU: https://askubuntu.com/questions/730754/how-do-i-show-the-git-branch-with-colours-in-bash-prompt Step 1 nano ~/. bashrc Step 2 Add the following code at the end of the line # Show git branch name force_color_prompt = yes color_prompt = yes parse_git_branch () { git branch 2 > / dev / null | sed - e '/^[^*]/d' - e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/' } if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then PS1 = '${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ ' else PS1 = '${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ ' fi unset color_prompt force_color_prompt Step 3 Reload the file source ~/. bashrc